Maryville City Council approved expanding the High-Density Residential Zone on first reading in a meeting Tuesday night. The action will permit development of a high-end apartment complex between Big Springs Road and Morganton Acres.

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Maryville Apartments - Charles Sterling, owner of an Engineering Company certainly knows that his high density complex will generate less taxable income to the city than the single family homes while requiring more services from the City & County and putting greater pressure on the surrounding 2-lane roads. It does not necessarily follow that apartments can or will not generate an equal or greater number of students. Let Mr. Sterling widen the roads and pay an impact fee for the services required of those tennants from the profits or HIS devolpment. My taxes are high enough.

-- Posted by william lange on Thu, Nov 6, 2008, 12:12 pm EDT (Report this)

Maryville Apartments - Charles Sterling, owner of an Engineering Company certainly knows that his high density complex will generate less taxable income to the city than the single family homes while requiring more services from the City & County and putting greater pressure on the surrounding 2-lane roads. It does not necessarily follow that apartments can or will not generate an equal or greater number of students. Let Mr. Sterling widen the roads and pay an impact fee for the services required of those tennants from the profits or HIS devolpment. My taxes are high enough.

-- Posted by william lange on Thu, Nov 6, 2008, 12:12 pm EDT (Report this)

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Maryville moves to encourage apartment development

By Iva Butler
of The Daily Times Staff
Originally published: November 06. 2008 3:01AM
Last modified: November 06. 2008 12:28AM

Maryville City Council approved expanding the High-Density Residential Zone on first reading in a meeting Tuesday night.

Charles Sterling, owner of Sterling Engineering, wants to sell 20 acres between Big Springs Road and Morganton Acres to developers of a high-end apartment complex similar to Camilla Trace.

City zoning regulations only permit such complexes along West Lamar Alexander Parkway and U.S. 411 South, which are zoned Business/Transportation.

Maryville Planning Commission recommended the request, determining that if the rules were changed to allow High-Density Residential on tracts of 10 acres or more on collector streets located 800 feet off West Lamar Alexander Parkway or U.S. 411 South, there would be only three tracts citywide that would qualify.

Maryville has fewer apartments per capita than either the statewide or national averages.

Previously the tract had been approved for Bridgeway Homes, a single-family development of over 200 dwellings.

Councilman Tommy Hunt asked about the impact on schools. Planners said the apartments would be similar to Camilla Trace, which has about 60 students in the Maryville School System. A development of 200 single-family homes would have a higher impact on schools than a 200-plus apartment complex, they said.

The ordinance must pass one more reading to become law.

Council set public hearings on the request to amend the zoning ordinance for 6:58 p.m. Dec. 2 and on actually rezoning the property from Residential to High-Density Residential at 6:59 p.m. Dec. 2 in Maryville Municipal Center.

Annexation approved

Council also approved a request to annex property owned by ALCOA Tenn Federal Credit Union located off Dotson Memorial Road behind the credit union off U.S. 411 South. The tract is located near Walgreen's and adjacent to property purchased by Blount Memorial Hospital for a second wellness center.

The credit union is attempting to market the property.

The proposed plan of services for the property was forwarded to Maryville Planning Commission.

Council approved on second and final reading establishment an $8.50 fee for each pickup of Dumpsters by city crews. The fee will take effect on Jan. 1.

Also passed on second and final reading was an ordinance amending the regulations on sexually oriented businesses. Distance measurements from the businesses and residences, churches and schools will not include land outside the city limits in the county.

City code changes

Council also passed several ordinances on first reading cleaning up city codes and adding one. These include:

Requiring peddles and solicitors to have fingerprint checks done. Fee would be $50 for each applicant. Charitable and religious peddlers or solicitors would be exempt from the requirement. They currently pay $50 for a permit and $20 for a business license.

Requiring background checks of applicants for a begging permit. The fee would be $80 for each applicant, an increase from the current $50 fee.

Adopting new regulation requiring police background checks be performed on the owner/operator and any employee or performer of a sexually oriented business. The fee would be $80 for each applicant. Additionally, a permit application of $250 would be charged for such a business.

Taxi cab regulations would be updated to include increased insurance requirements, added language to revocation/suspension section for reckless or negligent conduct by a driver, permit qualification changes and police background check and a $80 fee to cover costs.

Requiring valid government-issued photo identification card for workers at carnivals and fairs.

Deleting antiquated regulations on pool rooms.

Reflecting department name and job title changes after city reorganization, clarification of existing requirements and updating contractor insurance amounts to current requirements. In addition, the code would be changed to give the city authority to trim any vegetation that causes a traffic flow or sight distance problem on public roads.