Staff Recommendation

ADOPT RESOLUTION #4-C-12-SP, amending the East County Sector Plan to BP (Business Park) Type 1 and recommend that Knox County Commission also approve the sector plan amendment, to make it operative. (See attached resolution, Ex. A.) (GC was requested.)

---

A Business Park (Type 1) designation on the north side of Knox County's last undeveloped interstate interchange is an appropriate land use proposal. This designation will allow consideration of the EC (Employment Center) zone district, which will accommodate the proposed development plan for a warehouse/distribution center with corporate offices. Although the current sector plan proposes office and low density residential uses for the subject site, this site was part of a large area identified in an MPC study from October 2005 called 'Potential Locations for Business Park Development', as one of fifteen sites which might be considered for business park purposes. This study was prepared for the Development Corporation of Knox County. A portion of that study is attached. The sites were identified countywide, based on several factors, including arterial highway/interstate accessibility, appropriate terrain, locations that would not require access through low density residential neighborhoods, and availability of utilities.