November, 2023
Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission
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Planning Commission
November 9, 2023
Postponed to the February, 2023 Planning Commission meeting
Approve the request for an outdoor self-storage facility expansion by 52,650 square feet of floor area, subject to 3 conditions.
Staff recommends a thirty-day postponement until the November 9, 2023 meeting, as requested by the applicant.
Approve the CB (Business and Manufacturing) zone because it is compatible with adjacent industrial uses and provides a transition of land use intensity. The F (Floodway) zone would be retained.
Table the concept plan application as requested by the applicant.
Approve the PR (Planned Residential) zone up to 4 du/ac because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development, subject to 1 condition.
Approve the requested variance to reduce the minimum broken back curve tangent from 150-ft to 62.06-ft for Road 'B' from STA 3+66.43 to 4+28.49 based on the following evidence of hardship.
a. The reduction in tangent length for the broken-back curve is
Approve the final plat as it is in substantial compliance with the Subdivision Regulations.
Approve the development plan for an additional single-family lot, as depicted in the attached plan, subject to 4 conditions.
Approve dog training and kenneling as a use permitted on review in the CA (General Business) zone.
Approve the final plan for the Historic Giffin Square development with 77 multi-family dwelling units because it is in substantial conformance with the approved preliminary plan (4-A-22-PD), subject to 5 conditions.
Recommend that City Council amend
Approve the PR (Planned Residential) zone up to 5 du/ac because it is consistent with the sector plan designation and would allow development compatible with the surrounding land uses and zoning pattern subject to 3 conditions:
Approve the request to close the unnamed street between the northwest and northeast corners of parcel 094HJ002, subject to retaining all easements and one condition, since closure would not adversely affect surrounding properties.
Approve the name change from Pelham Road to Rock Pointe Drive as requested by the City of Knoxville Engineering Department.
Deny the sector plan amendment to the MDR/O (Medium Density Residential/Office) land use classification because it is inconsistent with the surrounding development and does not meet the location criteria for MDR/O.
Approve the request for a 118-space parking lot in the C-H-2 (Highway Commercial) zoning district, subject to 3 conditions.
Approve the request for 5 duplexes as identified on the concept plan, subject to 2 conditions.
1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.
With the conditions noted, this plan meets the requirements for approval in the PR district and the criteria for approval of a development plan.
Postponed to the February, 2024 Planning Commission meeting
Approve the OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services) zone because it is consistent with the sector plan and consistent with the surrounding development.
Approve the RR (Rural Residential) land use classification because it is consistent with surrounding land use and trends in development. The HP (Hillside Protection) area will be retained.
Approve the request for a gas station with up to 12 fueling positions and a convenience store with up to 5,000 sqft of floor area, subject to 8 conditions.
Approve the use of a garage apartment as a secondary structure to the existing primary single family residential home, subject to 3 conditions.
Approve the development plan for 4 detached dwellings on individual lots, subject to 2 conditions because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development.
Postponed to the January, 2024 Planning Commission meeting
Approve the Special Use to modify the previously approved planned district for the Clear Spring Plantation subdivision (AKA The Highlands at Clear Spring).
Approve the request for a dog training facility with approximately 5,000 sq ft of floor area and an adjacent 1,300 sq ft fenced outdoor gravel area and overnight kenneling for up to 18 dogs, subject to 3 conditions.
Approve the development plan for 11 attached residential dwellings on individual lots, subject to 2 conditions.
Approve the RN-2 (Single-Family Residential Neighborhood) district because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development.
Approve the development plan for a 72-unit multifamily development and 2 duplexes (4 units), on the PR (Planned Residential) portion of the site, as depicted on the site plan, subject to 6 conditions.
Approve the RN-1 (Single-Family Residential Neighborhood) district because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development.
Approve the development plan for 3 single family residential homes, subject to 4 conditions.
Approve the RN-3 (General Residential Neighborhood) district because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development. The HP (Hillside Protection Overlay) would be retained.
Approve the development plan for 59-60 apartment units in phase Ill of the Willow Place Apartment complex, and the reduction of the peripheral setback from 35 ft to 20 ft on the southern boundary, subject to 6 conditions.
Deny the PR (Planned Residential) district up to 18 du/ac because it is inconsistent with the land use classification in the Southwest County Sector Plan.
Approve the RA (Low Density Residential) zone because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development.
Approve the PR (Planned Residential) zone up to 3 du/ac because it is consistent with Growth Policy Plan guidelines and surrounding development trends, subject to one condition.
Approve the PR (Planned Residential) zone up to 3 du/ac because it is consistent with the sector plan designation and would allow development compatible with the surrounding land uses and zoning pattern, subject to 1 condition.
Approve the Concept Plan subject to 12 conditions.
Approve the development plan for 264 detached residential houses on individual lots and the peripheral setback reduction from 35 ft to 25 ft for all double frontage lots with an adjacent 25-ft common
Postponed to the December, 2023 Planning Commission meeting
Approve the alternate design standards based on the justification provided by the applicant and the recommendations of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
Approve the Concept Plan subject to 2 conditions.
Approve the Concept Plan and the use of a Permanent Cross Access Easement for lot frontage in a residential zone via the Alternative Access Standards approval process, subject to 10 conditions.
Approve the request to remove condition #6 from the Concept Plan approved on September 13, 2018 (9-SE-18-C) requiring a street connection between the Clear Springs Plantation and the Meadows at Millertown subdivisions (extension of Parasol Ln. to Autumn
Approve the requested variance to reduce the radii of property lines and curbs at intersections in a commercial zone based on the following evidence of hardship.
a. There is steep topography on the site with an elevation change of approximately 100 ft
Approve the Concept Plan subject to 6 conditions.
Approve the concept plan subject to 5 conditions.
