Amber Brook Gardens subdivision Phase III expansion in Hixson, Tenn.City planners approved a Chattanooga developer’s plan to expand a Hixson subdivision despite objections from neighbors at a Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission meeting Monday.
Pratt & Associates plans to add a third phase to the Amber Brook Gardens subdivision along Cassandra Smith Road. The first phase is already developed and construction on the second phase should start within a month, developer James Pratt said.
And while the first two phases include solely single-family homes, Pratt may add townhomes to the third phase — and that’s what residents don’t want to see. The plan calls for 23 townhome dwellings and 25 single-family homes in the final section of the subdivision. The townhomes will be built with either three or four units per building.
Neighbors against the expansion said they thought they were buying homes in a single-family neighborhood and didn’t realize townhomes were a possibility.
“We were told there would be three phases, each with single-family homes,” said neighbor Larry Bond. “We have spent a substantial amount of money to own our own homes. We’re not opposed to phase three, we’re opposed to having [housing] that will lower our property value.”