Staff Recommendation

Approve the requested restaurant uses with a combined gross floor area of approximately 8,600 square feet and approximately 1,900 sqft of outdoor patio seating, subject to 8 conditions.

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1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
2. Connection to sanitary sewer and meeting any other relevant requirements of the utility provider.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to signage and landscaping.
4. Implementing the recommendations of The Shops at Bexhill Transportation Impact Study (AJAX Engineering, revised 9/17/2021), as revised and approved by Planning and Knox County Engineering and Public Works staff. The recommended improvements that are the responsibility of the applicant will be determined by Knox County Engineering and Public Works during the permitting phase. The conclusions and recommendations of the TIS are presented in Exhibit A.
5. Installation of all landscaping as shown on the development plan within six months of the issuance of an occupancy permit, or posting a bond with the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works to guarantee such installation. Modifications to the landscape plan can be reviewed and approved by Planning staff to confirm compliance with the CN (Neighborhood Commercial) landscaping standards.
6. No single restaurant shall have a gross floor area, including outdoor patio seating, that exceeds 5,000 sqft combined.
7. Meeting the lighting standards in the supplemental regulations (Section 4.10.10. - Outdoor lighting) and the CN (Neighborhood Commercial) zone (Section 5.38.14 ? Site lighting). All site lighting shall use full cut-off fixtures. Site lighting includes lights that are meant to illuminate a large area, such as pole-mounted lights for parking lots and wall-mounted wall pack lights, and does not include accent lightings, such as string lights and wall sconces. A site lighting plan must be reviewed and approved by Planning staff before building permits are issued.
8. Providing pedestrian sidewalk access to the adjacent neighborhood, as required by Section 5.38.16 (Sidewalks) of the CN (Neighborhood Commercial) zone. The applicant is proposing sidewalk connections to the Bexhill neighborhood along the Bexhill Drive and Gatwick Drive frontages of the property, and to the existing sidewalk along Ebenezer Road to provide access to nearby residential neighborhoods.

With the conditions noted, this plan meets the requirements for approval of restaurants in the CN (Neighborhood Commercial) zone and the criteria for approval of a use on review.

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Disposition Summary

Approve the requested restaurant uses with a combined gross floor area of approximately 8,600 square feet and approximately 1,900 sqft of outdoor patio seating, subject to 8 conditions.