Zoning

231 zoning plea receives closer look (05/02/12)
When Grady Cunningham asked for his property on U.S. 231 to be rezoned in 2007, 2008 and 2011, Bedford County Planning Commission recommended against it, and Bedford County Board of Commissioners, which makes the final decision, followed suit. But Cunningham is asking again, and this time planners have indicated they want to take a closer look at the U.S. ...

Historic zoning rules adopted (04/27/12)
Shelbyville's planning commission adopted new design review guidelines for historical neighborhoods Thursday. The guideline revisions had been requested by the city's historical zoning commission, and replaced guidelines established in 2008. Planning and Codes director Ed Dodson explained that the guidelines will only apply to neighborhoods that have already been identified as historical...

Subdivision approval deferred (04/05/12)
Bedford County Planning Commission deferred action Tuesday night on approving a 10-lot subdivision request at 2640 Highway 64 East (Wartrace Pike), not far from Shelbyville. According to draft meeting minutes, planners discussed the danger of multiple driveways too close to each other; they want developer Robert Garrett to contact Tennessee Department of Transportation about driveway permits for the lots before approving the subdivision, to make sure that the lots are all usable as designed...

Union St. property rezoning approved (02/24/12)
Shelbyville's planning commission rezoned a large parcel of land containing some familiar landmarks. Property at 845 Union St. has been rezoned from R-1 and R-3 (low and medium density residential) to C-2 (highway service district or commercial), following a request from the county...

Better-looking city is '12 goal (01/06/12)
Working to make Shelbyville look better is the main goal of the city's planning and codes office for 2012. City department heads have submitted their ideas for what they would like to get done in the coming year following a request for the goals from city manger Jay Johnson...

Rock quarry suit delayed again (12/28/11)
A federal judge has ordered another delay in an ongoing lawsuit over a proposed rock quarry, canceling a June 2012 trial date. Last October, Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc., and Custom Stone LLC filed a suit in federal court for $10 million against the city of Shelbyville, its board of zoning appeals, planning commission, and codes and planning director Ed Dodson "in his official capacity and individually," accusing them of violating due process, inverse condemnation, unconstitutional taking, negligence and creating an unconstitutional "floating" zone.. ...

Zoning change gains support (09/21/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee added its recommendation Tuesday evening to a rezoning proposal on State Highway 64 West (Lewisburg Highway) involving the site of a former slaughterhouse. The site had most recently been a flea market, operating under a special exception in the A-1 (agriculture) zone. ...

Planners suggest changes in home business zoning (09/09/11)
Meeting on Tuesday, Bedford County Planning Commission voted -- but not unanimously -- to recommend an amendment to the zoning resolution covering incidental home occupations. An incidental home occupation is an in-home business, for example a hair salon, which can be allowed in an agricultural zone at the discretion of the Board of Zoning Appeals. ...

Rezoning backed for 64 West location (09/08/11)
Bedford County Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning a site on State Route 64 West (Lewisburg Highway) from A-1 (agriculture) to C-1 (commercial) so that it can be sold and converted into an automobile repair shop with sales and repair of construction equipment...

City seeks dismissal of quarry suit (08/21/11)
The city of Shelbyville is trying once again to have an ongoing federal lawsuit over a proposed rock quarry dismissed. Last October, Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc., and Custom Stone LLC filed a suit in federal court for $10 million against the city, the board of zoning appeals, the planning commission, and codes and planning director Ed Dodson "in his official capacity and individually," accusing them of violating due process, inverse condemnation, unconstitutional taking, negligence and creating an unconstitutional "floating" zone.. ...

Blackberry Ridge rezoning backed (08/18/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee added its recommendation Tuesday night to a zoning change for the Blackberry Ridge golf course and development to R-1 PUD (residential, planned unit development). The rezoning will be considered Sept. 13 by the full commission; a public hearing will be held prior to the meeting...

Planning commission receives copies of suit (07/29/11)
It was a short meeting for the Shelbyville planning commission Thursday evening, with some of the members being served with copies of a lawsuit. Before the meeting began, a process server delivered thick copies of an amended complaint related to an ongoing $10 million federal lawsuit filed by a local paving company over a proposed rock quarry that was denied approval in 2005...

Funding requests accepted by state (07/21/11)
A state agency is now accepting applications for transition funding from over 200 Tennessee communities that were recently left without local planning services. In late May, the state announced that it was doing away with state planning services provided under contract to local government and the city lost the service of state planner Art Brown, while Bedford County lost Bryan Collins...

Child facilities gain support from planners (06/24/11)
Bedford County Planning Commission has recommended that child care facilities be allowed as special exceptions in the A-1 (agriculture) and R-1 (residential) zones; currently, they aren't mentioned in the zoning resolution but would presumably be allowed in commercial zones...

State planners called essential to local governments (05/29/11)
The elimination of state planners for smaller communities may result in a reduction of the speed in which Shelbyville and Bedford County deal with the complicated issues involving codes and zoning. On Thursday, state planner Art Brown informed the city's planning commission that his job at the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development had been phased out...

Deer processing business denied rezoning request (05/11/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted down a rezoning request for a deer processing business; the property owner who requested the change said his particular project would have been an asset, but he understood neighbors' uncertainty over allowing industrial zoning in their neighborhood...

City wants suit dismissed (04/21/11)
Another motion has been filed by the city to dismiss a $10 million dollar federal lawsuit over a controversial proposed rock quarry. Meanwhile, it appears there will be no mediation in the case that began in 2005. Last October, Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc., and Custom Stone LLC filed suit in federal court in Winchester against the city, the board of zoning appeals, the planning commission, and codes and planning director Ed Dodson "in his official capacity and individually."...

Bell Buckle to allow chain link fences (04/13/11)
Dog owners may find it a bit easier to keep their animals off the streets in Bell Buckle in the near future. The board of mayor and aldermen passed a new fence ordinance on its first reading Tuesday night, although it still faces a public hearing and the second reading before final approval...

Planners against deer processing plant (04/08/11)
Ronnie Riley's request for rezoning his property to allow for a deer processing plant is going on to the county commission -- with a negative recommendation from the Bedford County Planning Commission. The decision was made at the Tuesday night meeting of planning commission with a gallery full of those both in favor and opposed to the proposed plant...

Home real estate offices requested (03/25/11)
Shelbyville's planning commission voted Thursday to ask the city council to amend the zoning ordinance to allow real estate offices as a home occupation. Last month, Bobby Parker Jr. asked the commission to amend the city's zoning ordinance to allow the offices as a home occupation...

Poorly-maintained property catches attention of planners (03/02/11)
The county could be one step closer to a property maintenance code that would regulate the appearance of residential properties. "I put this on the agenda because we have a growing problem with empty houses, vacant houses, foreclosed houses," said Bedford County Director of Planning and Zoning Chris White at the planning commission's meeting Tuesday night...

Library named as landmark (01/30/11)
Landmark status was granted to the Argie Cooper Public Library building by Shelbyville's planning commission Thursday night. The status for the structure at 100 S. Main St. had been requested by the Shelbyville-Bedford County Library Board and the city's Historical Zoning Commission...

Wright suit against city scheduled for trial in 2012 (01/14/11)
A federal judge has set a trial date for the summer of 2012 for a $10 million suit filed by a local paving company against the city. United States District Judge Harry S. Mattice, Jr. has set a date of June 19, 2012, in federal court in Winchester for a jury trial in the suit against Shelbyville filed last October by Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc., and Custom Stone LLC over a proposed rock quarry on L. Fisher Road...

Shelter zoning talks detailed (12/23/10)
Zoning issues and the objections of neighbors are the reasons that a homeless shelter won't be allowed in a Shelbyville neighborhood, according to the city's planning director. Dr. Carl Bailey, president and chairman of the board of CROSS Shelter Project Inc., had claimed in a column published on Dec. ...

Rural building's zoning remains same for now (12/09/10)
Bedford County Planning Commission took no action Tuesday night after a discussion of what to do with a former slaughterhouse on State Route 64 (Lewisburg Highway) near the Marshall County line. Earnest Travis Whaley, who now owns the site, had asked for it to be re-zoned from A-1 (agriculture) to C-1 (commercial), not because of any specific project, but so that he could sell the property as commercial...

City backs codes director in answer to Wright suit (11/21/10)
The city has filed a brief amended answer to a $10 million lawsuit over a proposed rock quarry, mainly to state that claims against Shelbyville's planning and codes director should be barred. Earlier this week, Shelbyville responded to the federal suit filed by Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc., and Custom Stone LLC, denying their claims and asking that the suit be dismissed...

City seeks dismissal of quarry suit (11/17/10)
The city of Shelbyville has responded to a $10 million dollar federal lawsuit over a controversial proposed rock quarry, asking that the suit be dismissed. Last month, Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc., and Custom Stone LLC filed suit in federal court in Winchester against the city, the board of zoning appeals, the planning commission, and codes and planning director Ed Dodson "in his official capacity and individually."...

Eateries, hotel gain planners' approval (10/29/10)
Shelbyville planners gave their approval to two new restaurants and a hotel Thursday night. Shelbyville Municipal Planning Commission approved site plans for a new Waffle House restaurant at 730 N. Main St. and a new Microtel Hotel at 1207 N. Main St., while Shelbyville Board of Zoning Appeals granted Dr. Will Alcorn a setback variance to expand a pre-existing building at 116 Sunlite Road which he said would be used for a restaurant employing 25 people...

Major bank remodeling receives approval (09/24/10)
Shelbyville's planning commission approved a plan for extensive renovations to First Community Bank of Bedford County that will include five drive-through teller lanes. Only 372 square feet of space is to be added to the existing facility -- an outbuilding for drive-through tellers -- but the rest of the work will involve landscaping, a change in parking and an inside renovation...

No action taken on poultry houses (09/08/10)
After wandering deeper and deeper into a discussion of how to respond to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) such as four or more large poultry houses, Bedford County Planning Commission finally decided to do nothing at all. A motion to take no action whatsoever on the issue passed by a 6-2 margin Tuesday night, with three other planners abstaining, presumably because they operate poultry houses under contract to Tyson Foods...

Farm zoning change awaits more study (08/04/10)
Bedford County Planning Commission decided Tuesday night to take another month to look at proposed regulations for high-density farming operations, after a draft of changes to the zoning resolution turned out to be not exactly what planners had intended...

Zoners vs. chicken houses (07/09/10)
Bedford County Planning Commission will ask Bedford County Board of Commissioners next week to adopt regulations similar to those in Rutherford County to regulate high-density corporate agriculture, in response to a proposed development of 14 chicken houses on Big Spring Road...

State adopts residential building codes; cities, counties retain several options (07/02/10)
Tennessee has adopted residential building codes, although jurisdictions like Shelbyville and Bedford County which are already enforcing a recent version of the International Residential Building Codes can continue to do so on their own. The state has not adopted the home sprinkler system provision of the codes, and is not requiring local governments to do so. ...

Zoning appeals board backs codes decision (06/25/10)
Shelbyville's Board of Zoning Appeals upheld the decision of the codes department over an application for a proposed rock quarry. In what was mainly a legal proceeding, the board determined that planning director Ed Dodson acted properly by not forwarding Wright Paving's request to the BZA for a special exception for property on L. Fisher Road where the firm asked to operate a quarry and stone crusher five years ago...

Quarry approval sought (05/11/10)
A local firm has officially requested that the city's Board of Zoning Appeals look at granting a special condition for a rock quarry that was turned down five years ago. The proposed quarry would be located on 101.4 acres at 196 L. Fisher Road. Last week, Tennessee's Supreme Court refused to hear the City of Shelbyville's appeal of a ruling won by Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc. and Custom Stone LLC...

Planning commission member loses part of leg (04/23/10)
Shelbyville's planning commission only dealt with one item Thursday evening, but thoughts were turned to the welfare of one of their own. Commission member Warren Landers lost part of a leg in a work related accident earlier this week, according to chairman Morton Renegar...

Zoning change urged for South Main land (02/02/10)
Shelbyville's planning commission recommended amending the city's land use plan Thursday to change an area from low to high density residential to reflect the actual current use in the region. Planners and engineers for the city recommended that an area between South Main and South Jefferson Streets, described as "a triangle shaped plot," be amended as high density residential...

'I'm home now,' says new city codes director (01/20/10)
Listening is what Ed Dodson, Shelbyville's new planning and codes director, intends to focus on in his first few months on the job. Dodson has returned home to Bedford County to fill the position left vacant by the resignation last fall of Kip Green...

Residential sprinklers may not be required (01/20/10)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee placed a proposal that the county adopt the 2009 International Building Code but exempt itself from residential sprinkler systems on the full commission's February agenda, but did not add its own recommendation...

I-3 Zone approved by City Council (01/15/10)
Shelbyville's city council voted Thursday to re-enact the creation of a Special Impact Industrial District geared for specific facilities. A public hearing and final reading was held Thursday night for an ordinance that establishes an I-3, or Industrial Zone, in Shelbyville -- which has been at the center of a five-year lawsuit over a rock quarry...

Home sprinklers unlikely in new codes (01/06/10)
Bedford County Planning Commission recommended Tuesday night that the county adopt the 2009 edition of the International Building Codes but exempt itself from the portion of the code requiring fire sprinklers for one-family and two-family homes. The final decision will have to be made by Bedford County Board of Commissioners...

City may appeal court decision (12/06/09)
Shelbyville's city council will vote Thursday on whether to appeal a ruling to the Tennessee Supreme Court that involves a change in zoning laws. The city lost an appeal last month with Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc. and Custom Stone LLC, who claimed the city did not give adequate notice of a change in zoning laws they say impacted their property...

'Critical' employment ad up for council vote (11/08/09)
Advertising for a planning and codes director, as well as a new city manager, will be voted on Thursday by the Shelbyville City Council. City recorder Betty Lamb told council members during Tuesday's study session that "it is absolutely critical" that the city hire someone to fill the planning and codes position...

City loses appeal of zoning lawsuit (11/06/09)
The city of Shelbyville has lost an appeal with a local paving company who claimed the city did not give adequate notice of a change in zoning laws they say impacted their property. But the impact of the court ruling may be moot since the city will likely pass an identical ordinance next week after the appeals court declared the old one invalid...

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