Disposition Summary

Approve the PR (Planned Residential) zone up to 4 du/ac because it is consistent with Knox County Comprehensive Plan and change of conditions.

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Staff Recommendation

Approve the PR (Planned Residential) zone up to 4 du/ac because it is consistent with Knox County Comprehensive Plan and change of conditions.

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PURSUANT TO THE KNOX COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, ARTICLE 6.30.01, 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 CITY/COUNTY GENERALLY:
1.The large distribution center that was recently constructed at the I-640 interchange with Millertown Pike and Washington Pike is approximately 3 miles away and is now a major employment center.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE APPLICABLE ZONING ORDINANCE:
1. The PR zone is intended to provide flexibility for different types of residential development and encourage more imaginative solutions to environmental design problems. There is a blue line stream on the property, which makes the PR zone an appropriate zone to consider since it allows the clustering of lots.
2. Houses, duplexes and multi-dwelling structures and developments are permitted in the PR zone and are consistent with surrounding development.

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. While the properties in the immediate area are zoned A, many of them are non-conforming to the minimum 1-acre lot size in the A zone because they were created before the current zoning regulations were adopted. There are also several lots in the area that are 0.25 acres. The RB zone that's about a mile away to the west is built out with lot sizes ranging from around 14,000 sq ft to just over an acre. While the RB zone allows much greater density, the actual build out of the RB-zoned area is more in line with the recommended density than the requested.
2. This 10.46-acre lot with the requested density of up to 7.5 du/ac would allow 78 dwelling units and would require a traffic study, while the recommended 4 du/ac would allow 41 units and would be in line with the recently rezoned properties to the east.
3. PR zoning requires that development plans be submitted for Planning Commission review. At that time, issues such as topography, surrounding character, and access are evaluated, and community input may be provided regarding the proposed development plan.

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 property is within the SR (Suburban Residential) place type. When the proposed district is partially related to the place type, one of three conditions shall apply. One of these is that the proposed zoning district is compatible with the current zoning of adjacent sites. The recommended PR up to 4 du/ac zoning is compatible with the PR up to 4 du/ac zoning of the adjoining site to the east.
2. Areas in the SR place type are appropriate for primarily single family residential development with lot sizes generally less than one acre. These areas may feature a range of lot sizes and housing size and styles, including some small-scale attached dwellings. The PR zone allows various forms of housing types.
3. The recommended rezoning is consistent with Knox County Comprehensive Plan Implementation Policy 2, to ensure that development is sensitive to existing community character. The requested density would be an outlier in this area. PR up to 4 du/ac is consistent with the rezonings to the east and the A zoned lots sizes to the west.
4. The rezoning is aligned with the property's location in the Urban Growth Area of the Growth Policy plan.