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Staff Recommendation

Application approved February 18, 2025, pursuant to Article VIII, Section 7 of the Administrative Rules and Procedures of the Tennessee Technology Corridor Development Authority (Staff Review and Approval of Minor Changes to Previously Approved Applications), for a Certificate of Appropriateness subject to the following conditions:

1) Meeting all relevant requirements of the Knoxville Zoning Ordinance, as appropriate.

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PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 7 OF THE TTCDA ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND PROCEDURES, THE TTCDA STAFF MAY REVIEW AND APPROVE MINOR CHANGES TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR BUILDING, GRADING, AND SIGN PERMITS, CONSISTENT WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

A. THE PROPOSED CHANGE COMPLIES WITH ALL RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, KNOXVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE AND KNOX COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, AS APPROPRIATE. AS SUCH, WAIVERS TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND ZONING VARIANCES WOULD NOT BE NEEDED.
1. The applicant has requested approval to revise previously approved building and landscaping plans for an office building at the intersection of Mabry Hood Road and Dutchtown Road. This will be the first administrative approval since the original site plans were approved in March 2024 (Case 3-B-24-TOB). The conditions attached to the original approvals still apply.
2. The applicant is reducing the building from 3 tenant spaces consisting of 9,405 sq ft to 2 tenant spaces totaling 6,853 sq ft. They are also reducing the parking lot from 50 spaces, including 11 impervious spaces to 30 impervious spaces. The use, building façade, and site layout remain the same.
3. The maximum number of parking spaces allowed is 3 spaces per 1,000 ft of gross floor. The maximum number of parking spaces allowed with the smaller building is 30 spaces, which the applicant is now providing. The original approval included pervious spaces because the applicant was requesting more than the maximum spaces allowed. Parking above the maximum number of spaces may be permitted if the parking surface is pervious.
4. The landscape plan remains largely the same. Turkey Creek runs along the rear west side of the property line, which has dense vegetation and trees that can be preserved to act as a buffer to the stream. The non-disturbance limit and the requirement for a tree protection fence to be established before construction starts remains from the original approval.
5. The landscape plan is largely the same. The main difference is the reduced parking lot requires less landscape screening from public roads and where the third tenant space of approximately 3,000 sq ft of floor area was located will now be seeded lawn. The impervious area ratio has decreased from 31.3% to 22.1%, which is well under the 70% maximum.
6. All other landscape design guidelines have been met.

B. THE PROPOSED CHANGE DOES NOT RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 5% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND ANY OTHER CHANGES RESULTING FROM SUCH AN INCREASE WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.
1. Administrative approval is required for the reduction in the size of the project, which includes the building footprint and number of parking spaces. The lot layout remains the same as the building and the two driveways on Dutchtown Road are in the same location.

C. THE PROPOSED CHANGE COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF EITHER THE KNOXVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE OR THE KNOX COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE FOR APPROVAL OF MINOR CHANGES IN EITHER THE TO-1 OR TO ZONE.
1. The proposed change complies with the requirements of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance for approval of minor changes in the TO-1 zone (Article 8.8).