Subdivision Regulations

Subdivision Regulations • General Provisions • 6 Franklin Subdivision Regulations • December 12, 2019 1.1 Purpose The Subdivision Regulations are designed to provide for the harmonious development of the City; to secure a coordinated layout and adequate provision for traffic; and to secure adequate provision for light, air, recreation, transportation, water, drainage, sewerage and other facilities. The following standards set forth the procedures and standards for the preparation and submittal of preliminary and final plats. 1.2 Authority The Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC), is responsible for adopting, administering, and amending the Subdivision Regulations, per the authority granted by the Tennessee General Assembly by Title 13, Section 13-3-101 through Section 13-3-304 and Section 13-3-401 through Section 13-3- 411 of the Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.), as amended, and other pertinent statutes for the establishment of regulations governing the subdivision of land. 1.3 Applicability These Subdivision Regulations shall govern all subdivision of land within the corporate limits of the City of Franklin, hereafter referred to as the City. 1.4 Adoption and Effective Date These regulations are effective as of the date amended by the FMPC as of December 12, 2019 and effective as of December 30, 2019. The Subdivision Regulations were initially adopted, on April 12, 1966 and became effective on April 15, 1966. Any area of land recorded by deed prior to April 12, 1966 is a lot of record. 1.5 Amendments The FMPC may from time to time amend these regulations by appropriate action taken at a regularly scheduled meeting after the required notice and holding of a public hearing. A thirty-day public notice of the date, time, and location of the public hearing shall be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation. An amendment becomes effective when the FMPC approves it, unless otherwise noted. 1.6 Conflicts Whenever there is a conflict between minimum standards or dimensions in the Subdivision Regulations and those contained in other adopted codes, ordinances, standards and specifications, or plans, the more restrictive standard shall apply. 1.7 Validity If any section, clause, paragraph, provision or portion of these Subdivision Regulations shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect any other section, clause, paragraph, provision or portion of these regulations. Chapter 1. General Provisions