COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE 1999 - 2020 PREPARED AND APPROVED BY THE COOKEVILLE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION Carolyn Meyer, Chairman Harold Jackson, Councilman Vern Crabtree Jim Dickinson Jerry Newport Larry Nunn Mike Patterson William Patterson Jim Stafne September 25, 2000 ADOPTED BY THE COOKEVILLE CITY COUNCIL Dr. Charles Womack, Mayor Richard Grogan, Vice-Mayor Dr. Steve Copeland Dwight Henry Harold Jackson Jim Shipley, City Manager October 5, 2000 ASSISTED BY THE COOKEVILLE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND CODES Jeff Littrell, Director James Mills, City Planner Terry Clark, Planning Technician COOKEVILLE COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Purpose of Plan....................................................................................................................1 Delineation of Planning Area...............................................................................................1 Scope of Plan.......................................................................................................................1 Community Goals, Process and Methodologies ..................................................................2 Companion Planning Document ..........................................................................................2 CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND FOR PLANNING Introduction..........................................................................................................................3 Location and Size .........................................................................................................3 Early Settlement............................................................................................................3 Major Events Affecting Development ..........................................................................5 Governmental Structure .......................................................................................................6 Municipal-Regional Planning Commission..................................................................6 Municipal Finances.......................................................................................................8 Summary of Findings.........................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 3 NATURAL FACTORS AFFECTING DEVELOPMENT Introduction........................................................................................................................11 Climate...............................................................................................................................11 Air Quality and Water Resources ......................................................................................11 Topography........................................................................................................................13 Drainage and Flooding.......................................................................................................14 Soils and Geology..............................................................................................................15 Summary of Findings.........................................................................................................20 CHAPTER 4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING DEVELOPMENT Introduction........................................................................................................................22 Trends Summary................................................................................................................22 Population..........................................................................................................................22 Employment.......................................................................................................................26 Summary of Findings.........................................................................................................29 Cookeville Comprehensive Future Land Use Plan Page ii PAGE CHAPTER 5 EXISTING LAND USE ANALYSIS Introduction........................................................................................................................30 Existing Land Use Inventory.............................................................................................30 General Analysis of Existing Land Use.............................................................................32 Analysis of Existing Developed Land Use ........................................................................33 Residential..................................................................................................................34 Commercial/Private Services......................................................................................38 Industrial.....................................................................................................................39 Public, Cultural, Recreational.....................................................................................40 Utilities .......................................................................................................................41 Transportation.............................................................................................................48 Vacant Land Analysis ........................................................................................................49 Analysis of Existing Land Use by Zoning.........................................................................52 Summary of Findings.........................................................................................................53 CHAPTER 6 ANALYSIS OF EXISTING LAND USE BY PLANNING NEIGHBORHOODS Introduction........................................................................................................................54 Existing Land Use by Planning Neighborhoods................................................................54 Neighborhood One......................................................................................................54 Neighborhood Two .....................................................................................................58 Neighborhood Three...................................................................................................58 Neighborhood Four.....................................................................................................59 Neighborhood Five .....................................................................................................59 Neighborhood Six.......................................................................................................60 Neighborhood Seven..................................................................................................60 Neighborhood Eight....................................................................................................61 Neighborhood Nine ....................................................................................................61 Summary of Findings.........................................................................................................62 CHAPTER 7 TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS AND PLAN Introduction........................................................................................................................63 Analysis of Transportation System....................................................................................63 Classification of Thoroughfares .................................................................................63 Traffic Circulation Patterns ........................................................................................65 Traffic Volumes..........................................................................................................65 Traffic Impediments ...................................................................................................67 Traffic Generators.......................................................................................................68 Existing Street Conditions ..........................................................................................69 Parking........................................................................................................................71 Air/Rail/Port ...............................................................................................................71 Mass Transit................................................................................................................71 Pedestrian/Non-Vehicular Circulation........................................................................72 Future Transportation Plan.................................................................................................74 Land Use Regulations .................................................................................................74 Major Street Plan........................................................................................................74 Street Improvements Plan...........................................................................................78 Pedestrian Circulation Plan.........................................................................................78 Cookeville Comprehensive Future Land Use Plan Page iii PAGE CHAPTER 8 DELINEATION OF URBAN GROWTH AREA Introduction........................................................................................................................81