Planning commission approves master plan revision

Property owner and developer Bill Thornton requested approval to revise the Narrows Master Plan at the June 1 Shelby County Planning Commission meeting.

The purpose of the revision was to resurvey 14 townhome lots at the southwest corner of Old Highway 280 and Narrows Parkway into one commercial lot.

“These lots were originally changed to residential in 2005 by the planning commission through the master plan amendment,” said Shelby County Department of Development Services principal planner Kristine Goddard. “Then they were resurveyed into 14 lots, and it’s been 10 years. They never developed the townhome lots and the developers came back to ask if they can be resurveyed to a commercial lot.”

The plan revision, which was approved at the meeting changed the designation of the townhome lots to commercial. It now goes into an administrative review of the resurvey to merge the 14 lots into one. Goddard said Thornton will get its first review letter regarding the resurvey this week.

The resurvey process takes four to six weeks and should be completed by the end of the month, Goddard said. Once the property is converted into one lot, building permits can be obtained.

No residents attended the meeting, although Goddard said the commission had spoken to a few residents, and no one spoke in favor or against the revision.

The next Shelby County Planning Commission meeting is June 15 at 6 p.m.