Disposition Summary

Approve the requested alternative design standards based on the justifications provided by the applicant and the recommendations of Knox County Engineering and Public Works.

Approve the concept plan subject to 9 conditions.

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the requested alternative design standards based on the justifications provided by the applicant and the recommendations of Knox County Engineering and Public Works.

Approve the concept plan subject to 9 conditions.

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1) Connection to sanitary sewer and meeting other relevant utility provider requirements.
2) Provision of street names consistent with the Uniform Street Naming and Addressing System within Knox County (County Ord. 91-1-102).
3) Connecting Road 'A' to Bailey Landing Lane in the subdivision to the east, with review and approval by Knox County Engineering and Public Works during the design plan phase.
4) Installing notification of future street connection at the north end of Road 'B' as required by Section 3.04.C.2.d. of the Subdivision Regulations.
5) Providing a temporary turnaround at the north end of Road' B' if required by Knox County Engineering and Public Works during the design plan phase.
6) Widening Bakertown Road to a minimum width of 20 feet from the end of the Knox County improvements on Bakertown Road to the Road 'A' intersection with the final design to be approved by Knox County Engineering and Public Works during the design plan phase.
7) Installing sidewalks per Chapter 54, Article IV of the Knox County Code, and sidewalks from the multi-family development to the public sidewalk. The location of the sidewalks will be determined by Knox County Engineering and Public Works during the design plan phase.
8) Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
9) Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.

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SUMMARY
This proposal is for the construction of public roads and a 72-unit apartment complex on this 9.07-acre property at a net density of 7.94 du/ac. The property is zoned PR (Planned Residential) 1-4 du/ac and was formerly part of a larger parcel that included the PC (Planned Commercial) parcel to the north. The subdivision has access to Bakertown Road and road connections to Lobetti Landing to the east and the commercial property to the north. Sidewalks will be provided along the entire length of the public roads and connecting the apartment complex to the public sidewalks. Landscape screening is proposed along the apartment complex's eastern boundary, and staff recommends additional landscape screening on the west side of the dog park.

This proposal is a revision to the previously approved concept plans, 6-SF-22-C and 6-SA-21-C/6-B-21-UR. These revisions are necessary because what was assumed to be a wet weather convenience through the middle of the property was determined to be a stream. Subsequently, two wetlands on the west side of the site were discovered. This has required the developer to concentrate the dwelling units into a smaller area and propose a multi-family development instead of the attached houses approved in the two previous applications.

ZONING AND DENSITY BACKGROUND
The property is zoned PR (Planned Residential) 1-4 du/ac and has a sector plan designation that allows consideration of LDR (Low Density Residential) and MDR (Medium Density Residential) uses with a maximum allowed density of 12 du/ac. The subject property is part of a larger planned residential development that includes the Bakertown Woods and Bakertown Station subdivisions south of Ball Camp Pike. The remaining density from those developments is being transferred to the subject property. Refer to the case boundary for 6-B-21-UR for the area included in the density transfer.

The applicant provides a summary of the former approvals, the total acreage of the development, and the number of existing or approved dwelling units on plan sheet C-1. When the concept plan and use on review (development plan) was approved for the two existing developments on the south side of Ball Camp Pike (8-SH-05-C / 8-J-05-UR), a label on the subject property stated the unused density was to be transferred to the subject lot (see exhibit B).

PROPOSED DENSITY
The net density for the subject site is 7.94 du/ac (72 units on 9.07 acres); however, the gross density, including the two existing residential subdivisions, is 3.26 du/ac (270 units on 82.9 acres). The gross density calculation includes the number of dwelling units that were approved by the Planning Commission for the two existing developments, which is higher than the number of units or lots that have been developed.

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND SIDEWALKS
The development is required to widen Bakertown Road from the Road 'A' intersection to the end of the improvements associated with the realignment of Bakertown Road at the Schaad Road intersection. The internal roads will connect to the Lobetti Landing subdivision to the east and the commercially zoned property to the north. If the road through the commercial development is a private road or driveway with an access easement, a turnaround must be installed where Road 'B' connects to the commercial development because a public road cannot be terminated without an appropriate turnaround.

Sidewalks are provided in the subdivision for the entire length of Road 'A' and the portions of Bakertown Road and Road' B' north of Road' A'.