April 14, 2022
Planning Commission meeting

Public Comments

4 Comments for

4-G-22-SP
Rhonda (37918), April 10, 2022 at 4:21 PM

This is farm land that we the residents do not want, what little farm land is left made into housing project type homes. The roads can not handle the extra traffic.

April 10, 2022
at 4:21 PM

4-M-22-RZ

Bekkah
37918

4-M-22-RZ
Bekkah (37918), April 11, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Please reconsider rezoning this agricultural area. Building huge neighborhoods with no plan leaves the community in a terrible situation. Emory Road, Tazewell Pike, Thompson School and Majors Road are heavily traveled roads. The roads currently cannot handle the amount of cars that travel them daily. It is now commonplace to witness or read about accidents on these roads, many severe. Gibbs schools are at or near capacity. Our children deserve better than to attend schools that lack enough space and items, such as desks and textbooks. Building just to build, creates more headaches down the road. Schools, roads, utilities, fire, law enforcement, and other miscellaneous items need to be addressed. The company wanting to build in this area does not have a very good track record. That alone should give pause. Please, do not rezone this land.

April 11, 2022
at 7:59 PM

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Eric
37918

4-M-22-RZ
Eric (37918), April 11, 2022 at 8:04 PM

Y’all are allowing farm land to be destroyed when there is getting less and less of it. And the schools will be overwhelmed they are already at their peak now what do you thinks going to happen if you allow this subdivision or any more come in in the area? And the road ways are no where Big enough to handle what is on it now. And crime can only go up with more people around in one Area

April 11, 2022
at 8:04 PM

4-M-22-RZ

Matt
37918

4-M-22-RZ
Matt (37918), April 12, 2022 at 2:24 PM

I do not support the rezoning of this property, nor the sector plan amendment. The current zoning at 1 per acre is appropriate - one per acre offers the right amount of preservation to retain the rural character the 8th district was planned to have. The county should be upholding and enforcing sector plans as they were designed by the community members, incorporating the vision of how the community desired Corryton to grow and develop. When the sector plan was developed, it important to the 8th district to preserve agriculture and that desire stands firm today. Approving this rezoning would fly in the face of that vision and approved sector plan. Further, Corryton cannot continue to absorb these new developments with inadequate infrastructure. There are already 400 homes between 4 developments that have been approved in the immediate area of which construction hasn’t commenced. Therefore, those effects haven’t been realized yet. It would be irresponsible and imprudent to approve this rezoning to a higher density at this point. If this rezoning is approved, what utility and road upgrades (or other infrastructure upgrades for that matter) are proposed to meet the future needs of hundreds of new potential residents? The current infrastructure in this area is not even adequate for the current population, and does not have the capacity to handle such a large influx of new housing at 5 units per acre.
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April 12, 2022
at 2:24 PM