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Staff Recommendation

Table the application as requested by the applicant.

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This request is for a commercial mulching operation, which is listed as a "use permitted on review" in the CA (General Business) zone and must meet the standards in Article 4.96 (Standards for the use-on-review approval of commercial mulching operations) in the Knox County Zoning Ordinance. The property accesses Cahaba Lane, which is a local street. Cahaba Lane is accessed via a series of major collector streets leading to Asheville Highway (major arterial) north or Strawberry Plains Pike (minor arterial) to the southeast. The facility will not be open to the public for the sale of mulch.