Green Hills/Midtown Community Plan (Subarea 10)
Presentations and comments from Valerie Crossing public meeting
Planners held a community meeting on June 24 to discuss a proposed residential development at Abbott Martin Road and Cross Creek Road in Green Hills. Summaries of verbal and written comments from community members, and Powerpoinst slides from planners' and the developers' presentation, are posted below.
"Site visit" July 6 will demonstrate cottage court development
The Planning Team will be at the Germantown Courts cottage court development near the corner of 5th Avenue North and Madison Street from 6-8 PM on Monday, July 6 to show interested plan amendment participants this local example of a cottage court development and answer questions. This is a good opportunity to see a real cottage court in its neighborhood context. The development is located at 1205-1209 5th Avenue North, just north of the mixed use building that wraps around the corner of 5th and Madison. Parking is available on 5th Avenue and in a lot on the south side of Madison across from the mixed use building.
Aerial view of Germantown Courts
Another cottage court development is Fatherland Courts, located at 1111-1117 Fatherland Street, just east of the intersection of Fatherland Street and South 11th Street in the Five Points area. On-street parking is available throughout the neighborhood.
Aerial view of Fatherland Courts
Waverly Place meetings continue July 16
Public discussion of residential development in the Waverly Place neighborhood began with a community meeting June 18; comments and a meeting summary are posted below. Additional meetings are scheduled at 6 pm on July 16 and August 20, in the Southside Community Church basement meeting room at 12th Avenue South and Bate Avenue.
Particular attention in those conversations is being paid to "cottage courts," groups of small single-family homes around a central courtyard.; these discussions could result in an amendment to the Green Hills-Midtown Community Plan.
- Powerpoint presentation
- Summary of written comments from community members present at the meeting
- Summary of questions and planners' responses
- Residents' thoughts on what they like and don't like about their community
- Details and map of the amendment area
- Questions or comments
12th Ave. South plan will shape development
The Planning Commission unanimously approved the 12th Avenue South Detailed Neighborhood Design Plan on July 24, 2008; that plan will guide future zone changes and subdivision requests along 12th South from Wedgwood Avenue to I-440. The 12th South DNDP is part of the Green Hills/Midtown Community Plan.
Amendments and Updates to the Community Plan
The Planning Commission approved the latest version of the Green Hills/Midtown Community Plan in July 2005. All of our community plans are living documents; we're constantly working on updates, refinements, and clarifications.
The overall plan is presented below, along with several other plans which apply to specific areas inside the Green Hills/Midtown community. Urban Design Overlays, or "UDOs," define a specific area and set design standards for its development. Institutional Overlays provide development rules for specific areas, but, unlike UDOs, they work in cooperation with that area’s existing residential zoning
Green Hills/Midtown Community Plan
- Updated Plan, adopted July 28, 2005
- 2006 Amendment, adopted February 9, 2006; includes a structure plan amendment and special policy for an area along Woodmont near Harding Road
Detailed Neighborhood Design Plans (DNDPs)
- Edgehill, adopted July 28, 2005
- Elliston Place, adopted July 28, 2005
- Centennial/West End Park, adopted July 28, 2005
- Eighth Ave. South, adopted November 2, 2002
- 12th Ave. South, adopted July 24, 2008
Urban Design Overlays (UDOs)
- Harding Town Center UDO, adopted May 17, 2005
- 31st & /Long UDO, adopted March 16, 2004
- Bedford Avenue UDO, adopted June 17, 2003
- Green Hills UDO, adopted August 6, 2002/amended 2003 and 2007
- Music Row UDO, adopted August 27, 2001
- Hillsboro Village UDO, adopted May 18, 1999
Institutional Overlays (IOs)
- Lipscomb University, adopted August 15, 2005
- Belmont University, master plan
For more information or questions on the Green Hills/Midtown Community Plan, please contact:
Bob EadlerCommunity Plans
Metropolitan Planning Department
800 2nd Avenue South
Nashville TN 37210
(615) 862-7167
For more information or questions on UDOs within the Green Hills/Midtown Community, please contact:
Hilary Kahnle
Design Studio
Metropolitan Planning Department
800 2nd Avenue South
Nashville TN 37210
(615) 862-7162