Use On Review

9-F-13-UR

Recommended for approval
by the Planning Commission

APPROVE the development plan for a scrap metal processing/recycling facility, subject to 6 conditions:


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
8905 Valgro Rd

Northeast end of Valgro Rd., east of Sevierville Pike.

Commission District 9
Census Tract 55


Size
5.10 acres

Sector
South County

Land Use Designation? BP-1


Currently on the Property
Former boat repair

Growth Plan
Rural Area

Case Notes

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Staff Recommendation
APPROVE the development plan for a scrap metal processing/recycling facility, subject to 6 conditions:
1. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Health Department.
2. Providing a traffic plan that shows the turning templates applied for truck and emergency vehicle access through the site subject to approval by the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works and the Knox County Fire Marshal.
3. Submitting a revised development plan that shows the connection of the proposed driveway along the south side of the building to the existing driveway on the east end and showing only existing street/driveway conditions (off-site) at the entrance to the property on the west side.
4. Meeting all applicable requirements of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
5. Meeting all requirements of the Knox County Zoning Ordinance.
6. The site is not approved for the storage of vehicles for automobile or truck salvage.

With the above conditions, this request meets all requirements for approval of a use on review in the EC (Employment Center) zoning district.
Disposition Summary
APPROVE the development plan for a scrap metal processing/recycling facility, subject to 6 conditions:

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 - October 12, 2013 - has passed.

The Process
Applicant

Browder Metals, LLC


Case History