Disposition Summary

Approve the RA (Low Density Residential) zone because it is consistent with Knox County Comprehensive Plan and due to the change of conditions in the area.

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the RA (Low Density Residential) zone because it is consistent with Knox County Comprehensive Plan and due to the change of conditions in the area.

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PURSUANT TO THE KNOX COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, ARTICLE 16.30.01, THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE MET FOR ALL REZONINGS (must meet all of these):

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL BE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED OR CHANGING CONDITIONS IN THE AREA AND DISTRICTS AFFECTED, OR IN THE COUNTY GENERALLY:
1. Improvements were recently completed to the northeast on W Beaver Creek Drive with a roundabout installation and re-alignment at its intersection with Brickyard Road and Lyngate Boulevard. This provides safer and more efficient access to Powell Drive to the northwest, which is a major arterial street created by TDOT in 2016.
2. The RA zone is the predominant zone in the area along W Beaver Creek Dr between Brickyard Dr and the railroad track to the east.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE APPLICABLE ZONING ORDINANCE:
1. The RA zone provides for residential areas with low population densities. The RA zone allows single-family houses with sewer on 10,000 sq ft lots and duplexes on 12,000 sq ft lots with Use on Review approval by the Planning Commission.
2. Rezonings should be based on the entire range of uses allowed within a zone to ensure that any development brought forth at a future time would be compatible with the surrounding land uses.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT ANY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY, NOR SHALL ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT ADVERSE EFFECTS RESULT FROM SUCH AMENDMENT.
1. The property has access to a major collector street, so no traffic will be diverted through residential side streets to reach the subject property.
2. The rear of the property is constrained by 100- and 500-yr FEMA floodplains and is designated as an SP (Stream Protection) area in the Future Land Use Map. Any future development will need to comply with the County Stormwater Ordinance.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH AND NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN OF KNOXVILLE AND KNOX COUNTY, INCLUDING ANY OF ITS ELEMENTS, MAJOR ROAD PLAN, LAND USE PLAN, COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLAN, AND OTHERS:
1. The proposed RA district is directly related to the SR (Suburban Residential) place type.
2. This request brings the zoning into compliance with the Knox County Comprehensive Plan, as the current A zoning is not a zone that can be considered under the SR place type. The SR place type calls for primarily single family residential development with a range of lot sizes, housing sizes, and housing styles, including some attached dwellings.
3. The proposed rezoning to RA aligns with Implementation Policy 2 of the Knox County Comprehensive Plan, to ensure that development is sensitive to existing community character. RA is the predominant zoning in this area.
4. The rezoning is aligned with the property's location in the Planned Growth Area of the Growth Policy
Plan and is consistent with the policies related to the Planned Growth Area.