Disposition Summary

Approve the CI (Civic Institutional) land use classification because it is compatible with the surrounding development and is an extension of this classification.

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the CI (Civic Institutional) land use classification because it is compatible with the surrounding development and is an extension of this classification.

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PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL PLAN, PLANNING FRAMEWORK CHAPTER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RESERVES THE AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND LAND USE PLAN CHANGES BASED ON SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED CONDITIONS. SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED CONDITIONS INCLUDE (may meet any of these):

INTRODUCTION OF SIGNIFICANT NEW ROADS OR UTILITIES THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE PLAN AND MAKE DEVELOPMENT MORE FEASIBLE:
1. No known new roads or utilities have been introduced to this area.

AN OBVIOUS OR SIGNIFICANT ERROR OR OMISSION IN THE PLAN:
1. There are no apparent errors or omissions in the Central City Sector Plan with regard to the subject property. However, the proposed CI land use will be a will be an extension of this classification from the northeast and southeast sides.

CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT POLICY, SUCH AS A DECISION TO CONCENTRATE DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS.
1. There are no known changes in government policy pertaining to this area.

TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION OR TRAFFIC THAT WARRANT RECONSIDERATION OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN PROPOSAL:
1. There are significant changes to development trends in this area since the closure of the former St. Mary's Hospital to the west in 2018. Most of the hospital buildings were demolished in 2020, and parts of the broader campus have since become a Public Safety Complex, a McNabb Center behavioral health and urgent care clinic, and a satellite campus for Lincoln Memorial University.
2. While the 2014 sector plan anticipated that the hospital's operations could be relocated or scaled back, it did not include CI in its list of recommended alternative land uses. The requested CI classification is consistent with the recent development pattern and compatible with the adjacent Fulton Bicentennial Park and Fulton High School.