Disposition Summary

Approve the modification of a final plan for a medical office building, increasing the maximum floor area of a single business from 10,000 sqft to 10,894 sqft because the changes are in general conformance with the approved final plan, subject to 1 condition.

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the modification of a final plan for a medical office building, increasing the maximum floor area of a single business from 10,000 sqft to 10,894 sqft because the changes are in general conformance with the approved final plan, subject to 1 condition.

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1) The increase in floor area is specific to medical office use within the proposed medical office building.

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This proposal is to increase the maximum floor area for a single business from 10,000 sqft to 10,894 sqft in Belltown Center, which is the commercial area within the Belltown planned development. The building meets the design guidelines in Section 8.4, Commercial Designation Area, in the Belltown preliminary plan (see Exhibit B) except for the maximum floor area. The location of the proposed structure is shown in Exhibit C.

The development standards for Belltown were approved through the "planned development approval" process in Article 6.80 of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance. The Belltown "preliminary plan" (11-A-22-PD) was approved by the County Commission in January 2023. The preliminary plan outlines the proposed public benefits, requested waivers to the dimensional standards and uses within the A (Agricultural) zone, transportation improvements, and project phasing. The final plan(s) are the detailed development plans that must be in conformance with the adopted standards in the preliminary plan.

The Planning Commission has the authority approve "major modifications" to final plans that do not qualify as "minor modifications", which are specific modifications approvable by Planning and Knox County Engineering and Public Works staff (Article 6.80.07). All major modifications must be approved by the Planning Commission, and may only approve changes to the final plan if they find such changes are in general conformance with the approved final plan, necessary for the continued successful functioning of the planned development, respond to changes in conditions that have occurred since the final plan was approved, and/or respond to changes in adopted county land use policies.