Aiken North
APPROVED 9/23/21
REVISED SUBDIVISION (See Below)
Location: Aiken Rd, across from Johnson Rd
FF DRO: 50% (updated since approval to move units OUT of the DRO and added intensity closer to Aiken Rd.)
Proposal: Add 460+ houses to the Floyds Fork DRO; add 866 houses in total to the watershed with the plan to expand to ~1,150+ houses and apts; no access to a public park, no public transit, sidewalks, or bike paths. An extremely dangerous, unsafe development.
Representative: Bardenwerper, Talbott, & Roberts, PLLC
Developer: Perfection Builders
Design Engineer: Mindel Scott
Owner: Multiple Owners
All gas, no breaks
This APPROVED major subdivision is located on Aiken Rd at the end of Johnson Rd within the DRO. The blue highlighted area is all within the DRO. The "Green Space" in the bottom right corner will not remain green space but is planned for future growth and development. This development located along a 1/2 mile of Floyds Fork will start with 866 houses and grow to over 1,000 with no playground, no club house, no recreational areas at all. The average size property within the DRO North of Shelbyville Rd is 9.4 acres. These lot sizes of 0.091 acres!
Your voice matters!
This development was approved unanimously by the Planning Commission and Metro Council. This was a zoning change from R-4 to PRD.
When the Council Members were asked about these unanimous votes, the reply was "Well, no one spoke up against it."
Watching the video of the Planning Commission meeting, there was one neighbor that did speak up against it, stating that there have been a large number of developments in the area and adding another 866 houses to an already strained area was unwarranted. Sadly, instead of listening, the Planning Commissioner shot him down. She said he needed to focus on this specific development. Interestingly, the lawyer for the developer had just finished discussing all the hotels that had been built trying to show the growth in the area justified this development. However, hotels would not be used by residents of a neighborhood, but the Planning Commission did not shoot down the lawyer requesting he "focus on this specific development".
With this new development, there will be over 500 houses in a 1/2 mile stretch of Floyds Fork. 20% of all residents within the Floyds Fork DRO (31 miles of river!) will now be in this one development. Our representatives blame us for not speaking up even though the DRO code is very specific and has already been voted on and passed multiple times over the last 30 years.
The environmental impact alone is enough to make anyone sit up and wonder what's going on here! This doesn't even include traffic, sidewalks, buses, actual green spaces, playgrounds, etc. We, as a city, must become serious about protecting Floyds Fork and building responsibly.
Revisions
The Red section has been updated and will now be attached single family townhouses.
The Green section is being reduced to ensure the overall development does not exceed 866 units.
Approved changes
24-DDP-0039
Watch the Planning Commission hearing (starts at 1:10:00)
0% impervious will now be 11+ acres of impervious surface. 0 ft between units. No playground, no clubhouse, not even an open field...except under the power lines. There is a small dog park for the 175 units.
Proposed changes
24-DDP-0078
Currently scheduled for the Planning Commission 4/24/25.
Case Manager: Kaitlin Dever
Proposal to revise the western portion of the property to ensure compliance with the original 866 unit approval. Sadly, the developer has no intention of pulling the units nearest FLOYDS FORK. There are several properties that will require floodplain fill and even have units that will be in the conveyance zone.
This is prohibited in the newest LDC language. The developer has no intention of complying even they were part of the LDC rewrite and know the negative impacts associated with filling the floodplain and conveyance zones.
*ACTION ITEM* Email Case Manager requesting applicant to remove lots from conveyance zone (red) and floodplain (blue line)
