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Planning commission approves Homestead Land Holdings concept and development plans after debate over connectivity and tree preservation
Summary
The Planning Commission approved alternative design standards, a concept plan and a development plan for Homestead Land Holdings, allowing up to 56 attached houses on Millertown Pike, while declining to add community proposals for mandatory connectivity or an arborist tree‑preservation plan.
(Note: This article summarizes a multi‑motion action. Key votes and the amended condition are listed below.)
The Knoxville‑Knox County Planning Commission on Feb. 13 approved a three‑part package for Homestead Land Holdings — an alternative design standard, a concept plan and a development plan — to allow up to 56 attached houses (townhome‑style units) on a roughly 14.2‑acre tract along Millertown Pike. The approvals included a staff‑recommended amendment to concept condition 5 that narrows developer responsibility for off‑site right‑of‑way improvements to those “as caused by the development.”
Kevin Murphy, representing the Knox Community Planning Alliance, urged commissioners to add conditions requiring future connectivity to neighboring parcels, a…
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