Disposition Summary

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

Approve the Concept Plan subject to 6 conditions.

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Staff Recommendation

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

Approve the Concept Plan subject to 6 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. Before certification of the final plat for the subdivision, establish a property owners association or other legal entity responsible for maintaining common facilities, such as common areas, amenities, private roads, and/or stormwater drainage systems.
4. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works, including the stream buffer requirement. Any shifting of units, as determined during the design phase, shall be reviewed and approved by Planning staff.
5. Meeting AASHTO standards for turnarounds.
6. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.

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This proposal is a revision to previously approved concept plans, Planning Cases 3-SD-23-C/3-E-23-DP, 6-SF-22-C and 6-SA-21-C/6-B-21-UR. The applicant is proposing to subdivide this 9.07-acre tract into 41 attached houses on residential lots at a density of 4.51 du/ac. The property is zoned PR (Planned Residential) up to 4 du/ac. The sector plan allows consideration of LDR (Low Density Residential) and MDR (Medium Density Residential) uses with a maximum allowed density of 12 du/ac.

DENSITY
The subject property is part of a larger planned residential development that includes the Bakertown Woods and Bakertown Station subdivisions directly south of Ball Camp Pike. The remaining density from those developments is being transferred to the subject property. Refer to case 6-B-21-UR for density transfer approvals. The total density for the 3 subdivisions is 2.88 du/ac (239 units on 82.9 acres).

PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
Roads A and B are shown in hatching on this plan because they were previously approved (3-SD-23-C/3-E-23-DP) and will not change with the new concept/development plan. The subdivision has access to Bakertown Road and road connections to Lobetti Landing to the east via Road A and the commercial property to the north via Road B. Sidewalks will be provided on one side of the street for the entire length of the public roads. 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.

ALTERNATIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
All 41 lots will be on private Roads C and D. Two of the alternative design standards are for a reduction in right-of-way width from 50 ft to 40 ft (can be approved by Knox County Engineering) and pavement width from 26 ft to 22 ft (requires Planning Commission approval). These reductions are necessary because of the stream and wetlands on the property. The third alternative design standard is for a reduction in street frontage from 25 ft to 20 ft (can be approved by Knox County Engineering and Public Works). All lots with road frontage of less 25 ft shall have a minimum front yard setback of 20 ft and provide guest parking. This plan includes 20 ft front setbacks and 21 guest parking spaces.

As shown on the concept plan, a peripheral setback reduction to 15 ft is proposed along the southern boundary affecting Lots 18-33. Landscape screening is proposed along the developments' eastern boundary adjacent to single family houses.