Disposition Summary

Approve the special use for a residential drug and alcohol treatment facility with up to 48 beds in the C-H-1 (Highway Commercial) district, subject to 4 conditions.

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the special use for a residential drug and alcohol treatment facility with up to 48 beds in the C-H-1 (Highway Commercial) district, subject to 4 conditions.

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1) Meeting all applicable requirements of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance.
2) Meeting all applicable requirements of the City of Knoxville Engineering Department.
3) Meeting all applicable requirements of the City of Knoxville Plans Review and Inspections Department.
4) Meeting all applicable requirements of the State of Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

With the conditions noted above, this request meets the requirements of C-H-1 zoning and the criteria for approval of a special use.

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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. The One Year Plan and Northwest City Sector Plan designations for this site are GC (General Commercial) and HP (Hillside Protection). The GC land use provides for a wide range of retail and service-oriented uses along commercial corridors. This proposal is consistent with that description. The current C-H-1 (Highway Commercial) zoning district on the property is consistent with these plans. The HP area will not be impacted because there will be no new site work related to the proposed use.

2) THE USE IS IN HARMONY WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS ZONING CODE.
A. The C-H-1 district is intended to accommodate higher-intensity commercial uses of a predominantly auto-oriented character, including retail, rental, and service establishments of a more intense commercial character including those requiring permanent outdoor service or storage areas. The district regulations are intended to ensure the mitigation of any potential impacts related to such establishments on neighboring uses.
B. The C-H-1 zoning district allows consideration of a residential drug/alcohol treatment facility as a special use. The property's location along a major arterial street that is a commercial corridor meets the intent of the zoning district.

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 proposed facility will be in a recently constructed 2-story, multi-family structure with a separate 1-story structure for meetings and activities. This stretch of Clinton Highway is predominantly commercial, though it does also include scattered multifamily residential and office uses, as well. The proposed use is compatible with these uses.

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 proposed use should have little impact on the adjacent properties as this area has a mix of commercial uses, and the use is separated from the residential to the north by a hill and mature vegetation.

5) THE USE IS NOT OF A NATURE OR SO LOCATED AS TO DRAW SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
A. The development will not draw traffic through residential areas because it has direct access to Clinton Highway.

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 property that would pose a potential hazard or undesirable environment for the proposed use.