Three new residential subdivisions approved by Johnson City Planning Commission
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Three “infill” residential proposals were approved Tuesday night by the Johnson City Regional Planning Commission, including a 118-home proposed subdivision that would tuck into 46 acres near Willow Springs Park in west Johnson City.
The residential proposals also include a 25-home addition to a subdivision near the larger proposal and a 24-unit townhome project off Princeton Road in north Johnson City. They are part of a busy agenda that also has an RV park proposal, a voluntary annexation and a proposed pickleball-volleyball recreational center on Browns Mill Road.
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City staff members have recommended approval of all the proposals.
Local governments often favor infill development as it takes existing vacant land that already has road, water and other infrastructure and doesn’t require provision of as many new public services.
The largest project on Tuesday’s agenda was a concept plan for what’s currently being called the “Woodland Grove” subdivision in an area that is currently zoned RP-3 planned residential. Landstar Development, which typically grades and puts in roads and other infrastructure before selling individual lots to national homebuilder D.R. Horton, purchased the property for $1.15 million in November 2023.
It’s one of the largest single pieces of property in the West Walnut/Antioch Road area between East Tennessee State University and Jonesborough. The preliminary plat shows the existing Woodhill Road extending from the east through the middle of the subdivision, leaving the property where Cooper Drive intersects with Huffine Road.
Three additional streets are planned for the area. A 12-foot-wide walking trail would pass through a stormwater management area at the southeast end of the property, where the vast majority of the 8% of “active open space” would be. The plan has a total of 24% open space, and the home lots have a minimum size of 6,300 square feet.
Developers involved with the project said grading and infrastructure work could begin in the second half of 2024.
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Just about a half mile west, Gary Phillips and Matthew Bundy have proposed a plat showing 25 new lots on an extension of Alta Tree Boulevard in the Beechwood Meadows Subdivision. The site is just under 8 acres and would include a minimum of 15% of open space.
The third residential proposal would require a rezoning on 2.7 acres at the corner of Princeton Road and Nave Drive. The land is currently a mix of I-1 Industrial, R-2 low-density and R-5 high-density residential. It’s surrounded by light industrial, medical services and low-density residential.
The concept from Vinh Mai was amended to address several community concerns raised when 27 people attended an April 3 neighborhood meeting, including moving the entrance/exit to Nave Drive from Princeton Road. It shows four buildings with 24 total units and garage and driveway space for each unit.
The commission also approved a rezoning for five acres off of Browns Mill Road from R-2 to RP-2 residential to allow for a recreational development of indoor and outdoor pickleball and volleyball courts. R-2 doesn’t permit recreational facilities. The current proposal includes three outdoor pickleball courts and two buildings that would house indoor pickleball and volleyball courts.
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