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Planning Commission to study zoning amendment for self storage facilities

Posted at 2:59 pm May 23, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The developer of Main Street Oak Ridge on Thursday, April 25, 2019, said it has an “immediate opportunity” for a climate-controlled self storage facility at the 58-acre site. Examples of what these types of facilities look like were presented to the Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission by Brett Rogers, construction director for RealtyLink, the developer.

The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission will study a potential zoning text amendment for self storage facilities this evening (Thursday, May 23).

The text amendment is being considered after a developer, RealtyLink, proposed a climate-controlled self storage facility at Main Street Oak Ridge, the 58-acre redevelopment of the former Oak Ridge Mall.

The self storage facility, which is not currently allowed under the type of zoning in place at the site, could be along Rutgers Avenue. It could be three stories, with a maximum height of 35 feet. It could have about the same “footprint” as Dick’s Sporting Goods.

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Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Brett Rogers, Main Street—Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission, RealtyLink, self storage facilities, self storage facility, UB-2, zoning, zoning amendment, zoning text amendment

Guest column: Surprised by debate, Chamber explains Progress PAC

Posted at 2:09 pm October 7, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Guest Columns Leave a Comment

Parker Hardy

Parker Hardy

By Parker Hardy and Chris Johnson

At the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, we have been surprised by the debate that has surfaced after we established Progress PAC last month.

Why? Because political activity by this Chamber and others is nothing new. And political action committees, or PACs, are quite common tools for chambers and for other organizations that wish to exercise their rights to participate in the political process. Progress PAC was established to build transparency for the Chamber’s political engagement. It is not funded by Chamber membership investments or dues. Furthermore, city economic development marketing funds, which cannot be used for Chamber operations, certainly cannot and will not be applied to Progress PAC. Reporting requirements for all PACs will demonstrate that financial transparency.

Good chambers have been politically engaged for decades. And our chamber has been engaged in pro-business political activity since our founding in 1949—even before the City of Oak Ridge was incorporated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Opinion Tagged With: business parks, Chris Johnson, City of Oak Ridge, infrastructure improvements, Keys to College and Career Readiness, land bank, legacy housing, legislative priorities, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge City Council, PAC, Parker Hardy, political action committee, political engagement, Program of Work, Progress PAC, rowing venue, school funding, shopping centers, speculative buildings, STEM school, zoning

State high court declines to hear appeal in Rogers, Clinton suit

Posted at 11:47 pm March 14, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Last week, the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the city of Clinton and a road-paving company, effectively ending a nearly 20-year-old legal battle.

A grassroots organization called Citizens for Safety and Clean Air made up of Norris residents formed to fight plans by the Rogers Group to reopen a rock quarry and build an asphalt plant on land in the Bethel community annexed several years ago by the city of Clinton. The group filed a lawsuit in Anderson County Chancery Court to stop those plans from going forward, alleging that the city’s rezoning of the property for heavy industrial use constituted illegal spot zoning and that the project would cause increases in heavy truck traffic and air and noise pollution.

Chancellor William Lantrip dismissed the suit, saying that zoning is essentially a legislative matter and not the domain of the courts. An appeals court agreed last fall, and last week, the state’s high court declined to hear the case, essentially clearing the way for the project to move forward.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, Clinton, Clinton, Government, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Chancery Court, asphalt plant, Bethel, Citizens for Safety and Clean Air, Clinton, lawsuit, quarry, rock quarry, Rogers Group, Tennessee Supreme Court, William Lantrip, zoning

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