Plans for a temporary stay RV park on undeveloped property next to the location of the new Smithville (Tenn.) Elementary School may have suffered a setback, according to WJLE.
During Monday (April 13) night’s regular monthly meeting, the Smithville Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the Smithville Board of Mayor and Aldermen that a request be denied to rezone a portion of the property on East Main Street belonging to Jonathan and Natalie Stroede, of Mount Juliet, from R-1 Low Density Residential to C-1 General Commercial.
Most of the Stroede’s 11.25-acre property is already zoned general commercial, but two parcels at East Main Street are zoned R-1 Low Density Residential. The Stroedes want that rezoned to make their entire property commercial and provide access off East Main Street.
Jonathan Stroede addressed the planning commission Monday night.
“A majority of the area is already commercial and in reality, this would bring everything together to be one zoned parcel. The plan is we would like to do a temporary, short term stay RV park. It would benefit the town a ton with tourism dollars coming in, but should that be a larger challenge, my wife and I could look at doing small homes. The reason for this parcel specifically is because of access to city water and sewer, etc. There are a lot of costs in doing this and we are not millionaires. We are just a couple of folks trying to figure out what to do with our retirement,” said Stroede.
