Farragut FYI

First Utility District provides our water and sewage services.    “Beat the Peak” is FUD’s new irrigation program.   There is no shortage of water. According to FUD, we have millions of gallons of excess capacity in our water supply.   The irrigation program is about being proactive to deal with a potential issue several years down the road regarding transporting water through existing pipes to the farthest points in their system.   Specifically the issue was with everyone getting ready in the morning and running their irrigation systems at the same time. FUD noted that, in the past, the majority of their irrigation customers were watering every other day, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday putting pressure on the ability to provide all that water in such a short period of time.  By moving to alternating days based on even and odd address numbers and having your irrigation system off by 5 am or on after 7 am, FUD indicates that they have more than sufficient cap...

A recent Nextdoor post accused the current town administration of wanting high housing density. The facts show a very different reality. Below is a factual analysis of the most requested zoning district for residential development for the better part of the past two decades. These are the facts. Some folks continue to put words in my mouth that I never said, and ideas I don’t believe and don’t advocate for. I do hope the reasonable residents of Farragut will do their research and reach out to their elected representatives when they have questions about rezoning requests and land use. The Open Space Residential Overlay (OSR) zoning district was adopted by Ordinance 03-18 on November 13, 2003. The Open Space Mixed Residential Overlay (OSMR) zoning district was adopted by Ordinance 06-05 on March 23, 2006. Both OSR and OSMR can only be applied over the base zone Rural Residential (R-1) which effectively limits any development rezoned R1/OSR or R1/OSMR to 2.178 units/acre. In the ordi...