The Nolensville Planning Commission met Tuesday and voted to pass along amendments to minimum lot sizes, tree lists, a WCS access road and requiring traffic studies for future developments.
The Commission was split on the decision to change minimum lot sizes from 11,000 square feet (about a third of an acre) to an average of 14,000 square feet. Changing the language to an average instead of a set minimum lot size is hoped to encourage developers to be creative with residential site plans; however, two commissioners voted nay to the motion, concerned that the vague language gives developers too much leeway to create smaller lot sizes.
“How small of a lot do we want?” Commissioner Larry Gardner asked. “When we say some small lots looks like we’d need to have at least a basis for how small of a lot.”
Other commissioners did not agree, saying that the average of 14,000 square feet would allow the developer to have more variance in site plans.
“It gets complicated to start putting real specific language about percentages,” said Commissioner Jason Patrick. “[Developers] can bring in a plan that has some flexibility to it and we have the ability, with the way this is worded, to accept or reject that.”
The move to pass the minimum lot size amendment on to the Board of Mayor and Alderman passed the Planning Commission 8-2.
A zoning text amendment that was passed unanimously will require traffic studies of major developments in order to determine the need for traffic signals and turn lanes.
The commission also pushed through an access road that will connect two new Williamson County schools currently under construction to Nolensville Road through a road in the Summerlyn subdivision.
The Trees and Trails Committee submitted a landscaping amendment that would recommend tree lists for landscaping by taking into account the soil types in Nolensville. The amendment was approved unanimously.
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