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Level IV: Ft. Sanders NC-1

5-N-18-HZ

Approved With Conditions

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Recommendation
MPC staff supports the expansion of the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center as a priority for the overall community; however, staff recommends the continued co-operation of Covenant Health with the documentation of this important site that was first supported in 2008 by Max Shell, a Covenant Health representative, and allow archaeological research (i.e. monitoring during removal of the houses from the property) and additional needed investigations as determined by a professional archaeologist, so that any important Civil War data discovered at the site can be scientifically recovered and preserved.
Applicant Request
Other: Demolition
    • Demolish store building to construct a new parking garage expansion for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.
Ft. Sanders NC-1
    • Style: Vernacular neighborhood commercial (1920s-1930s)
      • Two-story brick commercial building (former IGA Market) with low-pitched hipped roof with open soffit exposing rafters ends. Full-façade transomed storefront opening with recessed entry at north end (boarded). Tiled bulkheads and trim. NC-1 Overlay 2000 survey mentions brick-arched windows (boarded). (Contributing)
Applicable Guidelines
Fort Sanders NC-1, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on September 13, 2000.
    • J. DEMOLITION
    • . . .the Historic Zoning Commisson shall take the following into account in making their determination about whether or not a building may be demolished:.
    • 1. PHYSICAL CONDITION:
    • The HZC may allow demolition if a building has been condemned by the City of Knoxville for structural reasons, or if the HZC finds that structural problems and associated costs to address the problems warrant demolition; the decision shall be based on an assessment by a licensed structural engineer or architect.
    • 2. ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY: The HZC may allow demolition if the original design is so compromised that historic architectural integrity is lost and cannot, in the Commission's view, be reasonably re-established.
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Meeting Date
May 24, 2018
COA Expires May 16, 2021
Ft. Sanders NC-1
307 Eighteenth St 37916
Applicant
Land Development Solutions - E.J. Baksa E.J. Baksa
Owner Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center - Patrick Birmingham Patrick Birmingham

Case History

Date Filed
April 30, 2018
Date Heard
May 24, 2018

Case History