What effect a residential development of an eventual 218 homes would have on the Greeneville Municipal Airport was the main topic of discussion at the Tuesday meeting of the Greeneville Municipal Planning Commission.
The commission eventually denied the grading request from D.R. Horton Construction on the property due to permits which would be expiring before the work could ever begin. This action however followed voiced opposition from several of those who deal with the airport either directly or indirectly had concerns about the development just 3400 feet from the end of the runway on the Greeneville side.
Todd Hensley owns Hensley Aviation which is housed at the airport and is also a spokesperson for the Greeneville Airport Partnership group.
(EDITORS NOTE – per Greeneville Municipal Airport Board Chair Paul McAfee, the Greeneville Airport Partnership Group is not affiliated with the Municipal Airport Authority and not representative of the board, thus their comments and opinions are their own and not of the Airport or Airport Authority)
Partnership President and CEO Jeff Taylor, while addressing the severe housing need in Greeneville, does not see the proposed development as the answer for the future of the towns success.
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Scott Niswonger says there are more questions than answers at this point as it pertains to the airport and the community.
Long time Manager of the airport Walt Stone also voiced concerns related to complaints from those who do lived in the proposed development
Nearby property owner Gloria Susong also spoke against the development.
Town Planning Director Randy Davenport explained to board members despite voiced objections, if all regulations were met, there was nothing the commission could do legally to deny the project. But a question from Andy Broyles concerning the permits led to the vote that allowed the commission to deny the grading plan and permit to be denied following a motion to that effect from Commission member Matt Hensley.
