| Dill Lane development, sign ordinance get council nod |
|
By: MICHELLE WILLARD, Post Staff Writer
|
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2009 1:57 pm
|
 Email  Print
|
After the city planning department took steps to address the drainage issues at Sinking Creek, a high-end student apartment complex on Dill Lane off Mercury Boulevard got a second nod from the city council.
The council unanimously approved a rezoning request on first reading last week.
Neighbors of the complex, the Reserve at Dill Lane proposed by Eagle Summitt Partners, are worried about storm water issues from the creek, which runs through the site area and through their backyards.
“(The complex) should not add any more to what is already out there,” City Codes Director Gary Whitaker told the council.
Codes inspectors visited the site in the past week and cited one neighbor for high grass and debris in the creek bed, which impedes the flow of runoff, he said.
“So we are making progress?” Councilman Shane McFarland asked.
Whitaker said the city is doing all it can to improve drainage through the creek, but water just flows slowly there.
Last week, the council discussed the issue with the developer’s representative, Matt Taylor from SEC Engineering, as well as City Planning Director Joseph Aydelotte and City Engineer Chris Griffith.
Griffith said the area is low and holds water, but the fallen trees and debris are the landowners’ responsibility and not the city’s.
Taylor said the developers plan to build a storm water retention pond to slow the creek’s flow during times of rainfall and incorporate green space into the complex’s design to reduce runoff.
The proposed apartment complex will be composed of 14 three-story buildings of 260 town house-style apartments.
Changes to Murfreesboro’s restrictive sign ordinance sailed through the council Thursday night.
Murfreesboro City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to allow automated changeable copy signs. Electronic LED-style and multi-vision signs will still be prohibited under the proposed changes.
Automated changeable copy, or flip-matrix, signs display letters or numbers that are not illuminated and can be changed remotely by computer.
Other council business:
- Passed on third and final reading an ordinance to annex and rezone as commercial fringe district an area located on the northwestern corner of Halls Hill Pike and Twin Oak Drive and to adopt a Plan of Services.
- Passed on second reading an ordinance amending the appendix of Murfreesboro’s zoning resolution pertaining to definitions and charts, updating terms, reorganizing and renumbering existing text, and other amendments.
- Passed passage on first reading an ordinance amending Murfreesboro City Code, dealing with cemeteries, reducing the percentage of proceeds placed in the perpetual trust fund, modifying scheduling requirements and clarifying the provisions.
Michelle Willard can be contacted at 615-869-0816 or mwillard@murfreesboropost.com. |
|
Facebook
StumbleUpon
Google
Yahoo!