A proposed 74-unit townhouse and apartment project in Hixson won approval from planners Monday over concerns that it would create traffic and safety issues.
Allen Jones of ASA Engineering said the townhomes would be built at the front of the parcel at 5246 Old Hixson Pike, with the apartments in the rear.
He also asked the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission to reject a Regional Planning Agency staff recommendation that would have cut the number of proposed units to 42.
Jones, representing developer Tuba Warden, said a planned housing development across Old Hixson Pike by Pratt & Associates received the OK from the city council recently to stay at the optimal density.
“It didn’t concern the city council,” he said, adding the density brings more needed housing to the municipality.