Subdivision Regulations

Franklin Subdivision Regulations • December 12, 2019 Subdivision Regulations • Development Standards • 7 2.1 Urban Design Principles Land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood, or other menace. 2.2 Compliance With Other Standards The proposed layout of lots and streets shall be in accordance with the Franklin Zoning Ordinance, the Franklin Transportation and Street Technical Standards, Connect Franklin, Title 18 of the Franklin Municipal Code, The Best Management Practice Stormwater Management Manual and all other applicable City standards and codes. 2.3 Suitability of the Land A. All subdivision proposals shall have public utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems, located and constructed so as to minimize flood damage. B. All subdivision proposals shall conform to the standards set forth in Chapter 17, Natural Resources, and Chapter 4, Overlay Zoning Districts, of the Franklin Zoning Ordinance. C. All subdivision proposals shall have adequate drainage provided to reduce exposure to flood damage. D. All subdivisions greater than 50 lots or development exceeding five acres, whichever is the lesser, and to be located in unnumbered A Zones, shall include base flood elevation data with the proposal. E. In the absence of specific data in unnumbered A Zones as depicted on the maps which form a part of the Flood Insurance Study, City of Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson County, dated March 22, 1979, and as subsequently amended, any base flood evaluation data available from a Federal, State, or other source should be utilized until such other data has been provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). F. All proposed developments containing floodplain areas shall be guided and controlled by the Flood Insurance Study, which is the study presented to the City at a public hearing May 24, 1979. The Floodway and Floodway Fringe areas placed on the zoning map are meant to be the same areas expressly delimited in this study which is entitled Flood Insurance Study, City of Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson County, dated March 22, 1979, and subsequently amended, and which study is made a part of the Subdivision Regulations as if set forth herein verbatim. G. Any development of more than five acres and within or adjacent to a flood- prone area as designated on the maps of the FEMA, must have established, at locations approved by the City, permanent elevation benchmarks referenced to the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S) datum. The benchmarks shall be bronze markers mounted in concrete and installed in protected, accessible locations approved by the City. Each benchmark elevation shall be stamped on the bronze marker. The development shall have installed sufficient benchmarks such that no building site is more than 1,500 feet from a permanent benchmark. Chapter 2. Development Standards