Issues the CWKCH has addressed during the past year
Reducing maximum sign height on commercial properties that are adjacent to residential neighborhoods.
Due in part to lobbying by members of the CWKCH, several signs at new establishments on Kingston Pike, including ALDI, GFS, Chic-fil-A, and Chuy's, are 10- to12-foot-tall monument style rather than 25- to 50-foot-tall pole signs. All of Kingston Pike was annexed to the City of Knoxville years ago, so sign height is under the control of City Council, even though the homeowners who live directly behind the road frontage are not in the city."Tonight's Council meeting was a
victory for civility and assertive community action! Commendations
to Councilman Duane Grieve, as well as to Joyce,
Margot, and the other four Council "YES" votes! In the face of some
arguments that pandered to selfish motivation for maximum accommodation, at the expense of the community's appearance, it was
good to see sanity and reason
prevail." --Gene Burr, Architect, former president of Scenic Knoxville, current Scenic Knoxville board member
Support for Crestwood Hills Subdivision leads to successful resolution of a rezoning issue on Middlebrook Pike.Click Funeral Home opened a new location on Middlebrook Pike at the site of the former Middlebrook Garden--a wedding venue that stood empty for more than a year. Mr. Larry Click met with the Crestwood Hills HOA and agreed to maintain deed restrictions on the land that provided a buffer of mature trees between the Middlebrook Garden property and Crestwood Hills residences that are directly behind it. Mr. Click also agreed to maintain other existing restrictions concerning lighting and noise abatement. When the matter came up on the MPC Agenda in April 2011, the MPC recommendation did not include the deed restrictions, even though both Mr. Click and the homeowners wanted them to be included. At the request of the Crestwood Hills HOA, the
CWKCH sent a letter to the MPC Commissioners asking them to keep the deed restrictions and approve rezoning to OB (Office, Medical, and Related services). MPC Commissioner Rachel Craig referenced letters from both the Crestwood Hills HOA president and the CWKCH.
Craig then made a motion to approve rezoning to OB while maintaining existing restrictions. The motion passed 14-0. This was MPC agenda item 4-B-11-RZ, pages 15-18 of the April 14, 2011 MPC minutes.
Denial by Knox County Commission of rezoning that would have allowed a Popeye's Fried Chicken drive-through restaurant at the entrance to Gulf Park Subdivision under "Neighborhood Commercial" zoning
“The proposed rezoning would have brought down the value of our neighborhood and made getting in and out a traffic nightmare. We couldn't have stopped this without the help of the Council. Thank you!”
—John Von Weisenstein, Gulf Park homeowner
Approval by Knox County Commission to place a Civil War Trail Marker at Farragut's Birthplace, 2 blocks west of Northshore Town Center
“The Council stood behind our efforts to recognize a nationally important landmark. Keep up the good work!”
—Mul Wyman, Member of the Farragut Folklife Museum Board and Alumnus of Admiral Farragut Academy
