Disposition Summary

APPROVE the MU-SD, SCO-3 (Mixed-Use Special District, Alcoa Highway Small Area) land use classification because it is consistent with the land use designation for properties along this segment of Alcoa Highway in the City.

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Staff Recommendation

APPROVE the MU-SD, SCO-3 (Mixed-Use Special District, Alcoa Highway Small Area) land use classification because it is consistent with the land use designation for properties along this segment of Alcoa Highway in the City.

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PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL PLAN, PLANNING FRAMEWORK CHAPTER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RESERVES THE AUTHORITY TO RECOMMEND LAND USE PLAN CHANGES BASED ON SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED CONDITIONS, SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED CONDITIONS INCLUDE (may include any of these):

INTRODUCTION TO SIGNIFICANT NEW ROADS OR UTILITIES THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE PLAN AND MAKE DEVELOPMENT MORE FEASIBLE.
1. As anticipated by the Alcoa Highway Small Area Plan and the South County Sector Plan, TDOT improvements and expansions of the Alcoa Highway corridor have occurred in recent years. These include the construction of Dresser Road, a frontage road designed to provide safe access to the subject site and adjacent parcels. The proposed land use classification aligns with these infrastructure improvements.

AN OBVIOUS AND SIGNIFICANT ERROR OR OMISSION IN THE PLAN.
1. There are no apparent errors in the South County Sector Plan with regard to the subject parcel.

CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT POLICY, SUCH AS A DECISION TO CONCENTRATE DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS.
1. This parcel is being annexed into the City of Knoxville and needs to be assigned a future land use designation. It is consistent with the MU-SD designation detailed in the Alcoa Highway Small Area Plan portion of the South County Sector Plan. The scenario map in the Alcoa Highway Small Area Plan within the South County Sector Plan identifies this parcel as being appropriate for a mixed-use special district.

TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION, OR TRAFFIC THAT WARRANT RECONSIDERATION OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN PROPOSAL.
1. No recent development trends are relevent to the amendment of the plan designation for this parcel.