Farragut FYI

In recent months, there has been a lot of concern expressed about growth and development in the Town of Farragut.  From a personal perspective, I don’t need to see another house built in the Town of Farragut and I am certainly in no rush to see the rest of the Town build out.  However, local government is held in check by the laws and constitutions of the United States and State of Tennessee. In my capacity as an elected official, I am constrained by the constitutional principles of due process and takings clauses and I have no right to impose my personal opinion on someone else’s constitutionally protected private property rights.  The Town of Farragut is granted the powers of local planning* and land use regulation**  by the state constitution and state laws, and these powers are reserved to the state by the Constitution of the United States. The Town can adopt zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, architectural design guidelines and a comprehensive land...

There’s a lot of misleading, incomplete and sometimes inaccurate information circulated on social media regarding growth and development in the Town of Farragut and the general operation of the Town of Farragut. It is not always easy to delineate the truth and the facts because, while local governments have very similar responsibilities, each local government generally adopts its own ordinances, subdivision regulations, comprehensive land use plan, architectural design guidelines, building code specifics, processes etc. Navigating how our Town works can be daunting. This blog is here to help dispel some of the rumors and correct some of the misinformation circulated.