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Votes at a glance: Sevierville Planning Commission actions on May 7, 2026
Summary
The commission approved four agenda items on May 7: a short-term rental PUD at 619 Lewelling Rd (unanimous), a preliminary PUD for the Foothills at Red Bank (2-1, one abstention), a Dolly Parton Pkwy warehouse (unanimous, subject to final landscaping/drainage), and a final subdivision plat for Rainbow Road (unanimous).
At its May 7 meeting the Sevierville Regional Planning Commission recorded the following formal outcomes:
619 Lewelling Rd — PUD for short-term rental development (Agenda Item E1) Staff said the site plan was a revised submission of a previously approved short-term rental project with minor layout changes. The commission voted unanimously to approve the PUD (motion moved and seconded; unanimous vote).
Foothills at Red Bank — Preliminary PUD (Agenda Item E2) D.R. Horton’s preliminary PUD for a 223-unit residential development was approved by a recorded vote: yes 2, no 1, abstain 1. Commissioners and the city attorney noted the applicant’s vested rights under the existing MDR zoning; residents raised traffic, emergency-access and infrastructure concerns.
Dolly Parton Pkwy — Warehouse site plan (Agenda Item E3) Applicant Jeff Whaley’s revised site plan for a roughly 10,000-square-foot warehouse was approved subject to final staff approval of landscaping and drainage details. The commission noted TDOT access requirements and expected remaining technical issues to be resolved administratively (unanimous vote).
Rainbow Road — Final subdivision plat (Agenda Item E4) Ascent Engineering & Surveying’s final plat for a multi-lot subdivision in the Planning Region (R1 county zoning with a small portion inside the city) was approved unanimously; discussion focused on flag-lot layout, shared-driveway easements and floodplain protections.
Recorded motions, movers, and vote tallies are summarized below.
