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5-E-23-UR | Planning Commission
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Use On Review

5-E-23-UR

Approved with conditions
by the Planning Commission

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

See case notes below

Request

Property Info

Case Notes

What's next?

Applicant Request

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  • Land Use
      Current
      Agriculture/Forestry/Vacant Land
      Proposed
      Indoor storage facility

Property Information

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Location
0 CHAPMAN HWY

West of Whites School Rd, North of Chapman Hwy

Commission District 9

Size
4.76 acres
Place Type Designation
GC (General Commercial), HP (Hillside Protection)
Currently on the Property
Agriculture/Forestry/Vacant Land
Growth Plan
Planned Growth Area
  • Utilities
      Sewer
      Knox Chapman Sewer
      Water
      Knox-Chapman Utility District

Case Notes

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

What's next?

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As a Use On Review case, the Planning Commission's decision is final, and it will not be heard by a legislative body unless it is appealed.

The appeal deadline - June 10, 2023 - has passed.

The Process
Applicant

Terry Romans

Planning Staff
Jessie Hillman
Phone: 865-215-3082
Email: jessie.hillman@knoxplanning.org
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