GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Goodlettsville might temporarily ban any more apartments or other high-density housing as leaders worry about the city's growth.
In just four years, Goodlettsville added six hundred housing units and nearly all of them have been either apartments or townhomes. Jeff Checko, relocation director for RE/MAX Advantage, serves the Goodlettsville area and said that the area was well-established.
"It's ripe for what we call infill," Checko added. "...When cities grow, the growth pushes out from the urban corridor to the suburbs and then all points in between."
He tells News 2 an unbalanced housing market can point to where the demand lies, including more high-density developments.
"You have young professionals — people that are either in college or just graduating — that really want that turnkey, easy-living lifestyle," Checko added. "And then, you have that empty nester crowd that wants to get away from the maintenance and upkeep that comes with a single-family home and the surrounding property that that might be drawn toward something like that."
Although they're in demand, the City of Goodlettsville Board of Commissioners are scheduled to consider a moratorium on medium and high-density multi-family housing developments on Thursday night. The suspension would temporarily put a stop to the acceptance and approvals for projects with more than three housing units on an acre for period of one year.
News 2 reached out to city manager Tim Ellis about the resolution. He said in a statement:
“With the City of Goodlettsville having limited land for development and growth going forward, the city during the time of the moratorium would re-visit its current land use plans, commercial and residential design standards, as well as other definitions within the planning and zoning code. These definitions would include strengthening sections such as Mixed-Use Developments, Planned Unit Developments, and other pertinent sections. The purpose is to create a plan that assures that the City of Goodlettsville is well positioned to provide an exceptional long-term sustainable quality of life for its residents."
If the moratorium passes, there would be some exceptions, including projects that already have final planning approvals.