Collierville favors Mount Trashmore rezoning — just don’t slide down it
The Town of Collierville filed a complaint June 12, 2019, in Shelby County Chancery Court claiming the Frank Road landfill is an odor nuisance, noise nuisance and safety hazard to residents. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Rezoning the former E-Plex landfill in Collierville was unanimously endorsed by the suburb’s Planning Commission on Tuesday evening despite opposition from the property owner.
The site, zoned R-1, would allow several homes. However, town officials want a change to Forest Agricultural Residential, allowing fewer homes on 5-acre lots. There are constraints to development of the property due to the former landfill use. While the northern portion and the former landfill have little development potential, homes are possible on the site’s southern side.
“If we continue it as R-1, it is going to be misleading to a potential buyer, and I think changing it is appropriate to remedying that,” Commissioner Heather Fletcher said.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is a lifelong resident of Shelby County and a graduate of the University of Memphis. She has worked for several local publications and covers the suburbs for The Daily Memphian.
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