PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE this petition to help save the rural beauty of the Hooker property at the corner of Sneed Road and Vaughn Road in northern Williamson County. A development of 147 homes has been proposed days before the county's planning commission votes on a rezoning plan that would dramatically reduce the density. The county's new lower density land use plan was approved by both the Williamson County Planning Commission and County Commission in early March and would have become law by July without Coronavirus-related delays. 

The development plan will encompass construction of homes on both sides of Vaughn Road as well as the north side of Sneed Road. Two entrances are proposed on Vaughn and another on Sneed. The outgoing zoning code that will apply to the Hooker property is the same as the widely-criticized 1200 home Stephens Valley development further west on Sneed Road. One more large development on Sneed may be the final straw in maintaining that road's rural character and historic significance of the Natchez Trace Trail. During the Stephens Valley planning stage in 2016, taxpayer costs to widen Sneed Road alone were projected to be $43 million. Vaughn Road will probably also need to be widened at additional cost. This development may also finally trigger the construction of a northern county high school costing another $50+ million. As we all know, residential growth does not pay for itself...

The Planning Commission will be voting on the approval of the proposed development plan on Nov. 12th  

By SIGNING, we are calling on our elected officials in Williamson County and the Planning Commission to require that any development on the Hooker property conform with the one home per five-acre stipulation of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan enacted in March, 2020. We are also calling on the County Commission to approve the new zoning ordinance on Nov. 9th and to enact it effective immediately.