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 24, 2019
Accessory Dwelling Units
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 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 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 13, 2019
Rv Parking And "screening"
January 7, 2019
Map Draft 4 Comments - Belle Morris Community Group
January 7, 2019
Request For Postponement Of Agenda Item 5, 11-a-8-oa
January 7, 2019
Agenda Item 5, 11-a-8-oa
January 6, 2019
Landscape, Lighting And Design Standards
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 5, 2019
0 E Fifth Ave Is Not Community Garden
January 4, 2019
Recode Timing Is Way To Fast
January 4, 2019
Rn-2 Density
January 4, 2019
Please Do Not Zone Historic Eligible Blocks Higher Density
January 4, 2019
Plans Review By Mpc Staff
January 4, 2019
Recode Effect On East Knoxville
January 4, 2019
Recode, Zone Map
January 4, 2019
Very Old Houses & Multifamily Zoning
January 4, 2019
I-mu Should Not Be For Old Buildings Only
January 4, 2019
Fire Safety And Ada
January 4, 2019
Landscaping
January 4, 2019
Comments On Recode Draft 4
Please see the attached letter addressed to Gerald Green for our comments on Recode Draft 4.
January 4, 2019
Recode Knoxville
Over the past days I was reviewing the 4th version on Recode and would like to ask why Materials are excluding from being used in zones? I strongly disagree with any exclusion of materials. Having just worked on a project in Muscle Shoals, AL recently there was a material exclusion and it was going to cost the owner 40% more for his typical building by changing material. We went in front of City Council and they understood our issue and allowed the material.
How do you think Sequatchie Concrete Services on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville would feel if CMU is exclude as a material in the city they do business in? Or what about other companies located in Knoxville that makes a forbidden material are you wanting them to leave the area? That doesn’t make planning since. If you want better design this isn’t the way to go about it.
I ask that you exclude any building material references in the new zoning ordinance.