Busy Week of Meetings – Nov 11-15!
Updated: November 10, 2024

This week brings an extremely busy week for land use requests and meetings. There are seventy-three (73) agenda items on the November Planning Commission agenda. Meetings are:

  1. 11:30AM Tuesday – Planning Commission Agenda Review meeting
  2. (likely to be postponed) 4PM Tuesday – public hearing regarding establishing a Residential Infrastructure Improvement District for 2814 Tipton Station Rd, requested by DR Horton
  3. 5PM Thursday – County Commission Zoning. Due to the new schedule, this occurs before the November Planning Commission meeting. There is a controversial rezoning on Babelay Rd (10-H-24-RZ)
  4. 5-7PM Wednesday – East Knox Mobility Study Public Meeting at Gibbs Middle School
  5. 1:30PM Thursday – Planning Commission meeting

Below is a highlight of planning cases that KCPA believes the community will be interested in. Significant ones include the first Planned Development the city has seen in a while (on Riverside Dr, # 29), a rezoning on Tazewell Pike near Beverly Park (#44), rezoning to 5 du/ac in Rural Conservation on Hammer Rd (#47), 141 Smitbilt homes on Roberts Rd in Corryton (#56), townhomes on Asheville Hwy (#62), revisions to the Midway Business Park Guidelines (#69), and a convenience store on Concord Rd next to the Village of Old Concord (#73).

To see what’s happening near you, look at the Planning Cases map first, which shows all of the cases for the month on a map where you can see what is happening near you. Then go to the Cases page to find all the details, submit comments, and sign up to speak. And see additional coverage in this week’s Knoxville Focus.

 

Agenda# Case File Applicant Summary Notes
5 8-E-23-OA R Bentley Marlow Request changes to zoning ordinance Staff does not recommend changes except for landscaping buffer in a specific circumstance.
11 7-A-24-SP / 7-A-24-PA / 7-C-24-RZ Maddox Construction Request modified to be for GC / C-G-1 zoning instead of industrial
12 9-E-24-RZ Homestead Land Holdings I-75 / Keck Rd. Change to RN-5
13 11-F-24-RZ Sharon Thurner Pine Grove Rd / Strawberry Plains Pike – C-H-2 C-H-2 includes building design standards; same uses as C-H-1
14 11-G-24-RZ KCDC RN-6 – Multifamily on old St Mary’s site
15 11-H-24-RZ Parker Bartholomew Emerald Ave – request RN-4 Staff recommends denying RN-4
19 5-A-24-SU Leah Metcalf Monterey Rd
24 9-A-24-HPA Calvary Chapel 3330 W Gov John Sevier Hwy
24 9-G-24-SU Calvary Chapel may require adjacent property owner to agree to vegetation removal
26 11-B-24-SU Victor Jernigan 2 2-family units
29 11-B-24-PD Heyoh Design Planned Development on Riverside Rd First Planned Development seen in the city in some time
31 11-SB-24-F Smithbilt Final Plat – Belltown Phase 1 Unit 5
38 10-I-24-RZ Scott Davis / Mesana Thorngrove / Straw Plains – 5 du/ac. 20 acre portion Staff recommends approving 1 du/ac. This is in the Rural Conservation Placetypes..
39 11-A-24-RZ Harbin 7507 Ball Camp Pk. Request pr up to 8, increase of 3 Staff recommends denial
44 11-I-24-RZ Scott Davis / Mesana 5027 Tazewell Pk – requests 10 du/ac Staff recommends approval. States “with a PR density of 5 d/ac, there are no adverse impacts anticipated to occur”. Numerous comments from community.
46 11-K-24-RZ Scott Davis / Mesana 2921 Bradley Lake Ln near Amherst Rd, 19.9 acres, requests 9 du/ac Staff recommends up to 6 du/ac
47 11-M-24-RZ Scott Davis / Mesana 6209 Hammer Rd, 19.17 acres, request up to 5 du/ac Staff recommends up to 5 du/ac. This is in the Rural Conservation placetype
48 11-N-24-RZ AHB Enterprises 3000 Crenshaw Rd near John Sevier Hwy. Requests CH zone Staff recommends denial. Unpermitted RV park currently on property.
49 11-O-24-RZ Solway Park 3208 Solway Rd, near George Light Rd. Request 3.75 du/ac for 1.6 acres Staff recommends approval.
50 11-C-24-PA William Daniel Suburban Mixed Residential (currently SR) Staff recommends denial
50 11-Q-24-RZ William Daniel Request CH for portion zoned RA Staff recommends denial
52 11-E-24-PA Sandra LLC 8710 Chapman Hwy. Request CMU Staff recommends denial. This is surrounded on 3 sides by property recently rezoned by Thunder Mountain
52 11-S-24-RZ Sandra LLC 8710 Chapman Hwy. Request CA Staff recommends denial. This is surrounded on 3 sides by property recently rezoned by Thunder Mountain
53 11-F-24-PA Scott Davis / Mesana Stawberry Plains Pike, north of Thorngrove Pk. Request to change from Rural Conservation to Suburban Residential Staff recommends denial because no criteria met for plan amendment
53 11-T-24-RZ Scott Davis / Mesana Stawberry Plains Pike, north of Thorngrove Pk. Request PR up to 9 du/ac Staff recommends 5 du/ac. This is in a Rural Conservation placetype area.
55 10-C-24-DP D.R. Horton Postponed till Dec meeting
56 11-A-24-DP Smithbilt 6701 Roberts Rd – Simmons Farm. 141 lots on 26 acres of the property Staff recommends approval, with improvements required on each end of Roberts Rd
57 11-B-24-DP Heritage Land Development 1630 Harvey Rd. Create 116 detached residential lots.
59 11-F-24-DP Scott Davis / Mesana Ridge at Neals Landing Postpone 30 days
60 11-H-24-DP Heartland Development Pickens Gap Rd. 83 acres. Create 161 detached lots and 8 estate lots
61 11-J-24-DP Scott Davis / Mesana Postpone to Dec. Discrepency in density allowed per acres.
62 11-K-24-DP Scott Davis / Mesana Asheville Hwy. 114 townhomes on 10 acres Staff recommends approval. This is corridor mixed use placetype.
64 11-M-24-DP Scott Davis / Mesana 7803 Sevierville Pike. 34 houses on 11 acres Staff recommends approval.
66 8-A-24-DP Doug Justus Maryville Pk / John Sevier Hwy Postpone to Dec
69 11-I-24-DP IDB of Knox County Changes to Midway Park development standards
70 10-A-24-UR Don Epperly Cahaba Ln next to I-40 – request for commercial mulching operation postpone to Feb 2025 meeting
72 11-B-24-UR Tommy Hunt / Calloway Oil convenience store / restaurant with 7 fuel pumps Staff puts conditions on number of fuel pumps, etc.
73 11-A-24-PD Smithbilt Belltown on Emory Rd. Increase floor space for medical office building