Disposition Summary

Approve the One Year Plan amendment to the MDR/O (Medium Density Residential/Office) land use classification because it is compatible with the surrounding development.

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the One Year Plan amendment to the MDR/O (Medium Density Residential/Office) land use classification because it is compatible with the surrounding development.

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This partial rezoning is for a 3.93-acre portion of the 6.88-acre parcel owned by the Canaan Baptist Church. The parcel is in the process of being subdivided which would retain the church on the northwest portion and create a new lot for the portion subject to rezoning.

BACKGROUND: The subject parcel is adjacent to the Golden Age Retirement Village, a three-story elderly housing development subsidized by the City's Industrial Development Board, located on a property zoned RN-5. The adjacent facility was developed by the Canaan Baptist Housing Corporation in the 1980s, when it was approved for 101 units (Case # 8-C-82-UR).

PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE ONE YEAR PLAN, CHAPTER 1, PLAN AMENDMENT, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE MET FOR ALL ONE YEAR PLAN AMENDMENTS (may meet any of these):

AN ERROR IN THE PLAN:
1. There are no apparent errors or omissions in the One Year Plan with regards to the subject property.

A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, OR THE COMPLETION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT (ROAD, PARK, SEWER), WHICH CHANGES THE BASIS ON WHICH THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED FOR AN AREA:
1. Over the last decade, several houses have been built on nearby undeveloped parcels, including the Silver Leaf subdivision approximately a quarter mile north of the subject property.
2. Between 2022-23, the City's Parks & Recreation department created a new playground and improved the tennis/basketball courts on Skyline Park.

CHANGE IN PUBLIC POLICY, UNANTICIPATED BY THE PLAN:
1. There are no known public policy changes pertaining to the subject property and its land use designation.

NEW INFORMATION (INCLUDING NEW PLANS AND STUDIES PRODUCED BY KNOXVILLE-KNOX COUNTY PLANNING) BECOMING AVAILABLE, WHICH REVEALS THE NEED FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT:
1. There are no new studies or plans specific to this request.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
1. The property meets the location criteria of this classification since it is along a collector street, served by transit, and is in close proximity to Skyline Park and less than a mile from Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School.