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Design Review Board

Level 1: Minor alteration of an existing building/structure

12-D-17-DT

This project will replace the existing eight brick crosswalks along Gay Street from Summit Hill Drive to Union Avenue with colored stamped concrete crosswalks. The concrete will include integral color throughout and color hardener finish on the surface to match the color of the existing brick sidewalks and crosswalks on Gay Street. The stamped pattern will include a stacked brick pattern on either side of the thermoplastic band and leave an unstamped section in the middle for ADA accessibility.

Proposed Materials:
1. Integral color in the concrete
2. Color hardener on the surface of concrete
3. Stacked brick stamping pattern

Gay Street from Summitt Hill Drive to Union Avenue.
Applicant Request
This project will replace the existing eight brick crosswalks along Gay Street from Summit Hill Drive to Union Avenue with colored stamped concrete crosswalks. The concrete will include integral color throughout and color hardener finish on the surface to match the color of the existing brick sidewalks and crosswalks on Gay Street. The stamped pattern will include a stacked brick pattern on either side of the thermoplastic band and leave an unstamped section in the middle for ADA accessibility.

Proposed Materials:
1. Integral color in the concrete
2. Color hardener on the surface of concrete
3. Stacked brick stamping pattern
Staff Comments
This project is proposed by the City of Knoxville so the board will make a recommendation regarding the proposal and not a formal approval. A report of the board's recommendation will be provided to the City administration and City Council members, including any modifications the board recommends.

The proposed crosswalk improvements are consistent with those recently installed at other Gay Street intersections, which the board also reviewed and recommended for approval.

Applicable guidelines:
Section 1.A.1. (PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY)
Consider pedestrians first, then transit, then the automobile in designing and developing downtown places. Public utilities and streetscape amenities should be located to support safe, convenient, and unimpeded pedestrian flow. Due to the nature of the narrow downtown streets with low traffic speeds it is relatively safe to bike within the downtown area. However, bike lanes and greenways leading to downtown, and places to store bicycles once downtown should also be considered. For more information, please see the Knoxville Regional Bicycle Plan (2002).
GUIDELINES:
1b. Require sidewalks and crosswalks that are accessible to all and are aesthetically pleasing.
Applicant

City of Knoxville

Planning Staff
Mike Reynolds
Phone: 865-215-3827
Email: mike.reynolds@knoxplanning.org
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