Use On Review

8-B-17-UR

Recommended for approval
by the Planning Commission

APPROVE the request for a hotel with 94 guest rooms in the O-1 zone as shown on the attached development plan, subject to 7 conditions.


See case notes below

Details

Request

Property Info

Case Notes

What's next?

Details of Action

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1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to the Article 8 (Signs, billboards, and other advertising structures).
2. Connection to sanitary sewer and meeting any relevant requirement of the Knox County Health Department.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements of City of Knoxville Engineering Department.
4. Meeting the minimum landscaping requirements of the City of Knoxville Tree Protection Ordinance and City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance.
5. Installing all landscaping shown on the development plan within 6 months of obtaining a certificate of occupancy.
6. Prior to issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, all sidewalks shown on the site plan must be installed and meet all requirements of the City of Knoxville Department of Engineering and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
7. Prior to issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, Pratt Road must be widened to a minimum of 20 feet along the frontage of the subject property to the first commercial driveway immediately to the south, and meet all requirements of the City of Knoxville Department of Engineering.

With the conditions noted, this plan meets the requirements for approval in the O-1 district and the other criteria for approval of a use-on-review.

Applicant Request

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Property Information

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Location
5418 Pratt Rd

Northeast side of Pratt Rd., northwest of Cedar Ln.

Council District 5
Census Tract 49


Size
2.26 acres

Sector
North City

Land Use Designation? O and LDR


Currently on the Property
Residences and vacant lots

Growth Plan
Urban Growth Area (Inside City Limits)

Case Notes

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Staff Recommendation
APPROVE the request for a hotel with 94 guest rooms in the O-1 zone as shown on the attached development plan, subject to 7 conditions.
1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to the Article 8 (Signs, billboards, and other advertising structures).
2. Connection to sanitary sewer and meeting any relevant requirement of the Knox County Health Department.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements of City of Knoxville Engineering Department.
4. Meeting the minimum landscaping requirements of the City of Knoxville Tree Protection Ordinance and City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance.
5. Installing all landscaping shown on the development plan within 6 months of obtaining a certificate of occupancy.
6. Prior to issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, all sidewalks shown on the site plan must be installed and meet all requirements of the City of Knoxville Department of Engineering and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
7. Prior to issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, Pratt Road must be widened to a minimum of 20 feet along the frontage of the subject property to the first commercial driveway immediately to the south, and meet all requirements of the City of Knoxville Department of Engineering.

With the conditions noted, this plan meets the requirements for approval in the O-1 district and the other criteria for approval of a use-on-review.
Disposition Summary
APPROVE the request for a hotel with 94 guest rooms in the O-1 zone as shown on the attached development plan, subject to 7 conditions.
Details of Action
1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to the Article 8 (Signs, billboards, and other advertising structures).
2. Connection to sanitary sewer and meeting any relevant requirement of the Knox County Health Department.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements of City of Knoxville Engineering Department.
4. Meeting the minimum landscaping requirements of the City of Knoxville Tree Protection Ordinance and City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance.
5. Installing all landscaping shown on the development plan within 6 months of obtaining a certificate of occupancy.
6. Prior to issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, all sidewalks shown on the site plan must be installed and meet all requirements of the City of Knoxville Department of Engineering and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
7. Prior to issuing a Certificate of Occupancy, Pratt Road must be widened to a minimum of 20 feet along the frontage of the subject property to the first commercial driveway immediately to the south, and meet all requirements of the City of Knoxville Department of Engineering.

With the conditions noted, this plan meets the requirements for approval in the O-1 district and the other criteria for approval of a use-on-review.

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 - August 25, 2017 - has passed.

The Process
Applicant

Urban Engineering, Inc.


Case History