Planning commission approves sidewalk waiver in Shoal Creek

The Shelby County Planning Commission agreed at its March 7 meeting that the Hamlets at Shoal Creek development does not need to build sidewalks.

Caroline T. Little, president of Thompson Realty Inc., requested a waiver of the requirement for sidewalks in the development. The commission had previously approved a resubdivision the Hamlets at Shoal Creek in November. The development will include 10 residential lots.

“We gave them a waiver because there’s not sidewalks in the rest of the [Shoal Creek] community,” said Shelby County Chief Development Officer Chad Scroggins.

It would not make sense to build sidewalks that connected to nothing, Scroggins said.

The commission also approved a resubdivision of a property on County Road 43. Property owner Kirk Creel submitted the request to combine two lots into one lot, to be used for Creel Family Farm.

Scroggins said Creel was present at the meeting, and a neighbor also spoke in favor of the resubdivision.

No one spoke in opposition to the Creel resubdivision or to the sidewalk waiver, Scroggins said.

The next planning commission meeting is set for March 21 at 6 p.m.