Area 9 - Northeast County

Suburban Residential Place Type (yellow) says that it is predominantly low intensity single family detached and allows Single-unit detached residences up to 5 dwelling units/acre, accessory dwelling units (ADUs). And, the following uses when located within a 1/4 mile of a public school or park or center where appropriate infrastructure exists: single-unit detached residences up to 7 dwelling units an acre; townhomes (up to 4 massed units per building); and two, three, and four unit housing.

Five to Seven per acre is too high and isn't "low intensity". Snow Hill Rd, Hunter Rd, and Ooltewah-Georgetown Rd were allowed to be overdeveloped at densities of just 2 to 4 per acre. And, the county doesn't have the money to fix these roads. Imagine what 7 per acre would do to other two lane roads and when will they have the money to improve those roads too? And, what's the plan for schools?

Suburban Residential is located on Hwy 58, Hwy 60, many two lane roads including Harrison Bay Rd, Ramsey Rd, Ramseytown Rd, Shirley Pond Rd, Bramlett Rd, Greenwood Rd, Mahan Gap Rd, Ooltewah-Georgetown Rd, Birchwood Pike, Daugherty Rd, Bunker Hill Rd, Gamble Rd, Monger Lane, Clark Rd, Champion Rd, and North Hickory Valley Rd.

Please ask County Commissioners and the Regional Planning Agency to remove this from our area plan.
 

A Neighborhood Center is a shopping center of 5–15 acres that provides goods and services primarily to the surrounding neighborhoods and uses allowed are grocery stores, retail, restaurants, offices, personal services, small workshop/industries, minor auto service/repair, and townhomes. Densities up to 8 per acre. 

• A Neighborhood Center (NC) is proposed in two areas. One is 40 acres at the intersection of Hwy 58/Greenwood Rd/Bramlett Rd. which includes the Food City and gas station property (approx 9 acres). 

• The other proposed NC is 29 acres at the intersection of Hwy 58/Mahan Gap Rd. Both of these NC are double or more than the size described in the description. 

• The NC Place Type Description also says a NC may be redeveloped as a Village Center or Town Center over time with a more walkable and urban form. This isn't an urban area, it's rural. Village Centers allow 12 per acre. And how much time would it be until they would allow the "Neighborhood Center" at Food City or the one at Mahan Gap to "redevelop" into a Village Center -- right after the plan is approved? 

Please ask the RPA and County Commissioners to remove these large Neighborhood Centers and transit from Our Area 9 Plan and create a Place Type for one small business or restaurant instead. This is a rural area and we do not want urban development.

A Neighborhood Node (NN) is a cluster of businesses with residential over retail or office usually 2 acres or less. Uses allowed include small retail, restaurants, convenience stores, personal services, offices, farmers’ markets, small industries/workshops, live/work, short-term vacation rental, and two, three and four-unit dwellings. Densities up to 12 per acre.

A Neighborhood Node is proposed at -- 

•  Mtn View/Ooltewah-Georgetown (traffic circle) -- 29 acres (all currently zoned A-1)
• Hwy 58/Harrison Bay Rd -- 7 acres 
• Hwy 60/Bunker Hill -- 8 acres
• Hwy 58/Hwy 60 -- 7 acres (surrounded by 130 acres Suburban Residential at 7 per acre)

All of them are well over two acres, one is 14 times more than the size described in the Place Type Description. The others are 3 to 4 times more.

Please ask the RPA and County Commissioners to remove large Neighborhood Nodes from our area plan and create a Place Type for one small business or restaurant.

 Resort and Recreation (RR) allows Campgrounds/RV parks, hotels, cabins, restaurants, marinas, camp stores, golf courses, agriculture related businesses (e.g.boarding stables, riding academies), farming activities, reception facilities, single-unit housing (detached and attached). There is no max density listed in the density table for the RR Place Type even though residential housing is allowed.

Resort and Recreation areas are proposed on Harrison Bay State Park and some surrounding property located on two lane roads. The park was owned by Chief Joseph Vann and was a Trail of Tears campsite.

This Place Type is tied to the Parks and Recreation Resolution that the County Commission is scheduled for the County Commission vote in February The Resolution says buildings can be up to 50 ft high.

Please ask the RPA and County Commissioners to remove the RR Place Type from our plan and ask the County Commission to vote no on the Parks and Recreation Resolution.