Use On Review

2-J-08-UR

Recommended for approval
by the Planning Commission

APPROVE the request for a day care facility for up to 150 children at this location subject to the following 8 conditions


See case notes below

Details

Request

Property Info

Case Notes

What's next?

Details of Action

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1. Connecting the development to sanitary sewer, as well as meeting other applicable requirements of the Knox County Health Department.
2. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements and obtaining all required permits from the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
4. Installation of a sidewalk meeting American Disability Act requirements along the Bexhill Dr. street frontage that ties into the existing sidewalk along Ebenezer Rd. The sidewalk design and installation is subject to approval by the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works and shall be in place prior to issuance of an occupancy permit for the center.
5. As recommended by the Traffic Impact Study, trim and/or remove the vegetation overgrowth (south side of the intersection of Bexhill Dr. and Ebenezer Rd.) that restricts the driver's line of sight of a vehicle stopped at the stop bar looking left from the Bexhill Drive approach at its intersection with Ebenezer Rd.
6. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
7. Installing all landscaping, as shown on the landscape plan, within six months of issuance of an occupancy permit for the project, or posting a bond with the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works, to guarantee such installation. A Type "A" landscape screen (see attachment), between the fenced play area and the adjoining residential lots to the east, shall be installed prior to issuance of an occupancy permit. Landscaping at all intersections shall be installed so as not to interfere with the sight triangles and visibility along public streets.
8. Restrictive covenants, meeting the requirements of the PC zoning district, shall be recorded prior to the Planning Commission Staff's certification of the approved child day care center development plan for a building permit application.

With the conditions noted above, this request meets all requirements of the PC (Planned Commercial) zoning district, as well as other criteria for approval of a use-on-review.

Applicant Request

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Property Information

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Location
1401 Bexhill Dr

South side of Bexhill Dr., east side of Ebenezer Rd., north side of Gatwick Dr.

Commission District 4
Census Tract 57.05


Size
2.51 acres

Sector
Southwest County

Land Use Designation? LDR


Currently on the Property
Vacant land

Growth Plan
Planned Growth Area

Case Notes

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Staff Recommendation
APPROVE the request for a day care facility for up to 150 children at this location subject to the following 8 conditions
1. Connecting the development to sanitary sewer, as well as meeting other applicable requirements of the Knox County Health Department.
2. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements and obtaining all required permits from the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
4. Installation of a sidewalk meeting American Disability Act requirements along the Bexhill Dr. street frontage that ties into the existing sidewalk along Ebenezer Rd. The sidewalk design and installation is subject to approval by the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works and shall be in place prior to issuance of an occupancy permit for the center.
5. As recommended by the Traffic Impact Study, trim and/or remove the vegetation overgrowth (south side of the intersection of Bexhill Dr. and Ebenezer Rd.) that restricts the driver's line of sight of a vehicle stopped at the stop bar looking left from the Bexhill Drive approach at its intersection with Ebenezer Rd.
6. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
7. Installing all landscaping, as shown on the landscape plan, within six months of issuance of an occupancy permit for the project, or posting a bond with the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works, to guarantee such installation. A Type "A" landscape screen (see attachment), between the fenced play area and the adjoining residential lots to the east, shall be installed prior to issuance of an occupancy permit. Landscaping at all intersections shall be installed so as not to interfere with the sight triangles and visibility along public streets.
8. Restrictive covenants, meeting the requirements of the PC zoning district, shall be recorded prior to the Planning Commission Staff's certification of the approved child day care center development plan for a building permit application.

With the conditions noted above, this request meets all requirements of the PC (Planned Commercial) zoning district, as well as other criteria for approval of a use-on-review.
Disposition Summary
APPROVE the request for a day care facility for up to 150 children at this location subject to the following 8 conditions
Details of Action
1. Connecting the development to sanitary sewer, as well as meeting other applicable requirements of the Knox County Health Department.
2. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.
3. Meeting all applicable requirements and obtaining all required permits from the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
4. Installation of a sidewalk meeting American Disability Act requirements along the Bexhill Dr. street frontage that ties into the existing sidewalk along Ebenezer Rd. The sidewalk design and installation is subject to approval by the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works and shall be in place prior to issuance of an occupancy permit for the center.
5. As recommended by the Traffic Impact Study, trim and/or remove the vegetation overgrowth (south side of the intersection of Bexhill Dr. and Ebenezer Rd.) that restricts the driver's line of sight of a vehicle stopped at the stop bar looking left from the Bexhill Drive approach at its intersection with Ebenezer Rd.
6. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
7. Installing all landscaping, as shown on the landscape plan, within six months of issuance of an occupancy permit for the project, or posting a bond with the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works, to guarantee such installation. A Type "A" landscape screen (see attachment), between the fenced play area and the adjoining residential lots to the east, shall be installed prior to issuance of an occupancy permit. Landscaping at all intersections shall be installed so as not to interfere with the sight triangles and visibility along public streets.
8. Restrictive covenants, meeting the requirements of the PC zoning district, shall be recorded prior to the Planning Commission Staff's certification of the approved child day care center development plan for a building permit application.

With the conditions noted above, this request meets all requirements of the PC (Planned Commercial) zoning district, as well as 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 - March 15, 2008 - has passed.

The Process
Applicant

Odle & Young Architects, Inc.


Case History