Staff Recommendation

APPROVE the request for a grading plan and a development plan for commercial space containing approximately 24,400 sq. ft. subject to 12 conditions.

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1. Issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed commercial development by the Tennessee Technology Corridor Development Authority (TTCDA) and compliance with any conditions of that certificate.
2. Connection to sanitary sewer and meeting all other applicable requirements of the Knox County Health Department.
3. Obtaining approvals for the two proposed driveways on Lovell Rd. from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).
4. Revising the development plan to add back the sidewalk connection between the existing sidewalks for the Lovell Crossing Apartments and the existing sidewalk along the Weigel's site. The development plan must show the sidewalk crossing at the driveway entrance for the apartments and a 7' wide sidewalk along Yarnell Rd. measured from the back of curb. The sidewalk connections, including crosswalks, shall also be shown from the sidewalk along Lovell Rd. to both of the proposed commercial buildings. The sidewalk designs are subject to approval by the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works. Sidewalks shall meet all applicable Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. All sidewalks shall be installed prior to obtaining an occupancy permit for the commercial development.
5. Obtaining approval from the TTCDA of a landscape plan for the stabilization of the graded slope that separates the commercial and residential development tracts and proposed landscaping along the two proposed detention basins. The approval of the landscape plan was a condition of the approval by the TTCDA of the proposed grading plan.
6. Installing all landscaping as shown on the approved landscape plan, within six months of completion of site grading, and maintaining the approved landscape materials.
7. Meeting all relevant requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
8. Proposed signage will be required to meet all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance and is subject to Planning Commission Staff and TTCDA approval.
9. Use-on-Review approval is required for any development on the PR (Planned Residential) portion of the site.
10. A revised development plan reflecting the conditions of approval must be submitted to Planning Commission staff for review and approval prior to obtaining a grading permit.
11. Approval of a final plat consolidating the four existing tax parcels into the proposed development lots.
12. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.

With the noted conditions, this plan meets the requirements for approval in the PC (Planned Commercial) and PR (Planned Residential) zones and the other criteria for approval of a use on review.

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Disposition Summary

APPROVE the request for a grading plan and a development plan for commercial space containing approximately 24,400 sq. ft. subject to 12 conditions.