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Planning commission approves Lakesedge Veil Center site plan with conditions
Summary
After extensive discussion about grease traps, bike racks, parking and outdoor seating, the commission approved the Lakesedge Veil Center site plan (11328 & 11334 Campbell Lakes Drive) subject to 13 'subject to' conditions including an erosion-control letter of credit and a requirement to add a bike rack; commissioners also amended staff language to request the applicant 'please consider planning for outdoor seating.'
The Farragut Planning Commission approved the site plan for Lakesedge Veil Center, a proposed roughly 7,000-square-foot retail/restaurant-capable building on a 1.04-acre C-2 parcel at Campbell Lakes Drive and Lakesedge Drive, subject to conditions addressing plan corrections, landscape spacing, utility coordination, stormwater, an erosion-control letter of credit and a required bike rack.
Staff presented the site and a list of review 'subject to' comments. Commissioners focused on operational and site constraints. Commissioner comments emphasized that the First Utility District would likely require an external grease trap if a restaurant tenant occupies the building and that the only practical location for a grease trap could be behind the building; one commissioner warned this is a near-universal requirement for restaurants and urged the applicant to plan for service access. Commissioners also flagged the absence of a bike rack on the submitted sheets and asked that a bike rack be added to the subject-to list.
Commissioners discussed parking limits tied to the building’s size and noted the staff calculation that approximately 3,839 square feet of the building could be used for restaurant/assembly functions under current parking rules. On the building’s appearance, commissioners suggested adding glazing or windows on the back elevation facing Lakesedge Drive so the rear façade would be more inviting.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the site plan subject to items 1–13 (staff’s original 11 subject-tos, plus an erosion-control letter of credit and an added bike rack), and to change the wording of subject-to #4 to read 'please consider planning for outdoor seating' instead of 'please plan' for outdoor seating. The motion passed unanimously.
Next steps: the applicant must address the listed subject-to items and submit revised plans addressing the bore, sanitary/utility coordination, landscape spacing, ADA and sidewalk dimensions, bike rack location, erosion-control security and any required mechanical or utility notes prior to permit approval.
