A Variance Request To Allow One Additional Drive Aisle and Three Additional Rows Of…
Approved
freeApprovedmoved by Smith
Franklin Meetings
Board of Zoning Appeals, October 1, 2026
Approved: Retaining wall setback variances at 1316 Buckingham Circle and parcel 079A-B-01400, 4-1
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On October 1, 2026, Franklin approved Retaining wall setback variances at 1316 Buckingham Circle and parcel 079A-B-01400 (4-1).
The Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals approved three sets of variance requests on October 1, 2026. The board unanimously approved two parking-frontage variances for Crosspoint church's expansion at 1213 Country Road, and approved a building-orientation variance (up to 12 degrees n…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Franklin, TN
- Date
- October 1, 2026
- Decisions
- 4 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 4-1
Projects in this meeting (3)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsRetaining wall setback
Approved 4-1Building orientation
ApprovedParking frontage
ApprovedFree sample: decision 1 of 4
Parking frontage variance (existing building) at 1213 Country Road
Variance to allow one additional drive aisle and three additional rows of parking bays within the Franklin Road frontage area for an existing principal building (church) at 1213 Country Road, zoned CI (civic and institutional). Part of Crosspoint church expansion on a 21-acre lot. Approved unanimously (5 members voting approve).
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Key Decisions (4)
Approved
Parking frontage variance (existing building) at 1213 Country Road
Vote: unanimousMoved by Smith
Approved
Parking frontage variance (proposed building) at 1213 Country Road
Vote: unanimousMoved by Smith
Approved
Building orientation variance at Carothers Parkway (tax map 089 parcel 048.01)
Vote: unanimousMoved by Smith
Approved
Retaining wall setback variances at 1316 Buckingham Circle and parcel 079A-B-01400
Vote: 4-1
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Development Activity (2)
Crosspoint church expansion at 1213 Country Road
Other
Five-building commercial development at Carothers Parkway / Long Point Way / South Carothers Road
Commercial
Market Signals (2)
Commercial Demand
A five-building commercial development is advancing on a vacant three-street-frontage…
Infrastructure
Steep hillside topography and inadequate legacy stormwater drainage in the…
Agenda results
Each land-use item on the agenda, with its recorded voteA Variance Request To Allow The Front Facades Of 3 Proposed Principal Buildings To Be…
Approved
freeApprovedmoved by Smith
Who spoke
15 distinct speakers; 10 identified names.
All speaker roles: 3 Staff, 5 Board Member, 3 Applicant Rep, 2 Applicant, 1 Public, 1 Chair.
Identified name roles: 2 Staff, 3 Board Member, 3 Applicant Rep, 1 Applicant, 1 Chair.
Speaker sample: Will Tyner, Applicant.
9 more identified names in Pro: 2 Staff, 3 Board Member, 3 Applicant Rep, 1 Chair.
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Zoning terms (7)
78 recorded timestamps
- approved (8 timestamps)
- variance (39 timestamps)
- zoning (25 timestamps)
- commercial (1 timestamps)
- setback (2 timestamps)
- denied (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (4)
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