The key issues on which Staff's recommendation of denial is based include:

1.The proposed hotel is not consistent with the development standards for uses permitted on review. As proposed, the scale and intensity of the project far exceed the area and height standards permitted in the O-1 District. It is not the intent of the district to allow development as intensive as found in the downtown area.
2. The number and degree of variances from the Zoning Ordinance are based upon a project that is too intense for this half-block site.
3. As proposed, the development would not be compatible with the historic character and scale of the existing neighborhood located to the north and west. The development should act as a transition in scale and intensity of development between the garage facility to the south, and the office and residential located to the north and west.
4. The City of Knoxville Department of Engineering Staff has indicated that they will not support any variances from the intersection radius requirements of the Minimum Subdivision Regulations (for replatting of the eight parcels) which will impact the proposed design for the site.

It should be noted that Staff is not opposed to the development of a hotel on this site, but we are opposed to the scale and intensity of the proposed development. The applicant has met with Staff a couple of times and has made some changes to address our concerns.

Staff Recommendation

DENY the request for a 136 room hotel at this location in the O-1 (Office, Medical, and Related Services) Pending District because it does not comply with the Use-on-Review development standards (Article 5, Section 3 of the Knoxville Zoning Ordinance)

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The key issues on which Staff's recommendation of denial is based include:

1.The proposed hotel is not consistent with the development standards for uses permitted on review. As proposed, the scale and intensity of the project far exceed the area and height standards permitted in the O-1 District. It is not the intent of the district to allow development as intensive as found in the downtown area.
2. The number and degree of variances from the Zoning Ordinance are based upon a project that is too intense for this half-block site.
3. As proposed, the development would not be compatible with the historic character and scale of the existing neighborhood located to the north and west. The development should act as a transition in scale and intensity of development between the garage facility to the south, and the office and residential located to the north and west.
4. The City of Knoxville Department of Engineering Staff has indicated that they will not support any variances from the intersection radius requirements of the Minimum Subdivision Regulations (for replatting of the eight parcels) which will impact the proposed design for the site.

It should be noted that Staff is not opposed to the development of a hotel on this site, but we are opposed to the scale and intensity of the proposed development. The applicant has met with Staff a couple of times and has made some changes to address our concerns.

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Disposition Summary

Approve the development plan for a 136 room hotel

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Details of Action

The key issues on which Staff's recommendation of denial is based include:

1.The proposed hotel is not consistent with the development standards for uses permitted on review. As proposed, the scale and intensity of the project far exceed the area and height standards permitted in the O-1 District. It is not the intent of the district to allow development as intensive as found in the downtown area.
2. The number and degree of variances from the Zoning Ordinance are based upon a project that is too intense for this half-block site.
3. As proposed, the development would not be compatible with the historic character and scale of the existing neighborhood located to the north and west. The development should act as a transition in scale and intensity of development between the garage facility to the south, and the office and residential located to the north and west.
4. The City of Knoxville Department of Engineering Staff has indicated that they will not support any variances from the intersection radius requirements of the Minimum Subdivision Regulations (for replatting of the eight parcels) which will impact the proposed design for the site.

It should be noted that Staff is not opposed to the development of a hotel on this site, but we are opposed to the scale and intensity of the proposed development. The applicant has met with Staff a couple of times and has made some changes to address our concerns.