A proposal for 130 townhouses on a vacant Hixson tract that bumps against another parcel where about 50 new single-family homes could go up has won the approval of planners, but not before it drew fire from neighbors.
The single-family attached townhouses are slated for a vacant 12.7-acre site on the 6600 block of Middle Valley Road, said Allen Jones of Stone Creek Consulting, whose proposal won the OK on Monday from the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission.
The project would add to an array of new housing in the Hixson area as developers move to meet demand.
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Jones told the panel the land could hold up to 260 apartments under existing zoning, but the development group he represents is aiming to build the 130-unit townhouse project.