A vacant lot on North Dixie Avenue in Cookeville, Tennessee, is one step closer to becoming a townhome subdivision. The Cookeville Planning Commission gave a positive recommendation on Oct. 26 to a Redevelopment Area Overlay, or RAO, for a 36-lot residential subdivision on 2.72 acres, the Herald-Citizen reported. The overlay now goes to the Cookeville City Council.
The Dixie Avenue townhomes
The land is zoned RD, duplex residential, and has no buildings on it. Under that zoning, 23 units would be allowed, Community Development Director and Assistant City Manager Jon Ward told planners. The RAO would allow up to 54, but developer Aaron Bernhardt is planning a 36-lot development.
The numbers moved slightly between meetings. A Herald-Citizen preview of the meeting described 35 townhomes in a mix of single-level and two-story units; the report after the vote says 36 lots. Ward also said the stormwater design has not been worked out yet.
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If the council approves the overlay, the developer has six months to bring a final RAO plan and preliminary plat back to the planning commission.
More lots cleared the same night
Planners also approved a batch of smaller residential plats, including:
- a resubmitted preliminary plat for Grand Cascades, 23 lots on South Maple Avenue
- an updated preliminary plat for Carlile Townhomes, formerly Scott Avenue Townhomes, seven lots on Scott Avenue and West Stevens Street
- the final plat of Cobb Court, formerly Maple Heritage Townhomes, 14 lots on South Maple Avenue
- the final plat of Northpointe Preserve, five lots on West Jere Whitson Avenue
Data center rules up on Nov. 23
Next month the planning commission takes up a zoning code amendment on data centers. Ward said no data center has applied in Cookeville, but the city has had inquiries, according to the Herald-Citizen.
The draft would make a data center its own land use and allow one only in the Heavy Manufacturing District, as a special exception approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Each project would be judged on its power and water demand, cooling systems, generators, noise, neighbors and whether city infrastructure can serve it.
The same meeting will hear two more rezoning requests from Bernhardt: Buffalo Valley Road property from single-family lots of 20,000 square feet to Planned Residential Development, and 538 E. Jere Whitson Ave. from single-family to multi-family residential. The commission meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at Cookeville City Hall, 45 E. Broad St.
Assisted living on Salem Church Road
City officials have also reviewed site plans for a new 100-plus-bed assisted living and memory care facility at 987 Salem Church Road, the Herald-Citizen reported. The project extends a new public street from the VA clinic area on Guardian Way out to Salem Church Road.
The Board of Zoning Appeals takes up three variances for the project on Nov. 12, including cutting required parking from 167 spaces to 156 and trimming the front setback.
Sources
- City council considers new development on Dixie Avenue, Herald-Citizen
- Planners consider new residential development on Dixie Avenue, Herald-Citizen
- Planning commission to consider guidelines for data centers, Herald-Citizen
- New assisted living center planned for Cookeville, Herald-Citizen
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