Preliminary approval was given for a Signal Mountain residential project to move ahead. If finalized, it could hold more homes than an earlier proposal floated by the developer that drew wide criticism from neighbors.
Jim Lea of Thousand Hills Co. said a preliminary plat calls for putting up 197 single-family homes on the former Spangler Farm property. The 106-acre tract at 7900 Hixson Springs Road sits in an unincorporated area of the mountain.
Lea, in an interview after a meeting of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission, said the earlier proposal called for 185 homes.
The planning panel Monday gave the OK for the preliminary plat for the updated project in a split vote.
In June, Lea withdrew amid opposition the earlier proposal requesting a special permit for a planned unit development.