Erica Techo
Planning commission Sept. 21
Angelina Buchanan discusses the resurvey request for her property on Caldwell Mill Road.
The Shelby County Planning Commission approved a resurvey for the planned Phoenix Senior Living off of Farley Lane.
A rezoning request for the 132-room senior living facility was formerly approved at the commission’s July 20 meeting, redistricting the two lots from A-1 (agricultural district) and B-1 (neighborhood business district) to R-5 SD (multi-family district and special district). The request for resurvey was necessary to combine the two lots, forming a 9.52-acre lot.
Commission staff advised that the resurvey and rezoning were a two-part process and could not have been completed at the same time.
The commission unanimously approved the resurvey on the condition that guidelines from the commission staff and the Shelby County Highway Department were met.
The commission also approved a resurvey for a property off of Caldwell Mill Road. Property owner Angelina Buchanan submitted the request to divide her lot into two residential lots. Buchanan said her daughter lives on an adjacent lot, which she plans to give to her.
“I want to give her this lot here, but I also want to give her this additional 50 feet so that she will have a sufficient width to build a fairly large house,” Buchanan said.
There were several notes from the highway department and commission staff that were mainly typographical, said planner Josh Johnson. These changes would require additional information and a few changes be made to the plat.
The commission unanimously approved the resurvey on the condition that all changes were met.
A resubdivision request for a property at Shoal Creek was granted a continuance until the commission’s Nov. 2 meeting.
The resubdivision is part of a master plan update for Shoal Creek and would allow for the development of the Hamlets at Shoal Creek. It was formerly continued from the Aug. 3 commission meeting. The former continuance was granted to allow the property owner, Caroline T. Little, to address engineering concerns for the property.
There were five exceptions requested for the plan, said principal planner Kristine Goddard. Three of the exceptions were approved by the county engineer and the county manager of development services.
“The two remaining items were not approved and needed to be addressed by the applicant’s engineer,” Goddard said. “We did not receive a re-submittal in time to get a full review done prior to this meeting.”
Because there was not time to review the resubmitted changes, Goddard said staff recommended a continuance for the request. The commission unanimously approved the continuance, and the request will be addressed at the Nov. 2 meeting. As the second continuance for the request, it is also the last continuance before the applicant will need to start the process over.
The next planning commission meeting is on Oct. 19 at 6 p.m.
