July 11, 2024
Planning Commission meeting

Public Comments

3 Comments for 1-L-24-RZ and 7-I-24-PA

Kevin (37918), July 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM

The Knox Community Planning Alliance asks the Planning Commission to respect the Advance Knox process that resulted in the new comprehensive land use plan map that was adopted in April. New locations for Town Centers were actively and intentionally sought during the Advance Knox process. They are viewed as ideal ways to concentrate retail, residents, offices and recreation in a walkable area. The Town Center area in south Knox, on both sides of Chapman Highway, is an important element to the plan. The plan has an ction item to create incentives for more town center-style developments (action 4.3). We ask that you respect the plan and work that went into it, and not change it just a few months after it was adopted. Allow the new zoning districts to be created for this Town Center placetype (action 4.1). The request also changes Parks and Open Space placetype area to Commercial Mixed Use, and if this is removed, the closest recreational area would be French Memorial Park. KCPA requests that you deny the proposed sector plan amendment.

July 2, 2024
at 11:51 AM

1-L-24-RZ

Kevin
37918

Kevin (37918), July 2, 2024 at 12:12 PM

The Knox Community Planning Alliance submits these comments: The proposed rezoning to CA is listed as Not related / appropriate to the Town Center Mixed-Use / Parks and Open Space placetypes that overlay the requested rezoning area. The legend specifies that Not related / Appropriate means this zoning district is not consistent with the Future Land Use Map. This development is adjacent to existing residential uses and an existing cemetery, as well as proposed residential uses. CA does not require landscaping and permits large signs. Designs and uses commonly seen in the CA zone, including drive-thru restaurants and vehicle repair shops, results in noise and light trespass to adjacent properties that create a nuisance. Zones that require development plans, including the Town Center zone, would be more appropriate. KCPA emphasizes that they should be consistent with the Place Type and Zoning Chart in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The rezoning of land that Knox County currently leases for recreational facilities is difficult to understand, and KCPA does not support that. Finally, given the cumulative impact of rezonings in this area by a single developer, KCPA suggests that a Planned Development proposal for this property and all of the other properties owned by the applicant would benefit everybody: the community, county government, and the applicant. We encourage use of the Planned Development process available in the zoning ordinance.

July 2, 2024
at 12:12 PM

1-L-24-RZ

Brenda
37918

Brenda (37918), July 9, 2024 at 11:38 AM

My Dad was the original person who approached the Bower family to start a program thru the Seymour Optimist Club that led to the community sports efforts for Bower Field. His name is on the 99-year lease. I know if Bill Hays had been standing there (died in 2011) yesterday at Mayor Jacobs announcement, he would have been satisfied that the ongoing program would not be canceled, and the youth for the past 66 years (since 1958) would still go forward on a better playing location with services continuing from Knox County Parks and Recreation.
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July 9, 2024
at 11:38 AM