Staff Recommendation

APPROVE variance 1 because the site's topography restricts compliance with the Subdivision Regulations, and the proposed variances will not create a traffic hazard

APPROVE the Concept Plan subject to 20 conditions

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1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance
2. Design the western most access to W. Governor John Sevier Hwy. to accommodate two-way traffic
3. Rezoning the Agriculturally zoned portion of the site to CA (General Business)
4. Placing the detention area on a lot, providing access to the detention lot, and clarifying ownership and maintenance responsibility for the detention area.
5. Provision of permanent access to the existing cemetery on the site.
6. Show driveway location for each lot. All lots with the exception of lots A, B & L are to be accessed via the internal street system only
7. No grading permits are to be issued for this project until final design of roads, lane configuration and traffic control devices have been reviewed and approved by the Knox County Dept. of Engineering and Public Works and the Tenn. Dept. of Transportation
8. Completion of all road improvements to Chapman Hwy and W. Gov. John Sevier Hwy. that are identified in the traffic impact study will be the responsibility of the applicant. The applicant will be required to post performance bonds to insure the completion of all of the improvements prior to the approval of a final plat for any portion of this site.
9. Timing of the construction / installation of the identified road improvements will be determined by the Knox County Dept. of Engineering and Public Works and the Tenn. Dept. of Transportation
10. Construct and dedicate Road B as a public street
11. Prior to design plan approval, address the issues raised in the letter from MPC staff regarding the traffic impact statement (attached)
12. Provide required horizontal and vertical curve information for the planned roadways. Show stationing on the plan view drawing
13. Road profiles must show locations of intersection streets & elevation callouts
14. Meeting all other applicable requirements of the Knox County Dept. of Engineering and Public Works
15. Certification on the final plat by the applicant's engineer that sight distance at all locations of intersecting streets meet the requirements as called out the Subdivision Regulations (Section 62-88)
16. Provision of appropriate corner radii or requesting the needed variances
17. Installing sanitary sewer and meeting all other applicable requirements of the Knox County Health Dept.
18. Provision of street names which are consistent with the Uniform Street Naming and Addressing System in Knox County (Ord. 91-1-102)
19. Meeting all applicable requirements and obtaining all required permits from the Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation
20. A final plat based on this concept plan will not be accepted for review by the MPC until certification of design plan has been submitted to MPC staff

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Disposition Summary

APPROVE variance 1 because the site's topography restricts compliance with the Subdivision Regulations, and the proposed variances will not create a traffic hazard
APPROVE the Concept Plan subject to 20 conditions