Vote to combine two parcels makes way for new storage facility
Published 10:07 am Friday, February 3, 2023
- Star Photo/Robert Sorrell Members of the Elizabethton Regional Planning Commission take notes while listening to a proposal for rezoning.
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BY ROBERT SORRELL
Star Correspondent
A new storage facility moved one step forward Thursday and a former industrial property received rezoning approval from the Elizabethton Regional Planning Commission.
The commission approved a motion to rezone a property at the corner of North Lynn Avenue and Mill Street from M-1 low impact industrial to R-2 medium density residential.
Logan Engle, the city’s planning director, said the property at 706 North Lynn Avenue is the former site of Dixie Battery. The property consists of several smaller individual lots, Engle said.
The rezoning, which Engle described as a “downzone,” allows the property owner to build homes at the site.
Commissioners also voted to combine two parcels near the corner of Overmountain Drive and Militia Court. Stowaway Storage purchased the property, which is located near Walmart, in early January from Ballad Health and plans to build a new storage facility.
Engle said the owners are working on permits for the project and “hopefully, we’ll soon see activity.”
The planning director updated the commission on The Landings at West End, a 29-lot subdivision being developed near the west end of the Mary Patton Highway.
In January, the committee gave final plat approval for the first 15 lots in Phase 1. Engle told commissioners Thursday that her office recently approved the first eight permits for the project. She said additional work would likely soon begin.
The Landings at West End is the first new subdivision in the city in several years.
Engle also provided an update on the Community Mobility Public Survey, which she said 267 people had taken so far.
In the survey, participants will have opportunities to prioritize downtown mobility needs (lighting, wayfinding, landscaping, crosswalks, etc.), mark common destinations and transportation issues on a downtown map, and respond to questions that will help the city of Elizabethton develop a vision for mobility in downtown.
The Community Mobility Public Survey, part of a Tennessee Department of Transportation grant, will be open until Feb. 17. The city recently held an open house regarding downtown mobility.
