§ 4.81. Requirements for the location and development of methadone treatment clinics or facilities as uses permitted on review in the OA, Office Park, and OB, Office, Medical and Related Services, Zones.
This section prescribes the conditions under which methadone treatment clinics or facilities may be permitted as uses permitted on review in the OA, Office Park, and OB, Office, Medical, and Related Services, Zones.
4.81.01. Minimum requirements.
A.
The approval by the planning commission of a methadone treatment clinic or facility shall be contingent upon the receipt of the appropriate license and certificate of need by the state department of health.
B.
Applicants seeking approval of a methadone treatment facility shall provide written documentation that the county sheriff's department has been notified in writing regarding the facility's proposed location, hours of operation, programs and treatment methods offered, and staffing levels and qualifications. This same information shall be made available to the planning commission as part of the use-on-review application.
C.
The clinic or facility shall not be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school, day care facility, park, church, residential use, pharmacy, or similar facility that sells or dispenses either prescription drugs or over the counter drugs, as measured from property line to property line.
D.
The clinic or facility shall not be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any establishment that sells alcoholic beverages, for either on- or off-premise consumption, measured from property line to property line.
E.
The facility shall be located on and have access to an arterial street as shown on the Major Road Plan for Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee.
F.
In reviewing each application, the planning commission may establish additional requirements or conditions of approval to further reduce the impact such a facility may have on surrounding properties.
(Ord. No. O-04-4-101, § 1(Exh. A), 5-24-04; Ord. No. O-12-9-102, § 1(Exh. A), 10-22-12)