Rezoning

9-F-10-RZ

Recommended for approval
by the Planning Commission

Approve OS-1 for the 9 parks listed with no conditions prohibiting currently listed uses permitted on review and initiate request to create definitions for open space and parks & add parks as uses permitted on review in all districts.


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
Public parks within the City of Knoxville
All districts

Currently on the Property
Park/recreation

Growth Plan
Urban Growth Area (Inside City Limits)

Case Notes

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Staff Recommendation
Approve OS-1 for the 9 parks listed with no conditions prohibiting currently listed uses permitted on review and initiate request to create definitions for open space and parks & add parks as uses permitted on review in all districts.
APPROVE OS-1 (Open Space Preservation) zoning for the following parks:

Buck Toms Park
Westview Park
Riverbluff Wildlife Area
Loghaven Conservation Area
Ijams Nature Center (remainder not already zoned OS-1)
Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area
Ten Mile Creek Greenway Park
Turkey Creek Conservation Area
William Hastie Park

2. That no conditions prohibiting currently listed uses permitted on review be placed on the rezonings.

In addition, staff recommends that MPC recommend to City Council that it initiate an effort to create definitions for open space and parks in the zoning ordinance and add parks as a use permitted on review in all zone districts
Disposition Summary
Approve OS-1 for the 9 parks listed with no conditions prohibiting currently listed uses permitted on review and initiate request to create definitions for open space and parks & add parks as uses permitted on review in all districts.

What's next?

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After the Planning Commission
This Rezoning case in the City was recommended for approval. The appeal deadline - September 24, 2010 has passed.
Applicant

Metropolitan Planning Commission


Case History