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Staff Recommendation

Approve the development plan for up to 27 detached residential lots and the reduction of the peripheral setback from 35 ft to 15 ft along the east and west boundary lines, subject to 4 conditions.

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1) Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.
2) Providing a Type B landscape screen and/or privacy fence with a minimum height of 6 ft along the rear lot line of the house lots, except Lot #16, and extending south along the east and west boundary lines to the southern lot line of Lot 6 in the Lazy Acres Subdivision and Lot 10 in the Meadowlark Estates Subdivision.
3) Providing the common area lot extending from the cul-de-sac along the southeast lot line, adjacent to Powell Levi Park, as shown on the development plan.
4. Before final plat approval, verifying that the property's current acreage, before dedication of public right-of-way (if required), has adequate acreage for 27 dwelling units (approximately 7.715 acres). The development's density shall not exceed 3.5 du/ac.

With the noted conditions, this plan meets the requirements for approval in the PR district and the criteria for a development plan.

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN ANALYSIS PER ARTICLE 6, SECTION 6.50.06 (APPROVAL OR DENIAL)
In the exercise of its administrative judgment, the Planning Commission shall determine if the proposed plan is in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the zoning ordinance and adopted plans.

1) ZONING ORDINANCE
PR (Planned Residential) up to 3.5 du/ac.
A. The PR zone allows attached houses as a permitted use. The administrative procedures for the PR zone require the Planning Commission to approve the development plan before permits can be issued (Knox County Zoning Ordinance Article 5, Section 5.13.15).
B. The PR zone allows consideration of up to 3.5 du/ac. The subdivision's density is 3.46 du/ac.
C. Due to the proposed density of 3.46 du/ac being so close to the maximum allowed of 3.5 du/ac, the maximum number of lots will be based on the site's surveyed acreage before the final plat is approved. However, the development cannot exceed the proposed 27 lots without a new approval from the Planning Commission.

2) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - FUTURE LAND USE MAP
A. The property is within the SR (Suburban Residential) place type on the Future Land Use Map.
B. The SR place type is primarily made up of single family residential development with lot sizes generally less than one acre. These areas may feature a range of lot sizes and housing sizes and styles, including some small-scale attached dwellings. This development has smaller lot sizes than adjacent properties, but is consistent with the SR place type.

3) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - IMPLEMENTATION POLICIES
A. Providing landscape screening or privacy fencing between the house lots and adjacent properties, and maintaining the southern portion of the property as one large house lot and a common area lot adjacent to Powell Levy Park is consistent with Policy 2, to ensure that development is sensitive to existing community character.

4) KNOXVILLE - FARRAGUT - KNOX COUNTY GROWTH POLICY PLAN
A. The property is located within the Planned Growth Area on the Growth Plan Map. The purposes of the Planned Growth Area designation are to encourage a reasonably compact pattern of development, promote expansion of the Knox County economy, offer a wide range of housing choices, and coordinate the actions of the public and private sectors, particularly with regard to the provision of adequate roads, utilities, schools, drainage, and other public facilities and services. - The proposed development is consistent with the growth policy plan.