Disposition Summary

Deny the LI (Light Industrial) land use classification because it is incompatible with surrounding residential development. The HP (Hillside Protection) area would be retained.

---

Staff Recommendation

Deny the LI (Light Industrial) land use classification because it is incompatible with surrounding residential development. The HP (Hillside Protection) area would be retained.

---

PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE ONE YEAR PLAN, CHAPTER 1, PLAN AMENDMENT, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE MET FOR ALL ONE YEAR PLAN AMENDMENTS (may meet any of these):

AN ERROR IN THE PLAN:
1. The current LDR status is consistent with this property's location in a single-family residential neighborhood. This designation is not the result of an error or omission in the One Year Plan.

A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, OR THE COMPLETION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT (ROAD, PARK, SEWER), WHICH CHANGES THE BASIS ON WHICH THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED FOR AN AREA:
1. The subject property is part of the established Town Hall East residential neighborhood, and its only access is at the end of N Burns Road, a 15-ft wide local street. The neighborhood is wooded with steep slopes in the Hillside Protection area. There are no changing conditions at this location that support the requested plan amendment from the LDR (Low Density Residential) to the LI (Light Industrial) land use classification.
2. While there is industrial activity occurring nearby to the west across Spring Hill Road, these I-G-zoned properties have more direct access to I-40 and do not necessarily impact the residential neighborhood south of it with heavy trucking traffic. This is not the case at the subject property's location, where the only access is through residential streets accessing lots within the Hillside Protection area.
3. There have been no capital improvements to road or utility infrastructure that make industrial land uses more feasible in this neighborhood.

CHANGE IN PUBLIC POLICY, UNANTICIPATED BY THE PLAN:
1. There are no new government policies that support the LI land use classification at the end of a steep, narrow residential street.

NEW INFORMATION (INCLUDING NEW PLANS AND STUDIES PRODUCED BY KNOXVILLE-KNOX COUNTY PLANNING) BECOMING AVAILABLE, WHICH REVEALS THE NEED FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT:
1. There are no new plans or studies that support the requested land use classification at this location. It would be an intensive encroachment into a residential neighborhood.