November, 2023
Planning Commission
Meeting Information

Below is the monthly archive for the November 9, 2023, Planning Commission meeting, including the final agenda, case files, and all correspondence for each case.

Agenda

Minutes

Video Recording

Agenda Updates
Updates to the November, 2023 meeting materials and/or the agenda itself were made available below.
Automatic Postponements / Withdrawals
Items listed on the current agenda that have been postponed until a future meeting.
Agenda Review Meeting
Scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
Commissioners meet to discuss the items to be heard at the monthly meeting. Open to the public.
Requests for Postponements / Withdrawals / Tablings
Items requiring a vote of the Planning Commission to be postponed, withdrawn, or tabled during the meeting.

Actions from the November, 2023, meeting

8-C-23-SU Approved with Conditions

Approve the request for an outdoor self-storage facility expansion by 52,650 square feet of floor area, subject to 3 conditions.


8-E-23-OA Tabled

Staff recommends a thirty-day postponement until the November 9, 2023 meeting, as requested by the applicant.


9-SA-23-C Tabled

Table the concept plan application as requested by the applicant.


9-I-23-RZ Tabled

Postpone for 60 days to the November 9th Planning Commission meeting, per the applicant's request.


10-A-22-SC Postponed

Postponed - heard at the February, 2023 Planning Commission meeting


10-SA-23-F Approved

Approve the final plat as it is in substantial compliance with the Subdivision Regulations.


10-K-23-RZ Approved with Conditions

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.


10-SA-23-C Approved

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


11-SA-23-F Postponed

Postponed - to be heard at the December, 2023 Planning Commission meeting


11-A-23-RZ Approved with Conditions

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:


11-B-23-RZ Approved

Approve the OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services) zone because it is consistent with the sector plan and consistent with the surrounding development.


11-E-23-RZ Approved

Approve the RN-1 (Single-Family Residential Neighborhood) district because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development.


11-F-23-RZ Approved

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.


11-H-23-RZ Approved

Approve the RA (Low Density Residential) zone because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development.


11-SA-23-C Approved with Conditions

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


11-B-23-DP Approved with 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.


11-D-23-RZ Approved

Approve the RN-2 (Single-Family Residential Neighborhood) district because it is consistent with the sector plan and surrounding development.


11-A-23-DP Approved with Conditions

Approve the development plan for an additional single-family lot, as depicted in the attached plan, subject to 4 conditions.


11-C-23-RZ Withdrawn


11-SC-23-C Approved with 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.


11-D-23-DP Approved with Conditions

Approve the development plan for 11 attached residential dwellings on individual lots, subject to 2 conditions.


11-SB-23-C Approved with Conditions

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.


11-C-23-DP Approved with 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.


11-B-23-SU Approved with Conditions

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.


11-G-23-RZ Denied

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.


11-A-23-SP Denied

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.


11-A-23-SU Approved with Conditions

Approve the request for a 118-space parking lot in the C-H-2 (Highway Commercial) zoning district, subject to 3 conditions.


11-B-23-SP Approved

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.


11-I-23-RZ Approved with Conditions

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.


11-J-23-RZ Approved with Conditions

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.


11-SF-23-C Approved with Conditions

Approve the Concept Plan subject to 6 conditions.


11-A-23-UR Approved with Conditions

Approve the request for 5 duplexes as identified on the concept plan, subject to 2 conditions.


11-SE-23-C Approved with Conditions

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


11-SG-23-C Approved with Conditions

Approve the concept plan subject to 5 conditions.


11-B-23-UR Approved with Conditions

Approve the use of a garage apartment as a secondary structure to the existing primary single family residential home, subject to 3 conditions.


11-A-23-PD Approved with Conditions

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


11-C-23-UR Approved with Conditions

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.


11-F-23-DP Approved with Conditions

Approve the development plan for 3 single family residential homes, subject to 4 conditions.


11-E-23-DP Approved with Conditions

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.


11-A-23-SC Approved

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.


11-B-23-OB Postponed

Postponed - to be heard at the December, 2023 Planning Commission meeting


11-A-23-OB Approved

Approve dog training and kenneling as a use permitted on review in the CA (General Business) zone.


11-G-23-DP Approved with Conditions

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.


11-SD-23-C Approved with 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


11-C-23-SU Approved

Approve the Special Use to modify the previously approved planned district for the Clear Spring Plantation subdivision (AKA The Highlands at Clear Spring).


11-A-23-SNC Approved

Approve the name change from Pelham Road to Rock Pointe Drive as requested by the City of Knoxville Engineering Department.


11-C-23-OB Postponed

Postponed - to be heard at the December, 2023 Planning Commission meeting


11-A-23-HPB Approved


11-B-23-HPB Approved


11-C-23-HPB Approved


11-D-23-HPB Approved


11-E-23-HPB Approved


11-F-23-HPB Approved


11-G-23-HPB Approved


11-H-23-HPB Approved


11-I-23-HPB Approved


11-J-23-HPB Approved


11-K-23-HPB Approved


11-L-23-HPB Approved


11-M-23-HPB Approved


11-N-23-HPB Approved


11-O-23-HPB Approved