Grigsby Park phase 2 advances
The next phase of the Grigsby Park townhome development can move forward, but only after meeting a series of conditions imposed by the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission.
The Commission unanimously approved the preliminary plat for Phase 2 during its Thursday, July 16, meeting. The project is being built off Grigsby Chapel Road.
Town Community Development director Mark Shipley said Phase 1 originally included 14 platted home lots with a temporary turnaround that was contingent on construction of the next phase. One building containing eight townhome units has been completed.
Since then, "the remainder of Phase 1, as well as Phases II and III, have been purchased by a different developer/builder," Shipley said.
Phase 2 includes 18 dwelling units and a community amenity area with a small parking lot.
"The amenity area will ultimately require a separate site plan review and approval," Shipley said. "The preliminary plat presented at this time would provide for the new infrastructure — street, drainage, utilities and pedestrian facilities — needed to serve the proposed dwelling units in Phase II."
Planning Commissioners questioned grading work near the development entrance. The property owner said the work is intended to improve the appearance of the entrance. Shipley said the changes will require separate approval from the Visual Resources Review Board.
Shipley said Phase 2 also includes a crossing over a tributary of the North Fork of Turkey Creek and a section of the Grigsby Chapel Greenway.
Because Phase 2 does not include the required secondary access, all units must have code-compliant sprinkler systems. Shipley said Urban Engineering requested and received variances for the secondary access requirement and the cul-de-sac length.
Conditions attached to the preliminary plat approval include:
• Correcting the street name to match the final recorded plat as October Glory Lane.
• Installing signage and crosswalk markings where the road crosses both the sidewalk at the amenity area and the Grigsby Chapel Greenway. Shipley said the markings also can serve as required traffic-calming measures.
• Modifying Unit 28 so it is not within the 50-foot peripheral building setback.
• Submitting an irrevocable $41,000 letter of credit for erosion control.
• Reviewing the storm sewer section behind Unit 18 to provide additional space between the drainage easement and the unit.
• Documenting that the culvert beneath the North Fork of Turkey Creek tributary is designed to accommodate a 100-year flood.
• Showing the storm sewer system and associated structures on the plat. Farragut Utility District must approve the water and sewer plans.
• Ensuring all utility sheets in the final stamped plan set are designated "for construction."
• Submitting a separate landscape plan to the Visual Resources Review Board before final plat approval.
• Identifying whether telephone and fiber lines will share the same trench as electric service.
