Staff Recommendation

Approve the request for a self-service storage facility with approximately 110,500 square feet of floor area, subject to 6 conditions.

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1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.
2. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works, including the required stream buffer along the two tributaries to Hines Creek, as well as widening Whites School Road if required during the permitting phase.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Fire Prevention Bureau.
4. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
5. Meeting all applicable requirements of the standards for self-service storage facilities in Article 4.93 of the Zoning Ordinance. This includes installing a minimum 6-ft wide landscaping strip between the development (i.e., buildings and parking lots) and both street frontages, maintaining a landscaped buffer with a minimum width of 20-ft between the development and the two properties along the southern border, providing a minimum 10% transparency on the first floor street facing fa?ade, and ensuring all lighting and glare is deflected, shaded, and focused away from all adjoining property.
6. Installing all landscaping before the final building inspection, or posting a bond with the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works to guarantee its installation.

With the conditions noted above, this request meets all requirements for approval in the CA (General Business) zone, and the criteria for approval of a use on review.

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Disposition Summary

Approve the request for a self-service storage facility with approximately 110,500 square feet of floor area, subject to 6 conditions.