New West Mill subdivision gets unanimous FMPC nod
West Mill residential subdivision’s preliminary plat got a unanimous nod from Farragut Municipal Planning Commission during its meeting Thursday, April 17.
The development, located beside Dollar General Store abutting Fox Den subdivision, is taking place at 12413 and 12501 Kingston Pike, which involves 16 house lots and two commercial lots on 14.5 acres.
“Originally, the applicant proposed the subdivision’s access onto Champions Point in the Fox Den subdivision,” Community Development director Mark Shipley said.
After hearing traffic concerns from Fox Den residents, Shipley reminded the Commission it did not support the Champions Point access and asked the applicants to look at accessing at the traffic signal intersection of Kingston Pike and Old Stage Road.
The developers came back with a new preliminary site plan that includes an access through its commercial section to Kingston Pike, across from Old Stage Road.
Shipley said the preliminary plat shows “a layout of the future commercial development on the portion of the property zoned commercial abutting Kingston Pike.”
However, the commercial portion was not part of the approval FMPC gave on April 17.
“This portion of the project … is only being shown for conceptual purposes,” Shipley said. “A separate site plan submittal and review will be required for the commercial portion of this property.”
In terms of the residential development and associated improvements … the subdivision includes 16 house lots, three open space lots and a detention basin in the western portion of the property,” Shipley said. “The walking trail that stubs into the property from the Dollar General Store development will be extended to Champions Point.
“There will also be a sidewalk along one side of the street that will tie into the commercial portion of the development,” he added. “A traffic impact study was prepared for this project, and the conclusions and recommendations are included in the packet, along with a traffic signal plan for the intersection of Kingston Pike and Old Stage Road.
“The Town engineer has reviewed this plan and agrees with the recommendations The recommendations mainly include optimizing signal timing, providing pedestrian safety measures related to intersection crossing and ensuring that sight distance is not compromised by future landscaping, signage, or vegetation.”
As part of the approval, the Planning Commission also approved a variance, allowing the development to only have one access since it only has 16 house lots and “there are no other options for a second access point,” Shipley said.
Additionally, developers received a variance to reduce the street width from 26 to 24 feet.
In other business, FMPC unanimously approved a site plan for Turner Homes to modify the building — formerly an O’Charley’s restaurant and a bank at 11820 Kingston Pike at the west intersection of Kingston Pike and Federal Boulevard — as an office.
Turner Homes plans to enclose the drive-thru area on the east side of the building and make some modifications to the main entrance, add roll-up garage doors in the back and re-stripe and update the parking lot.
