Staff Recommendation

RECOMMEND that City Council APPROVE R-1 (Low Density Residential) zoning in the RB portion and C-3 (General Commercial) zoning, subject to 1 condition in the CA portion.

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C-3 is an extension of zoning from the north and west. With the recommended condition, which was approved by MPC as part of a 2009 zoning request to CA (9-G-09-RZ), the impact on adjacent properties will be minimized. (See attached documentation from that case.) This is a commercial site, which has been filled and graded to create an elevated, flat site at street level (approximately 30 feet higher in elevation than the adjacent residential uses to the south). The recommended condition to install a landscape screen will provide added buffering between the incompatible uses.

Condition 1. A Type 'A' landscaping screen (see attached as marked) must be installed within the area highlighted on the attached site plan (as revised by MPC on 9/10/09). Species must consist of medium and large species as listed in the attached, circled section from the Knoxville-Knox County Tree Conservation and Planting Plan.

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Disposition Summary

R-1 (Low Density Residential) zoning in the former RB portion and C-3 (k) (General Commercial subject to 1 condition) in the former CA portion