42 Acre Townhome Development Moves Forward on Highway 46 South in Dickson

Dickson, TN — More than 42 acres along Highway 46 South could be transformed from commercial property into a residential townhome development following unanimous action by the Dickson City Council.

The council voted 7-0 on Sept. 1 to approve the first reading of an ordinance rezoning 42.22 acres on Highway 46 South from B-3 Highway Commercial to R-3 High-Density Residential.

The rezoning was requested by a property for what city documents describe as a single family townhome development.

As part of the same request, approximately three acres near Highway 46 South and Nails Creek Road would move in the opposite direction, changing from R-3 High-Density Residential to B-3 Highway Commercial.

The property owner told council members the roughly three acre change is intended to create a more practical boundary for the commercial property.

He said the existing zoning line follows a creek in a way that effectively cuts off part of the commercial land and would require construction of a bridge across a blue-line stream to access it.

“I'm taking from R-3 to commercial, but I'm also giving up about three acres of commercial,” Hostetler said.

He described the change as essentially straightening the boundary so the property could be used more effectively.

The larger portion of the rezoning involves the 42.22-acre tract on Highway 46 South.

The property owner told the council that the property had been left over following development involving HCA and Nashville State. As a result of those changes, he said the tract no longer has direct highway frontage.

“It has no highway frontage anymore,” Hostetler said. “It's basically off an easement, and I wanted to add it to the rest of my property out there that's zoned residential.”

The proposed change would convert the land from a zoning classification intended for highway commercial uses to the city's high-density residential classification, clearing a zoning hurdle for the proposed townhome development.

The Dickson Planning Commission had already recommended approval of the rezoning before it reached the City Council.

A public hearing was held before the council considered the ordinance.

No one spoke in opposition to the rezoning, and no members of the public spoke in favor after the property owner addressed the council.

Council members asked few questions about the proposal before voting unanimously to approve it on first reading.

The action does not represent final approval of construction for the townhome development itself. Rather, it advances the zoning change necessary for the property to be used for the proposed residential development.

Several details that could determine the project's ultimate impact were not presented during the council's discussion. The meeting did not establish how many townhomes could eventually be built on the 42-acre property, when construction could begin or how much additional traffic the development could generate along the Highway 46 South corridor.

No detailed site plan was presented during the council's discussion of the rezoning.