CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – More than 35 acres in Montgomery County have been requested for rezoning off Guthrie Highway from AG and C-5 to M-1 light industrial district to serve businesses out of the Industrial Park.
The applicants are Knox Thomas III and Shirley Thomas, and their listed use is to rezone a portion of the existing property to develop a stabilized laydown yard, with the associated infrastructure, said Regional Planning Commission Director Jeff Tyndall.
Shirley Thomas told the County Commission Monday that her husband has always lived at the farm on the property, working alongside his father and grandfather. “Our intention is to continue farming on this land for the future, and we will remain permanent residents and neighbors to this proposed development,” Thomas said.
“We believe they will be excellent neighbors, so with this in mind, we respectfully request your approval for the M-1 zoning.”
Storing of materials for businesses in Industrial Park
Local attorney Stanley Ross, with Mitchell, Ross, Rocconi, spoke on behalf of the applicants, saying the laydown yard would be where materials are stored for other uses down the road in the Industrial Park. “What we would be doing is basically just staging materials that will be used at a different site. In order to do that, it’s either going to be in containers or wrapped and organized on the lot,” Ross said. He said that way, things are kept looking nice…