Disposition Summary

Staff recommends that the Planning Commission remove the (C) designation from the parcels 057 12517, 12518, 12521, 12522, 12523, 12524, 12525, 12529, 12530, 12531, 12532, 12533, and 058 007 as shown under Article 3.2.C of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance, to correct a map error as evidenced on the attached map (Exhibit A).

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Staff Recommendation

Staff recommends that the Planning Commission remove the (C) designation from the parcels 057 12517, 12518, 12521, 12522, 12523, 12524, 12525, 12529, 12530, 12531, 12532, 12533, and 058 007 as shown under Article 3.2.C of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance, to correct a map error as evidenced on the attached map (Exhibit A).

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The (C) designation on the zoning map indicates the presence of a previously approved planned district per Article 1.4.G. This designation was applied upon the effective date of the current zoning ordinance on January 1, 2020. The purpose of this designation is to provide a visual cue that plans may have been approved for the parcel with this designation before adopting the current code.

Under Transition Rules, Article 1.4.G, all previously approved planned districts were to remain in effect, subject to all plans, regulations, and conditions of their approval after the current zoning code became effective. The code goes on to say that changes to a previously approved planned district, or request to remove a planned district, shall be made through the special use process.

In some instances, the (C) designation has been applied, but no plans were ever submitted or approved for the property. Therefore, there are no previous plans or conditions placed on those properties. In these instances, the city has determined that the planned district designation can be removed through the administrative map error process in Article 3.2.C, and the property can be developed according to the standards of the current zoning. This determination is reflected in the attached memo from the Zoning Code Administrator (Exhibit B).

SUBJECT PROPERTY:
The subject properties were part of a larger rezoning in 1990 that rezoned 312 acres of properties in the City of Knoxville and Knox County (7-T-90-RZ). As part of that rezoning, the subject properties were zoned RP-1 (Planned Residential) up to 6 du/ac prior to the effective date of the new zoning ordinance. The subject properties are now zoned RN-1 with a (C) designation. The former RP-1 zoning required a development plan to be approved before permitting could begin, but a development plan was never submitted. Because there is not a development plan in place, the (C) designation is no longer needed.