Dozens of residents of the Indian Hills neighborhood in Brainerd attended the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission meeting in opposition to the rezoning of a vacant lot in the neighborhood for multifamily housing.
The property at 3886 Agawela Drive is now in a residential neighborhood zone for detached single-family homes, and the property owner is requesting it be rezoned for high-density residential use.
The applicant is proposing 79 units on the 4-acre lot, Bryan Shults, development services director for the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, said at the Monday commission meeting.
Resident Michelle Graham presented a petition opposing the rezoning that she said was signed by everyone in the neighborhood, citing traffic and environmental concerns among the reasons for opposition.
Conditions proposed by the applicant, Allen Jones of Stone Creek Consulting, included a maximum of two street cuts from Agawela Drive and a 35-foot building height limit. Jones said the conditions came out of a meeting he had in early December with Chattanooga City Council member Dennis Clark, who represents the area.