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 segement 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 segement of Alcoa Highway in the City.

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This is a rezoning and plan amendment request following annexation of the subject parcel into the City. Consideration of a plan of service for this property was approved by the Planning Commission as part of the process for annexation into the City of Knoxville in July 2025 (7-F-25-OB). It was approved on first reading by City Council on 8/5/2025 and the second reading is scheduled to be heard on 8/19/2025.

PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE ONE YEAR PLAN, CHAPTER 1, PLAN AMENDMENT, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA MUST BE MET FOR ALL ONE YEAR PLAN AMENDMENTS (may meet any of these):

AN ERROR IN THE PLAN.
1. There are no apparent errors in the One Year Plan with regard to the subject parcel. A plan amendment is necessary as part of a City annexation.

A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, OR THE COMPLETION OF A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT (ROAD, PARK, SEWER), WHICH CHANGES THE BASIS ON WHICH THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE AREA.
1. While TDOT expansion and improvements of Alcoa Highway have been completed in recent years immediately adjacent to the property and continue in the vicinity, these changes were anticipated by the South County Sector Plan and reflected in the One Year Plan map.

A CHANGE IN PUBLIC POLICY, UNANTICIPATED BY THE PLAN.
1. There are no known changes in government policy pertaining to this area, aside from the subject property being annexed by the City.

NEW INFORMATION (INCLUDING NEW PLANS AND STUDIES PRODUCED BY KNOXVILLE-KNOX COUNTY PLANNING) BECOMING AVAILABLE, WHICH REVEALS THE NEED FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT.
1. This parcel is being annexed into the City and needs to be assigned a future land use designation. It is consistent with the MU-SD, SCO-3 designation detailed in the Alcoa Highway Small Area Plan portion of the South County Sector Plan.
2. The scenario map within the Alcoa Highway Small Are Plan identifies this parcel as being appropriate for a mixed-use special district.