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Royal Oaks Subdivision
Williamson Square Active Adult Villas
Here is a brief rundown of what this project consists of:
Project will be located on the property that surrounds the old Carmike Theater, which is now the New River Fellowship Church, behind the Kroger building of Williamson Square. The name of the Developer is Umbrella Investments (principals are Justin A. Cutler and J.D. Eatherly). Umbrella Investments has never built a project and they want to start in our back yard!
Basically, there are a total of nine buildings. Eight buildings will have lower lever or basement level parking, and two or three floors of apartments above them. There are a total of 250 apartments in the project with a total parking space capacity of 453 spaces. The ninth building is a clubhouse and it will have a pool. The apartments are for “active adults” which means that one person MUST be 55 years of age or older. This is a heavily regulated industry by the Fair Housing Act. The apartments are one and two bedroom units and some will not have cooking facilities (I don’t know where they will cook or how they will eat at this time).
All of the buildings are to have a maximum building height of 35 feet. The plans seem to show structures on the roof that extend beyond the 35 foot maximum height.
We will lose over 1800 trees in the construction process, trees that buffer our neighborhood from the commercial development. Replacement trees will be planted by the developer (usually with a 3” tree diameter), but for the benefit of the new residents and not as a buffer to separate the different zoning classifications (commercial vs. residential).
The Fire Marshall has request two “future right of way” connections be incorporated into the project for “future” connection to London Lane. At this point, there is no connection to London Lane that will be completed, but let’s not be naïve, its coming. This will mean that London Lane will have a direct connection to Highway 96 through this property. It means Alexander Ford will use our neighborhood as a test drive route. It means traffic will be out of control and to date, there have been no comments from the Board of Mayor and Alderman about any improvements to be made to accommodate the increased traffic.
We, as a neighborhood have ONE opportunity to express our opposition to this project. We can speak at the public hearing on September 25th of the Planning Commission for the City of Franklin. Please review the attached plans and information that is posted on this website and get involved, it is our only chance to have an impact on what will happen to our neighborhood.
The Church has a lease that has a termination clause in two years. If they decide to exercise the termination clause, there is no telling what will happen to the building and we MUST plan for that NOW!
This is a rough map of what is proposed.
Williamson Square Senior Housing Site Plan.pdf
There are 9 buildings as follows:
Building 1: basement parking for 42 cars, 3 floors above grade with
12 units on each floor
Building 2: basement parking for 42 cars, 3 floors above grade with
12 units on each floor
Building 3: basement parking for 42 cars, 3 floors above grade with
12 units on each floor
Building 4: basement parking for 42 cars, 3 floors above grade with
12 units on each floor
Building 5: basement parking for 42 cars, 3 floors above grade with
12 units on each floor
Building 6: Grade level parking for 42 cars, 2 floors with 12 units on each floor Building 7: Basement parking for 30 cars, 2 levels above of "independent living" at 6 units per floor, and 10 units assisted living on 3rd floor Building 8: Grade level parking for 42 cars, 2 levels "independent living" above garage with 12 units per level Building 9: The clubhouse, basement storage and first floor club house area. grade level parking for 16 cars including ONE handicapped parking space. There is a swimming pool located behind the clubhouse.
General notes and indicators:
1. Building 1 backs up to Newcastle Road 2. Buildings 2, 3, 4, and 5 back up to Churchill 3. Buildings 7 and 8 are closest to London Lane.
4. There are two proposed "rights of way" to be left on the East side of the property that may connect to London Lane in the future.
5. Located in the center of the proposal is the old Carmike Theater which is now a church!
6. The dumpster for the project is located at the south east corner of the property by Building 5, as close to as many existing houses as possible!
7. All of the drainage will be directed to a retaining pond located in the south west corner of the property.
8. Water service will connect to London Lane at the North East corner of the property. This water service is connected to the main water supply for Williamson Medical Center and to the large water tower located across Royal Oaks Boulevard.
9. Additional water service will connect to the existing water mains that supply the church property (this is served from another water source).
10. Sewer will connect to the existing church sewer.
11. There are way too many trees being removed. Replacement trees are planned. Don't know who is supposed to count them to make sure they are equal.
Please attend the following meetings:
1. Sunday evening at 6:00 pm
at 212 Tippett Hollow Ct
Bring a lawn chair! We will go over the current information about the Williamson Square
Active Senior Villas and what we want to bring up at the Sept 25th Planning Commission
meeting.
2. Thursday, Sept 25 at 7:00 pm
at City Hall Boardroom (in City Hall Mall on the square)
We need all residents of Royal Oaks to be at this meeting. |
