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Metro Sets Sept. 24 on Gallatin Pike Dutch Bros PUD Amendment

Metro Planning posts the Gallatin Pike Dutch Bros PUD amendment for Sept. 24: 5001 and 5003 Gallatin Pike, MUL-A, 0.90 acres, drive-thru restaurant ask.

Tracy King

24 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

Metro Nashville Planning Commission posts Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. in the Howard Office Building’s Sonny West Conference Center with item 183-81P-001 — Gallatin Pike Dutch Bros Amendment — listed as On Consent: Tentative with a public hearing open. The draft agenda asks to amend a Planned Unit Development Overlay District at 5001 and 5003 Gallatin Pike, about 135 feet south of Joyce Lane, zoned MUL-A on 0.90 acres, to permit non-residential uses including a drive-thru restaurant.

For Nashville sellers watching Gallatin Pike near Joyce Lane, this is a PUD overlay amendment for a drive-thru restaurant ask — not the Fredericks Crossing multifamily SP and not a Green Hills community-plan rewrite. Staff recommendation on the draft agenda is approve with conditions and disapprove without all conditions. Applicant is Kimley-Horn; owner is Rare Earth Properties. Council District 7 (Emily Benedict) is the district line on the agenda.

What 183-81P-001 puts on the Sept. 24 docket

The draft agenda labels the case Gallatin Pike Dutch Bros Amendment, case 183-81P-001, staff reviewer Jeremiah Commey. The request is to amend a Planned Unit Development Overlay District to property at 5001 and 5003 Gallatin Pike, approximately 135 feet south of Joyce Lane, zoned MUL-A (0.90 acres), to permit non-residential uses including a drive-thru restaurant.

Consent: Tentative means staff will test for opposition at the start of the meeting. If opposition appears, the item can leave consent and take a full hearing. Sellers should quote the case number and the 0.90-acre MUL-A overlay ask — not a rumor about a second restaurant pad somewhere else on Gallatin Pike.

Staff Recommendation printed with the item is: Approve with conditions and disapprove without all conditions. That is the Planning posture on the draft agenda, not a Metro Council ordinance passage.

How this sits beside other Sept. 24 Nashville files

The same draft agenda stacks Wasioto Bend’s Major and Collector Street Plan amendment, a boarding-house definition text change, Woodlawn & Saratoga resubdivision, Growth & Preservation Concept Map updates, and multiple SPs including Frederick’s Crossing. Keep those files separate when a buyer asks “what’s happening on Gallatin Pike?” Dutch Bros is the PUD overlay amendment at 5001 and 5003.

Related Kings desk context for other Nashville product types includes Metro Lists Courtyards at Battle Grove SP for 112 Lots, Metro Approves McFerrin SP Amendment for 12 DADUs 8-0, Metro Planning OKs Elam Station SP: 110 Multifamily, 77 Lots, Metro Sets Sept. 15 on Baptist World Center Medical SP, and Metro Passes Vanderbilt Innovation SP on Final Votes. None of those replace the Gallatin Pike PUD amendment language.

Field	Draft agenda language
Meeting	Metro Planning Commission, Sept. 24, 2026, 4:00 p.m., Sonny West Conference Center
Case	183-81P-001 — Gallatin Pike Dutch Bros Amendment
Addresses	5001 and 5003 Gallatin Pike (~135 ft south of Joyce Lane)
Zoning / size	MUL-A; 0.90 acres
Ask	Amend PUD Overlay to permit non-residential uses including a drive-thru restaurant
Applicant / owner	Kimley-Horn / Rare Earth Properties
District	Council District 07 (Emily Benedict)
Consent status	On Consent: Tentative; Public Hearing: Open
Staff recommendation	Approve with conditions and disapprove without all conditions

What’s happening in Nashville this week

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, 4:00 p.m. — Metro Planning Commission: Gallatin Pike Dutch Bros PUD amendment 183-81P-001 on tentative consent.
Same night — Additional SP, subdivision, and community-plan items on the draft agenda for sellers tracking other corridors.
October 22, 2026 — Next regular MPC date listed on the draft agenda calendar for deferred items.

Underwriting checklist for Gallatin Pike sellers

Quote addresses 5001 and 5003 Gallatin Pike and case 183-81P-001.
State MUL-A, 0.90 acres, and drive-thru restaurant as the non-residential ask inside the PUD overlay amendment.
Disclose Kimley-Horn as applicant and Rare Earth Properties as owner when a buyer wants the party names from the agenda.
Explain Consent: Tentative — opposition can pull the item to a full hearing.
Do not mix this PUD amendment with Frederick’s Crossing’s multifamily SP unit count or with East Nashville grant files.

How drive-thru PUD amendments show up in listing talks

A drive-thru restaurant on a 0.90-acre MUL-A PUD overlay is a traffic and access question for nearby residential listings, not an automatic apartment story. Sellers should stick to the agenda’s use language and the staff recommendation line rather than inventing peak-hour counts the draft agenda does not publish.

If a buyer’s lender asks whether the case already passed Council, answer that Sept. 24 is Planning Commission action on a PUD amendment recommendation path as framed on the draft agenda — not a final Council ordinance number in this packet.

East Nashville grant and right-on-red files remain separate product types on the Kings desk, including Metro Passes ATIIP Grant RS2026-2284 for East Nashville Spokes when a buyer tries to blend corridor grants into a Gallatin Pike PUD amendment.

Why MUL-A and 0.90 acres belong in the first sentence

Mixed-use limited A with a sub-acre PUD overlay amendment is a different underwriting conversation than a large multifamily SP. Sellers on side streets near Joyce Lane should lead with the acreage and the drive-thru restaurant use language so a buyer does not invent apartment counts. The draft agenda does not publish a vehicle-trip table for this item; do not assume one.

Staff reviewer Jeremiah Commey is the name on the agenda line. When a title company asks who presented the staff report, that is the label from the Sept. 24 draft agenda — not a substitute for later minutes.

Separating Gallatin Pike from East Nashville and Vanderbilt files

Buyers sometimes blend every Nashville agenda item into one corridor story. Keep Gallatin Pike’s Dutch Bros PUD amendment on its own disclosure page. East Nashville spokes grant language belongs with Metro Passes ATIIP Grant RS2026-2284 for East Nashville Spokes. Vanderbilt Innovation final votes belong with the Innovation District SP post already published. None of those change the 0.90-acre MUL-A ask at 5001 and 5003 Gallatin Pike.

If a relocation buyer asks whether Dutch Bros already has building permits, answer from Planning’s stage: Sept. 24 is the PUD overlay amendment on the draft agenda with a staff recommendation to approve with conditions. Permits follow later approvals, not this headline alone.

What sellers should do next

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What is 183-81P-001 on Metro’s Sept. 24 agenda?

A request to amend a Planned Unit Development Overlay District at 5001 and 5003 Gallatin Pike (MUL-A, 0.90 acres) to permit non-residential uses including a drive-thru restaurant.

Who is the applicant and owner on the draft agenda?

Kimley-Horn is the applicant and Rare Earth Properties is the owner on the Gallatin Pike Dutch Bros Amendment item.

What is staff’s printed recommendation?

Approve with conditions and disapprove without all conditions.

The item is listed for tentative consent with a public hearing open; opposition at the meeting can move it off consent for a fuller hearing. Quote the case number either way.

How should nearby sellers describe the ask?

Quote the two Gallatin Pike addresses, the 0.90-acre MUL-A PUD overlay amendment, and the drive-thru restaurant use language from the draft agenda — not a multifamily unit count from a different Sept. 24 case.