July 11, 2024
Planning Commission meeting

Public Comments

3 Comments

3-A-24-OB
Kevin (37918), March 7, 2024 at 7:47 AM

Knox County Planning Alliance supports the staff recommendation to deny the similar use determination. The noise levels emitted from this type of use easily cross property boundaries and cause noise nuisance for adjacent properties. Since this similar use consideration would apply across the county, it would be allowed on any property zoned Agricultural. Look at the zoning map and you will quickly see how this use would create substantial conflicts. A similar use from a noise perspective could be a race track. Would we permit racetracks in all Agricultural zoned property in the county?

March 7, 2024
at 7:47 AM

7-I-24-PA

Kevin
37918

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

1-L-24-RZ
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