PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID KNOXVILLE TN PERMIT # 109 farragutpress.com • @farragutpress • @farragutpress1 • © 2018 farragutpress all rights reserved • 50¢ ISSUE 24 VOLUME 30 FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 • 1A Developer eyes ‘R-4’ Orange& Black ... 28 acres ... On Rocky Top about to turn off K-Pike Lester McClain, ■ TAMMY CHEEK UT varsity
[email protected] wide receiver, 1968-1970. A new developer for the former Swan property, located across from the former Weigel’s at 12639 Kings- ton Pike just west of Everett Road, Bobby Scott, said he wants to build a ”neighbor- hood commercial” development on UT varsity 28.76 acres. quarterback, Developer David Robinette, own- 1968-1970. er of Site Inc, is asking Farragut Planning Commission to rezone the parcel from R-2, R-1 and Floodplain District, to Commercial-1, R-4 or Attached Family Residential zon- ing and FPD. At the same time, Robinette is asking that parcels belonging to the Ivey family and totaling 115 acres off Union Road be re- zoned from Agriculture Zoning to R-1/Open Space Resi- dential to make way for a resi- Farragut’s Bobby Scott witnessed, Robinette dential de- velopment. assisted Lester McClain’s football Although FMPC members did journey breaking UT, SEC color barriers not take action on the rezoning re- quests for either property, as it was ALAN SLOAN discussed as part of a workshop, ■
[email protected] they seemed to favor the “neighbor- and most recently Nashville, who came from the mid-state as a hood commercial” concept for the Farragut resident Bobby Scott, a sophomore quarterback for the teenager to help break the school’s athletic color barrier.