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Sevierville Posts Bogart Drive 43-Unit Preliminary PUD

Sevierville’s Sept. 3 Planning Commission agenda asks for preliminary PUD approval of a 43-unit apartment complex on Bogart Drive, Tax Map 61B Group A Parcel 024.01.

Tracy King

09 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

Bogart Drive corridor context for Sevierville’s 43-unit preliminary PUD — illustrative only.

Sevierville’s Regional Planning Commission posted Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. at the Civic Center, 130 Gary Wade Boulevard, with a Bogart Drive preliminary planned unit development for a 43-unit apartment complex. Item 14 names QEC3 Partners, LLC as the applicant for Tax Map 61B Group A Parcel 024.01. Agenda notes place the site in the HDR High Density Residential district and state that several staff comments remain outstanding while revised plans are under review.

Plan sheets filed with the Sept. 3 agenda show 43 units at 28,380 square feet and 110 parking spaces sized 9 by 20 feet. Landscape callouts on those sheets include one tree per 300 square feet and a 5% landscape requirement. Staff’s agenda note is careful: comments are still open, so treat the parking and building numbers as the version in the packet, not a stamped permit set.

Bogart Drive preliminary PUD (Sept. 3 packet)	Figure	Source
Meeting	Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, 5:00 p.m., Civic Center	Sevierville PC agenda
Applicant	QEC3 Partners, LLC	Agenda item 14
Parcel	Tax Map 61B Group A Parcel 024.01	Agenda notes
Zoning district	HDR — High Density Residential	Agenda notes
Proposed use	43-unit apartment complex (preliminary PUD)	Agenda notes
Building area shown	43 units @ 28,380 SF	Site plan sheet
Parking shown	110 spaces @ 9×20	Site plan sheet
Staff status	Comments outstanding; reviewing revised plans	Agenda notes
30-year fixed (context)	6.71% as of Sept. 3, 2026	Freddie Mac PMMS

What did Sevierville post for Bogart Drive on Sept. 3?

Item 14 on the Sept. 3, 2026 Planning Commission agenda is a request by QEC3 Partners, LLC for preliminary PUD approval on Bogart Drive, Tax Map 61B Group A Parcel 024.01. Agenda notes say the site sits in the HDR High Density Residential district and the proposed plan is a 43-unit apartment complex. Staff wrote that several comments remain outstanding while revised plans are under review.

A preliminary PUD on Bogart Drive is a Sevierville planning step, not a finished apartment lease-up. The Commission can recommend, condition, postpone, or send the applicant back for revised drawings. Board of Mayor and Aldermen action, building permits, and utility clearances still sit downstream. If a buyer’s agent asks what is happening on Bogart Drive, hand them the Sept. 3 agenda PDF and the parcel ID rather than a parking-lot rumor about “43 units already approved.”

HDR zoning already signals a higher-density residential corridor than a quiet county R-1 pocket. The useful seller question is whether the revised plans clear staff comments and whether the Commission’s conditions change driveway, parking, or buffering next to adjoining properties. That is process risk, not a Great Smoky Mountains MLS closed-sale reprice by itself.

Is a preliminary PUD the same as a building permit for the Bogart Drive apartments?

No. Preliminary PUD approval is a planning step. Building permits, utility connections, and occupancy still follow later. Treat the Sept. 3 item as process tape, not a certificate of occupancy or a Great Smoky Mountains MLS closed sale.

For a Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, or Gatlinburg owner deciding whether to list this fall, scale matters. Forty-three apartments on an HDR parcel is not a thousand-unit resort campus, but it is still new rental product on a city street that already carries traffic and utility load. If your buyer asks about construction noise or parking overflow near Bogart Drive, point to the packet’s 110-space count and the outstanding-comment note instead of inventing a timeline.

What parking and building figures appear on the Bogart Drive site plan sheets?

Plan sheets in the Sept. 3 packet show 43 units totaling 28,380 square feet and 110 parking spaces at 9 by 20 feet. Landscape notes on the same sheets reference one tree per 300 square feet and a 5% landscape requirement. Confirm those figures against the latest revised plans staff said it was still reviewing.

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, as of Sept. 3, 2026, put the 30-year fixed at 6.71%. A few basis points will not reprice a Sevier County house the way a full point would. Waiting for that full point while other Smokies sellers list into the same rate band is a different decision than watching whether QEC3’s revised Bogart Drive plans clear staff this cycle.

What else on Sevierville’s Sept. 3 agenda should Smokies owners track with Bogart Drive?

The same packet includes Middle Creek Road MDR-to-AC rezoning, Apple Lane county R-1 to C-1, Douglas Dam Road and Rainbow Road annexation packages, New Era Road MDR annexation, Cate Road final PUD, Knife Works Lane and River Valley Circle site plans, and a use-chart amendment for religious assembly and special assembly venues in Arterial Commercial.

What's happening in the Smoky Mountains this week

Monday, Sept. 14, 5:30 p.m. — Pigeon Forge City Commission (Wears Valley R-1 to C-6 public hearing lane and C-PACER hearing notice).
Tuesday, Sept. 15 — Exit 408 environmental meeting noted in August staff reports at the convention center.
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 5:00 p.m. — Sevierville Old Knoxville Highway Phase 1 Public Meeting #2 at the Convention Center.

You can write the offer on the next Smokies house. A contingent contract on a Sevier County clock is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on a preliminary PUD comment letter. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer. If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer. The two-house trap did not change because Bogart Drive is on the Sept. 3 agenda: you cannot honor the next address until this one is settled, and you will not list until you know where you are going.

What should Sevierville and Sevier County owners do this week?

If you own near Bogart Drive or other HDR corridors on the Sept. 3 packet, read the agenda PDF, watch whether revised plans clear staff comments, and track any Board of Mayor and Aldermen follow-up. Price to closed comps. Start with a free home evaluation at kingsofrealestate.com/l/home-evaluation/ or ask about a cash offer. Call 865-365-2280.

Start with a free home valuation or ask about a cash offer. Kings of Real Estate covers Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Townsend. Call 865-365-2280.

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