A Walden landowner is trying again to rezone a Signal Mountain tract for a grocery store, saying the new “village concept” should ease worries expressed by residents to the initial proposal.
Chattanooga attorney John Anderson has filed the new proposal with planners and is seeking “village commercial” zoning on the parcel to create what the plan calls “The Town Center of Walden” project.
The proposed grocery store under the new proposal is somewhat smaller, 44,000 square feet compared to 49,000 square feet, and it would still sit at the back of the site off Taft Highway and Timesville Road. The number of parking spaces are fewer, 222 versus 273 under the prior plan.
Also, the new proposal said it will have public spaces incorporated into the design, including a 6-acre green space, and enable visitors “to interact, picnic, relax or otherwise enjoy the property.”
About 10,000 square feet of small office or retail space would sit along the entrance on Taft Highway, the new plan shows, rather than off to one side under the former proposal.