City Of Franklin: Final Draft Of Historic District Design Guidelines Update Has Been Released

Press release from the City of Franklin:

03/10/2022 9:00 AM

Franklin, TN – The City of Franklin has released the final draft of update to the Historic District Design Guidelines.  The goals of the document are to provide guidance for the preservation of historic resources and to ensure that proposed exterior alterations are compatible with the historic districts.  The update is intended to create a more user-friendly, graphic-focused document for use by homeowners, property owners, and design professionals within Franklin’s historic districts. 

The Department of Planning & Sustainability utilized citizen feedback from surveys, open office hours, public meetings, and feedback from the Historic Zoning Commission to update the Guidelines.  The final draft, available here: www.franklintn.gov/DesignGuidelinesUpdate, will be presented to the Design Review Committee of the Historic Zoning Commission on March 21st.  It will then be considered by the full Historic Zoning Commission on April 11th.  

Recommendations from the Historic Zoning Commission will be presented to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen who will consider adoption of the document. The final draft of the Historic District Design Guidelines update is available on the City’s website at www.franklintn.gov/DesignGuidelinesUpdate. 

www.franklintn.gov/DesignGuidelinesUpdate

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