Town of Franklin Unveils Draft Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Solicits Commentary

The Town of Franklin unveiled the land use plan they've been working on for a year or so at Tartan Hall on the night of March 4th and Macon Media was present to record the event. Thirty-seven people were present, with about twenty being either town staff, developers of the plan, or news media.

To download a copy of the plan, visit FranklinTownPlan.com 

Photos are posted below the video.

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Roll Call
(media outlets with reporters/photographers present. Elected critters are also listed)

Macon Media (reporter)
The Franklin Press (reporter)
WNCC-FM/WFSC-AM (reporter)
Macon County News and Shopping Guide (photographer)

Bob Scott, Mayor
Barbara McRae, Vice Mayor, Franklin Town Council
David Culpepper, Franklin Town Council
Dinah Mashburn, Franklin Town Council
Jack Horton, Franklin Town Council


Photos
(in no particular order. Click on any image to embiggen to a larger size)







Published at 1:55pm on Thursday, March 5, 2020

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Update on the Franklin Comprehensive Land Use Plan

This is a segment from the Franklin Town Council regular meeting that was held on February 3, 2020. The full meeting and supporting documents are available elsewhere on this website. [LINK]




Justin Setser, Land Use Administrator for the Town of Franklin, updated the Mayor and town council on the Comprehensive Land use Plan that has been under development. More information about the process can be found on the Franklin Town Plan website. [LINK]

Here is a timeline of the approval process from a slide Setser presented:

Plan Process

• Draft of Plan - Complete
• Steering Committee Review - Ongoing
• Planning Board review - February 17th meeting
• Changes - After Planning Board Review

• Public Review/Presentation or Open House - March
• Changes - Based on public feedback

• Adoption - March - May
• March 16th - Planning Board
• April 6th - Town Council (Presentation and Public Hearing)
• May - Adoption by Town Council




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Published at 12:45pm on Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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