Inskip Small Area Plan
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Inskip Small Area Plan March 2011 Prepared by the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission Inskip Small Area Plan March 2011 Adopted by: The Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission on March 10, 2011 The Knoxville City Council on April 19, 2011 Acknowledgements Mike Reynolds ..................................................................................... Planner II Mike Carberry ................................................. Comprehensive Planning Manager Mark Donaldson ...................................................................... Executive Director Buz Johnson ................................................................................ Deputy Director David Massey ................................ City of Knoxville, Neighborhood Coordinator George Daws .................................................. City of Knoxville, Civil Engineer II Donna Young ........................................City of Knoxville, Greenway Coordinator Ben Epperson ...............................................Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Bob Becker .................................................Former City Councilman, 5th District Charles Thomas ......................................................City Councilman, 5th District Nathan Benditz ................................................................. Transportation Planner Ellen Zavisca ..................................................................... Transportation Planner Tim Kuhn ........................................................................................ GIS Manager Alex Zendel ........................................................................................ GIS Analyst Sarah Powell ................................................. Webmaster/Senior Graphic Designer Jo Ella Washburn ........................................................................Graphic Designer Table of Contents Introduction and History ........................................................................................ 7 Background and Analysis ........................................................................................ 9 Inskip Plan Section ................................................................................................ 15 Action Plan ........................................................................................................... 25 Appendix 1: Land Use Classifications .................................................................... 27 Appendix 2: Approximate Construction Costs of Pedestrian Improvements .......... 28 Appendix 3: Shasta Drive Buffer Planting Plan ...................................................... 29 Introduction and History In 2009, the Knoxville City Council asked the another church, two schools, and several side streets that Metropolitan Planning Commission to create a small area started a more cohesive neighborhood. The schools were plan to examine the Inskip area for possible zoning and small: the one-room Tindell School, and the two-room plan designation irregularities. These include neighborhood Woodlawn School. In 1912 education was consolidated conservation, low impact transitions from commercial into a new three-room building and auditorium and office uses to residential uses, and disparities between that included elementary and secondary students existing zoning and likely future land use. and was named High School. This school reportedly accommodated boarders from north Knox County, There is also another program in Inskip that is spearheaded affording education to students from such distant reaches by the Knox County Health Department called Healthy as Raccoon Valley. Kids, Healthy Communities, which is funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The purpose Prior to the creation of Clinton Highway and, later, the of this project is to provide easy-to-access places for physical interstate system, the intersection of Inskip Road and activity and healthy foods. As part of this process, the Central Avenue Pike became a notable crossroads. During Health Department conducted multiple public meetings the 1940s and 1950s, a private bus company, the original and a walkability audit in the Inskip Community, and some Litton’s Market (now the bakery), the service station and of their analysis of community needs for access to physical a drug store were established, and the railroad provided activity has been incorporated into this plan. These include a siting that enabled modest industrial growth. More access to parks and the need for additional sidewalks. housing was created to accommodate the families of railyard workers and veterans who saw a commute down In view of the land use and need for improved pedestrian Central Avenue as an easy means to reach Knoxville, thus circulation, this plan has been created to address both of moving from the small cross-roads community toward a these issues. full-fledged suburb.1 History The construction of the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad in the mid-19th century led to the establishment of the community as a small train station was created there. In the late summer of 1872, a religious revival, known as the National Camp Meeting, was held on Arthur Crozier’s farm and the grounds of the Heritage Bible Church. A renown evangelist, John Swanel Inskip, was the most prominent preacher at the initial revival and subsequently returned for later camp meetings. The congregation and residents were so impressed by his teachings that they named the community Inskip. By 1895 a small nucleus of development was created, including a grocery store containing the post office, 1Sources: Inskip files of the McClung Collection, including articles of the Knoxville Chronicle, 1872 to 1883, an undated history of Inskip School, an unpublished manuscript on Inskip by George Morton, dated 1968, and various articles regarding Inskip from the Knoxville News Sentinel. Inskip Small Area Plan, 2011 7 Map 1: Existing Land Use Rural Residential D R W A HE DAWN SS Single Family Residential INS MA R DR P N AU RD D IR Multifamily Residential FA PIN LA R N EC D Commercial HA L RE RT S MA C T R E Office D D I DR R A N R S D S LE D H K O R E I AR O H I P Industrial (Manufacturing) D G CH W A H R S T S Y IEW S D E N V R H D Mining and LandfiElls E C OD N V S L A Y - WO R A S A W R D K WhFo Dlesale T E R R LEA E C A D OD P A R T T WO S T C E IE Public/Quasi Public LaHnd W R I EN R H D R D AgricuRlDture/Forestry/Vacant Land IR D R OR FA I NF C SA D K R R Public Parks D A P R P I T S W H K E I T LU Private Recreation L S TIE R L R N C O O R SE K W I D N A A O Y MIN R Under Construction/Other Uses D DR R TTA R S D O RIE O D EN L D UT LE D H E A H R N L PARK CI A RD Water R DR IZ OP L A H AN B PP E IG LM LA T H ZARK RD W H O DE R Right of WayTI/LOpen Space H D R IT HIG D GR E T P S IG E E SB HL R TransportationR/OCommunications/Utilities TA DC WAN Y G L A O RD W ND O A A W TE Y KIT CT G WA MIN R TY S IF N Y IER F IN L HAWK G RA S G A TE LE RD Y R A WO D W Y WA Y M A A A A W W O R T H Y E DR T A O C S D R IE R R U ES R D O Y PR CR R G B A DR S O R D E N S E R WAY TE E N W ND U IC A E T A EL L M W H E IN B TOW R O HL DE G P H HIG R R Y R IG D K WA D CO H O IR Y WA MA RO A PR R MA LB D A O Y PL ZE A TT N W PL E S RO HA R L A E R D U Y N NS SC R F D AL P E ET A N R EP D N D E R TE E L SC INC R WA C R CO D HE E D ST EL W R Y ER R UP A RD D Y N I R P CH I H N D K S UR U N I CH R N DA L E B L R DO A DR UE T DR NE D IS VE NA LE N AS R LN AR SH I MATH C A RA L CH L OL HIG E RO R U H AU TIM A SC L R N HO LL D S R R E LN I O C CH L L R E MIT DA D R S U D UE L A N MO HU L NA PL R ER RTO TTO D T TH AC N A N N A E H RD C HE CT ER R S M D IN HE INSKIP KS H A ELEMENTARY OA Y EN E S GL R R D D IA LV Y INSKIP POOL S AND PARK DR C W E R IE N DV T IA D OA R YR BR A EL L CA A Y INSKIP V R ME HU E WA D BALLFIELDS N CE LI W BB HU Y A U LA ION I S E RD DR L LN E P TS D F L O P EL N A WA L CE TON RE R IK L L S P L A LF D NT E AR V C A RA DA DR T Y L W R SH H D L V 75 N C C A IEW W T U A O U D R L S D IU R D R D OD R T D S R D E DR A D NG D P WO R R IN E R SO E R T RB B O SU L R DU B A D U W S LN R K G RD E O E D S O T C A NT P B I H G RD DR A CO K U L S N B B LE R N A I VE E R D A R D X T RD N A W EH LAS ER N HO V I R NIC 640 A RT TR D R E D P W R INTE SKY D RSE TU S T BO TI W RD A UN Y DS RU R R TH D D RD Y C R LIN E T L R R 0 500 1,000 ON L H I I D W T O D Y NS S KE JEN Scale in Feet 8 Inskip Small Area Plan, 2011 Background and Analysis There is no official boundary for Inskip; however, this percent of the housing units, as shown in Table 2.