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| CM Jenny Welsch |
Metro Council Member Ginny Welsch, who represents the neighborhoods in District 16, recently proposed a blanket rezoning that would have seen hundreds of acres worth of properties reclassified from single-family zoning to higher-density categories allowing for up to 20 or 40 units per acre.
The proposal was on the Metro Planning Commission’s agenda on April 24, when Planning Department staff recommended against approving the plan as submitted and instead suggested a scaled-back plan affecting fewer properties. But instead of either of those two options, the Planning Commission chose a third route: rejecting both Welsch’s plan and the substitute from planning staff.
With a recommendation for disapproval, the proposal now needs a higher number of votes to move forward in the Metro Nashville Council. Instead of a simple majority, it will need 27 votes in favor.
... Welsch, for her part, appears poised to continue to push for her version of the proposal.
... 263 people submitted public comments ahead of the meeting in opposition to the rezoning plan, (read more)
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