The request to amend the future land use map from Rural Conservation to Suburban Residential should be denied. This area was thoughtfully considered and designated Rural Conservation intentionally. As stated in the staff report, a significant portion of the property is designated hillside protection, the property is accessed via a substandard road which cannot appropriately support higher density development and the designation of this property as Rural Conservation is in keeping with the surrounding properties which access the same substandard network of roads. There was no error in designating this property Rural Conservation. Further, this request does not meet one, let alone two, of the criteria to amend the Comprehensive Plan, which is the standard the Knox County Commission imposed when they adopted the Comprehensive Plan. With no errors in the designation of this property, no changing conditions along the Snyder Road corridor and the failure to meet at least two criteria to amend the future land use map, the request to rezone the property to Planned Residential up to 12 units/acre should be denied.
