Approval of Town Center Vision Plan is unanimous from FMPC
After many months of public meetings and discussions, Farragut Municipal Planning Commission finally unanimously voted in favor of recommending approval of the Mixed Use Town Center Vision Plan as a resolution during is meeting Thursday, Jan. 16.
Last year, TSW Consultants, which were hired by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to develop a vision plan for the MUTC district got input from residents, Board members, FMPC member and staff to draft a plan.
After modifications, the plan was taken to the FMPC in June for recommendations.
The staff initially submitted the plan to be considered as an ordinance, even though the Board and FMPC declared “it was only a vision.”
“The staff presented the plan as an ordinance to enhance the level of support for the concepts in the plan and be consistent with how the Architectural Design Standards were adopted,” Community Development director Mark Shipley said during FMPC’s meeting Oct. 17, 2024.
But during previous FMPC and Board of Mayor and Aldermen meetings, residents asked the Town to consider it as a resolution and not an ordinance. Town attorney Tom Hale argued against approving the document as an ordinance.
At the same time, FMPC changed the vision plan to take out a proposed roundabout on Concord Road but add another traffic-calming measure.
