Disposition Summary

Approve the Special Use to modify the previously approved planned district for the Clear Spring Plantation subdivision (AKA The Highlands at Clear Spring).

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the Special Use to modify the previously approved planned district for the Clear Spring Plantation subdivision (AKA The Highlands at Clear Spring).

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This request meets the former RP-1 (Planned Residential) zone requirements, the previously approved development plan, and the criteria for approval of a special use for modifications to previously approved planned districts per Article 1.4.G.

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STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING A SPECIAL USE (ARTICLE 16.2.F.2.)
1) THE USE IS CONSISTENT WITH ADOPTED PLANS AND POLICIES, INCLUDING THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ONE-YEAR PLAN.
A. If approved, the current access for the Clear Spring Plantation (AKA The Highlands at Clear Spring) and Meadows of Millertown subdivisions will not change.

2) THE USE IS IN HARMONY WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS ZONING CODE.
A. The City of Knoxville zoning code does not address the minimum number of access points to a development.

3) THE USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT IS PROPOSED, AND WITH THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF BUILDINGS IN THE VICINITY.
A. The applicant states they intend to split the subject property and deed it to the adjacent property owners.

4) THE USE WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INJURE THE VALUE OF ADJACENT PROPERTY OR BY NOISE, LIGHTS, FUMES, ODORS, VIBRATION, TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, OR OTHER IMPACTS DETRACT FROM THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT.
A. The subject property will be deeded to adjacent property owners.

5) THE USE IS NOT OF A NATURE OR SO LOCATED AS TO DRAW SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
A. The request will not change the current traffic pattern in the two subdivisions.

6) THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IS NOT SUCH AS TO POSE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO THE PROPOSED USE OR TO CREATE AN UNDESIRABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PROPOSED USE.
A. There are no known uses immediately surrounding the subject site that pose a potential hazard or undesirable environment.