Use On Review

6-F-20-UR

Recommended for denial
by the Planning Commission

DENY the request for a mining and mineral extraction operation, and the associated Mining Plan of Operations, because the use will have an adverse impact on the character of the neighborhood in which the site is located and significantly injure the valu


See case notes below

Request

Property Info

Case Notes

What's next?

Applicant Request

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Property Information

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Location
2514 Julian Ln., 0 Flint Gap & 0 Kennedy Rd.

South side of Julian Ln., north side of Flint Gap Rd., east side of Kennedy Rd

Commission District 8


Size
31.90 acres

Sector
East County

Land Use Designation? AG (Agricultural) & HP (Hillside Protection)


Currently on the Property
Vacant & house

Growth Plan
Rural Area

Case Notes

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Staff Recommendation
DENY the request for a mining and mineral extraction operation, and the associated Mining Plan of Operations, because the use will have an adverse impact on the character of the neighborhood in which the site is located and significantly injure the valu
According to Article 4.10. -- Section 2 of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance (Development Standards for Uses Permitted on Review), the proposed use "must be specially placed into the development pattern which exists at the time of their arrival." Because this site was abandoned as a mining operation, its mining pit filled for reuse of the site, and the previous and current ownership not being mining operators, the use of this site for an expanded mining operation is out of character with the neighborhood in which it is located and does not fit within the development (use) pattern which exists today.
Disposition Summary
DENY the request for a mining and mineral extraction operation, and the associated Mining Plan of Operations, because the use will have an adverse impact on the character of the neighborhood in which the site is located and significantly injure the valu

What's next?

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As a Use On Review case, the Planning Commission's decision is final, and it will not be heard by a legislative body unless it is appealed.

The appeal deadline - July 11, 2020 - has passed.

The Process
Applicant

East Knoxville Stone


Case History