It’s official, the unbuilt portion of the old Nashville Highlands PUD was cancelled by Metro Council on February 16, 2016. In its place, they adopted a new SP to protect 200 acres as open space. This is what we set out to achieve, thank you everyone! The final bill can be found here.
The original PUD:
- Allowed for 864 new units to be built
- Allowed removing tops of undisturbed ridges and disturbing stream valleys
- Allowed substantial disruption of watershed above the Belle Forest Condos
- Allowed substantial development across a 200 acre intact forest
The new SP (see MPC Staff Report):
- Allows for 360 new units to be built
- Does not allow for ridgetop removal or stream valley filling
- Limits the footprint to less than 14 acres, 70% of which was recently disturbed
- Protects 196 acres of intact forest
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