People · Planning Commission
Marcia Allen
Appointed by the mayor to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission, which approves site plans and plats and advises the board on every rezoning and annexation. This five-year term runs to December 31, 2027; the board approved the reappointment on December 13, 2022.
The seat
Planning commissioner.
- Seat
- Appointed by the mayor
- This term
- January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027
- Approved by the board
- December 13, 2022, a reappointment
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Seats and terms are from the city's boards portal and the board's agendas. The mayor appoints seven of the nine members to five-year terms with the board's approval; the mayor's designee and an alderman the board selects hold the other two.
Jan. 22 to Sept. 24, 2026
The 2026 record.
Every motion counts, procedure, amendments and deferrals included, and a consent agenda counts once. Absent Jan. 22, April 23. How we count.
2026
The commission's 9 split votes, and Allen's.
| Date | What | Result | Allen | Voted no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 26 | Motion to recommend redrawing the hillside protection overlay on 202.6 acres at 354 Franklin Road, with about 1.4 acres of trees and stone wall behind Ash Drive added to it (Ord. 2025-54) | Failed 3 to 5 | No | Lindsey, McLemore, Mann, Williamson, Allen |
| April 23 | Ovation: angled parking along its internal private streets, which staff recommended against (MOS 1 of 15) | Passed 6 to 1 | Not voting | Mann |
| April 23 | Ovation: 12 digital wayfinding and advertising displays up to 8 feet tall, fewer and shorter than the 15 at 10 feet requested, which staff recommended against (MOS 7 of 15) | Passed 5 to 2 | Not voting | Mann, Williamson |
| April 23 | Ovation: internally lit small hanging and projecting signs, which staff recommended against (MOS 12 of 15) | Passed 6 to 1 | Not voting | Mann |
| June 25 | Poplars Reserve: waiving the required street connection to the land to the east, which staff recommended against (MOS 1 of 3) | Passed 5 to 3 | No | Mann, Williamson, Allen |
| June 25 | Poplars Reserve: reaching the land to the west by a right-of-way off a cul-de-sac instead of extending Denhart Drive, which staff recommended against (MOS 2 of 3) | Passed 6 to 2 | No | Mann, Allen |
| June 25 | Poplars Reserve: a cul-de-sac at Albrecht Drive instead of a through street, which staff recommended against (MOS 3 of 3) | Passed 7 to 1 | No | Allen |
| Sept. 24 | Zoning update: keeping data centers half a mile from any house lot, double the quarter mile staff proposed (Ord. 2026-18, amendment 2) | Passed 7 to 1 | Yes | McLemore |
| Sept. 24 | Zoning update: allowing screened shipping containers in side yards as well as rear yards (Ord. 2026-18, amendment 3) | Passed 5 to 3 | No | Allen, Mann, McLemore |
Each date links to the meeting on the city's portal, with its video and minutes. Every other vote of the year was unanimous among those voting.