Johnson City planning commission to hear plans for new homes, potential restaurant

New plans for three developments will be introduced at the Johnson City planning commission meeting Tuesday evening. The planning commission will hear plans for a multiphase housing development that will add 37 new homes to Watauga Road and consider rezoning a site on Peoples Street for a 4200-square-foot potential restaurant, among other new business items. Watauga Road could see new homes A proposed multiphase housing development plans to add 37 new residential units to Watauga Road near the Johnson City municipal boundary, according to the planning commission's agenda. The applicant, Steve Drummer, has submitted a preliminary plat for the first phase of the development, which includes 15 single-family homes, two duplexes, 10 tiny homes and two fourplexes, according to agenda documents. If approved, the developers will widen Watauga Road to include a deceleration lane at the project's proposed entrance. The developer on the project is Lauren Schreiber with Heidi's House of Hope, a nonprofit that develops micro-home communities, according to its website. Currently, the site located at 0 Watauga Road is used for agriculture purposes. Proposed Peoples Street rezoning The planning commission will hold a public hearing for a proposed rezoning of 2590 Peoples St. from its current medium-density residential to medical services zoning, according to agenda documents. The applicant, Bryan Sangrid, has requested rezoning for the 1.26-acre lot to accommodate a potential restaurant. The medical services zoning district includes both medical uses and uses that support medical uses including restaurants, banks, hotels and multi-family residences. State of Franklin Road and Browns Mill Road are both located within half a mile of the site. If approved, the rezoned site will match an adjoining site that was rezoned at the January planning commission meeting. Claude Simmons Road could see new homes The final plat for a five-lot subdivision near the Strawberry Fields and Archers Point subdivisions at 512 Claude Simmons Road is also under planning commission consideration. The applicant, Steven Lyons, has submitted plans for five lots, each for single-family homes, according to agenda documents. The site is owned by KWK Hayes Trust. According to the plans, each lot is 15,000 square-feet. Four lots will have access from Claude Simmons Road and one will have access off of Strawberry Field Drive. No new roads are being proposed. The planning commission's meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday inside the commission chambers at the Johnson City Municipal and Safety Building, 601 E. Main St.