JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson Metropolis commissioners voted to maneuver ahead with plans to rezone lots on North Roan Road to permit for a self-service espresso store, Coble Espresso.
The proposed web site, zoned for Indian Path Excessive College, is adjoining to 3 residences, together with Jan Yates’.
Yates advised Information Channel 11 that he is involved about how having a enterprise in his yard will have an effect on his property’s worth.
For Yates and the residents of the Shadowood subdivision, the affect on visitors can also be a significant concern.
“Having 4 daughters, considered one of whom drives, three of whom will drive, something that will increase visitors via that hall…I am not going to be a giant fan,” mentioned Shadowood resident Sam Delaune.
Commissioner Jenny Brock and Mayor Todd Fowler voted in opposition to the rezoning measure, citing issues about faculty visitors.
Johnson Metropolis Faculties Superintendent Steve Barnett advised Information Channel 11 that including a drive-thru may make the already busy space much more congested.
“You are going to have individuals coming right into a enterprise and including some visitors to that intersection. It is already very, very busy at the moment of day, morning to night,” Barnett mentioned.
He mentioned he would e mail town late Friday and request a stoplight on the nook of Lambeth Drive, the place visitors leaves campus.
Barnett mentioned the board has been asking town to put in a visitors gentle at that intersection for the previous few years.
For Deluane, it isn’t simply the visitors. He additionally worries what this may imply for the looks of his neighborhood.
“I would favor to not have enterprise there. I feel the visitors facet could be higher with one thing apart from a drive-thru. However loads of it for me is the look and the inexperienced area once you come into town from that path,” Delaune mentioned.
The Metropolis Fee will vote once more and maintain a public listening to on the problem throughout its January 19 assembly.