Throughout the project, we’ll post questions and comments that have been submitted on comment cards collected at community meetings, sent via email or submitted via the website.
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January 13, 2019
Rv Parking And "screening"
January 14, 2019
Established Form Base Code Changes
Any changes in the form district code that may have shown up in the drafts were inadvertent and the result of trying different approaches to formatting the standards. We have incorporated the form district codes (Cumberland Avenue and South Waterfront) into one article, article 7, and are working to make sure all parts of the form district codes are included and unchanged. We likely will put the parking standards for the form districts in article 12, which has all parking standards, rather in the form code article.Thanks for your interest in the community and in Recode.
January 16, 2019
Parcel 119dd003 / 0 Mars Hill
According to the official zoning map of the City of Knoxville, the property at 0 Mars Hill Road is currently zoned RP-1 at less than 6 dwelling units per acre (see attached). The RN-1 designation would allow 4 dwelling units per acre, which would be a reduction n density. We will change the proposed designation to RN-2, which would permit up to 8 dwelling units an acre (an increase in density).Upon approval of the updated zoning ordinance, you may wish to consider requesting RN-4 designation for the property. This change would require a zoning amendment, a sector plan amendment, and a one year plan amendment.
January 17, 2019
Min Lot Width Prevents New Housing In Rn-4
January 17, 2019
Sw Parking Lots In Recode
We have lost the requirement that surface lots in the SW must be in the rear. This was missing in the July draft. I commented about it and it was included in the October draft. Now it's gone again - compare page 11-4 in the Oct. and Dec. drafts.
This, as you know, is a major deal.
Honestly, I wasn't reviewing the current draft to see if corrections made had been unmade. However, it looks like that kind of review is necessary.
Thanks for catching this. I will forward to the consultants and make sure they correct it and do a thorough review of the entire SW code.Regards,Gerald
January 24, 2019
Accessory Dwelling Units
December 13, 2018
Sw1 Removing Edu. Facility From The Last Draft
I hope the input to remove the educational facility from SW1 at the north neighborhood meeting was addressed in this last draft to MPC. Each SW 1 area has a school near or just outside of the areas. SW 1 only protection is to solely be residential as in the vision plan.
December 19, 2018
Adu Clarification
December 20, 2018
Czimmerman@advantagetn.com
Thanks for your interest in Recode. In response to your comment:Please halt any zoning change to allow multi level structures in residential areas, like Clairborne st in Edgewood park neighborhood. The only way these structures can be built is to tear down some beautiful vintage houses along Claiborne tp make room for these structures and parking lots. This is a horrible idea to change the code to allow this. This code is very unfriendly to areas that are not designated historic zones. Those areas are protected from tiny lots & tiny buildings too. Isn't this discrimination to allow code changes like this in non historic zones? This density model needs to stay downtown where those who want density can live. Others like me prefer to have more green space from my neighbor. The Claiborne Place neighborhood and most of the Edgewood Park neighborhood, with the exception of existing multi-family developments, are designated RN-2 (single family residential zone) on the 3rd draft of the proposed zoning map. One of your neighbors (sorry I cannot remember her name) attended some meetings and also emailed to make us aware of the desire for single-family designation for the neighborhood. Thanks for your concern for your neighborhood.
December 19, 2018
Community Forum-- Request For Deadline Extension For Responses To Recode Draft 4 And Maps Draft 3-- 12-19-18
Community Forum requests that the deadline for comments to Recode Draft 4 and Maps Draft 3 be extended from January 4, 2019, to at least February 1 or February 15, 2019. Furthermore, we request that any decision regarding an extension be made quickly so that interested citizens can plan their holiday schedules.
Draft 4 to Recode and Draft 3 of the Maps went on line on Monday afternoon, December 17, 2018. The document is 287 pages long, and hard copies are not yet available.
We are concerned that the stated deadline for submitting comments for Draft 4 is January 4, 2019. There are two holidays and only 18 days between the December 17, online release of Draft 4 and the January 4, 2019, deadline. This timetable is not practical and makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for the public to review Draft 4 of Recode and Draft 3 of the Maps, and to submit comprehensive responses.
Community Forum, to date, has submitted timely and comprehensive responses to each Draft of Recode, totaling 55 topics, plus updated responses on the 14 original topics identified in Draft 1. We have made important contributions to this entire process. This is particularly true since March 21, 2018, when the first draft became available. Our Responses and extensive participation at public meetings and workshops have brought attention to many issues, both small and large, and have resulted in positive changes.
Most recently, we submitted a Response to Draft 3 on October 31, 2018, the original deadline for responses to be considered in preparation of Draft 4. Our response covered 23 topics, but was produced in a very rushed manner to meet the deadline, which was less than two weeks after we had a hard copy to work with.
The deadline was then extended to November 16, and we continued our review of Draft 3. We submitted a Supplemental Response on three additional topics on November 16. Continued review resulted in a second Supplemental Response on three more topics on December 5.
Our very quick on line review of Draft 4 shows an incredible amount of additions, deletions, and modifications from Draft 3. There is red and blue ink on many pages. It will take considerable time just to note the differences from Draft 3, not to mention the time required to compare changes from previous drafts and changes from the existing Ordinance and other documents. We need to determine whether our previously submitted topics have been adequately addressed in Draft 4. To produce a comprehensive written response on many new topics, similar to what we have done previously, will take considerably more time.
A January 4, 2019, deadline for comments to Draft 4, is just not realistic, if the objective is to allow adequate time for meaningful input. We urge that a more reasonable date of no sooner than February 1, 2019, be set to receive comments from the public. The Stakeholder Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on January 3, 2019. There are no other workshops or public meetings currently scheduled, to the best of my knowledge, to discuss what is in Draft 4 before the January 4, 2019, deadline.
The Community Design Center’s workshop is tentatively scheduled for February 1, 2019, with a snow date of February 5, 2019. I would expect that there will be many very important comments submitted on Draft 4 after that workshop. That alone would be a strong reason to set a comments deadline of February 15, 2019. It would seem prudent for City Council to delay holding its workshops until after revisions are made to Draft 4. The content of Recode continues to be a moving target with substantial changes appearing in each succeeding Draft.
Community Forum wrote to City Council on October 9, 2018, to share our concerns about the existing timetable that had Recode going to MPC in November for their recommendation, and to City Council in December for their consideration of adoption. See attached. That letter followed remarks that I made at the September 20, 2018, City Council workshop. At that time, the public had not even seen Draft 3. Thankfully, a consensus was quickly reached to change that timetable. Since that time, two more drafts to Recode and the Maps have been made public. There has been much public discussion and input since then, and that must continue.
It is clear that there is still much more work to be done by all who are involved with this massive undertaking to replace the Zoning Ordinance. An orderly process is required and cannot be rushed if we are to avoid total chaos going forward. The current timetable needs to be changed immediately.
Community Forum looks forward to working with City Council members and others, as we work together to produce a Zoning Ordinance that will have the support of the citizens of Knoxville. To achieve that objective, there must be meaningful community input and extensive discussion and debate on very specific topics.
Thank you for your consideration of this urgent request to extend the deadline for submitting comments to Recode Draft 4 and Maps Draft 3, and so that we can all have more time to observe and celebrate the upcoming holidays.
We look forward to a timely response to our request.
Sincerely,
Larry Silverstein, Chairperson, Community Forum
December 21, 2018
Justice
December 29, 2018
Thank You From Claiborne Pl
December 30, 2018
Draft 4
January 2, 2019
Need Better Exterior Lighting Standards - Section 10.2
January 6, 2019
Kcdp Pac Comment Submission On Recode Knoxville Draft 3 Map And Draft 4 Text
On behalf of the Knox County Democratic Party (KCDP) Progressive Action Committee (PAC), we would like to submit the attached comments on ReCode Knoxville Map Draft 3 and ReCode Text Draft 4.
We would especially like to point out our recommendation that the Planning staff seek out more lots to designate as RN-3 or RN-4, focusing on lots within a quarter-mile of core and local bus route stops that have no structures and/or that have non-historic structures that were built more recently, for example since 1980. We would be happy to partner with you and neighborhood groups to find such lots suitable for RN-3 or RN-4, and we look forward to following up with you about this.
Below is the list of PAC members that ratified this comment submission:
Emily Gregg - KCDP Chair & TNDP Executive Committee Member
Allie Cohn - PAC Co-Chair & KCDP Secretary and Executive Committee Member
Michael Davis - PAC Co-Chair & KCDP Executive Committee Member
Sylvia Woods -PAC Steering Team Member, KCDP Executive Committee Member; Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee Member
LaKenya Middlebrook - PAC Steering Team Member
Elizabeth Rowland - PAC Steering Team Member
Moira Connelly - PAC Steering Team Member
Matt Sterling - PAC Member
Please let us know if you or your team members have any questions on our submission.
January 3, 2019
C-g-2 Zoning Comments
Jonathan,Thanks for some very good comments. I will forward them to our consultants so that they can be considered and discussed as we prepare the next draft of the ordinance.Thanks for your interest in the Recode project.
January 3, 2019
Beauty
January 3, 2019
Landscaping Code
January 4, 2019
Landscaping
January 4, 2019
Fire Safety And Ada
January 4, 2019
I-mu Should Not Be For Old Buildings Only
January 4, 2019
Very Old Houses & Multifamily Zoning
January 4, 2019
Comments On Recode Draft 4
Please see the attached letter addressed to Gerald Green for our comments on Recode Draft 4.