News & Notices of Interest to Royal Oaks
PAVING UPDATE from the ROPOA President
May 28, 2026
We have a tentative date of the 2nd week of June to begin two paving projects. Weather can be a factor on these dates... The paving will start at our front entrance (by Aldi’s); and then they will work on Masters Drive.
Roads will be closed to through traffic during this time. DeVictor and Masters will be closed except for residents in the area, which will have one lane available. We have to leave room for emergency vehicles, but will block all other through traffic. It will be an inconvenience for some for a short period of time, but once it’s done it will be significantly better for all.
For more information on "The Commons" subdivision (and plat maps) being built nearby, click here.
Annual Royal Oaks Neighborhood 4th of July Cookout
All Royal Oaks Residents and Owners are invited to attend our annual cookout at the Community Center room starting at 12:00 pm on Saturday, July 4th. ROPOA will provide hamburgers, hotdogs, and drinks.
Residents are asked to bring sides and desserts to share.
Please email Brooke Frizzell at gabbles1@hotmail.com with the side item and/or dessert you plan to bring, along with how many people will be attending.
There will also be FREE swimming at the Pool for ROPOA residents.
Volunteers are needed for set up and clean up. We appreciate all the help from our volunteers!
Prisma Health Development
ROPOA homeowners met with representatives from C2RL Engineering and Prisma Health on April 2nd at a town hall in the Community Room. Three photos representing potential plans follow. (Click and use right or left arrows.)
More information is below.
Potential Development Nearby
and Rezoning Information
Prisma Health, the owner of Prisma Health Blount Memorial Hospital, has requested a rezoning from Residential to Business/Transportation of the large parcel of land immediately adjacent to homes on Legends Way near the 411 entrance, and homes on the east/south side of Torrey Pines Drive (formerly Holes 10 & 11).
The potential development will be accessible by the road next to Walgreens off of Hwy 411, not through Royal Oaks roads.
Their stated plan is to build an "outpatient surgery center and medical office building"* on this parcel. According to the concept plan provided by Prisma to the city, the parcel they want to rezone, adjacent to our homes, will include the back part of a large building with a patient entrance and two parking lots. That is the scene that would face the houses on Torrey Pines and Legends. Prisma’s parking lots will almost literally be next to the backyards of these homes. (See image below.) Because of the significant downward slope of this parcel toward Torrey Pines Drive, the parking lots and the cars in them will be very visible from homes on Torrey Pines, Royal Oaks Drive, and Legends Way. It is unlikely that any walls and landscaping installed as part of the development will be tall enough to obscure the parking lots and cars from view.
The Maryville Planning Commission met March 23. They will make their recommendation to the City Council. City Council meetings will take place in April and May, and then they will make the final decision.
If you would like to write to the Maryville Planning Commission and City Council to weigh in with your feedback, see below. Email or send postal mail to:
Board of Zoning Appeals: Valentina Amon (865) 273-3509, vamon@maryville-tn.gov
Planning Commission: Michael Brusseau (865) 273-3507, mabrusseau@maryville-tn.gov
To include City Council members, their contact info can be found here: https://www.maryvillegov.com/city-council-members.html
Postal mailing address for all above is: City of Maryville, Municipal Center Offices, 400 West Broadway Avenue, Maryville, TN 37801.
*Per the Maryville Municipal Planning Commission Agenda.
Info. above is from the ROPOA Board's community emails dated March 9 & 11; and also the city's https://www.maryvillegov.com/ website. See links there to 'Public Meetings Calendar and Agendas.'
NOTE: The new '2025' revised Covenants were approved by a majority of our owners, and became effective Dec. 16, 2025 when they were registered at the Blount County Register's office. If you need to see them, they are here OR you can click on the "Documents" menu above.
Grinder Pumps
285 of our homes use Grinder Pumps. The rest use gravity sewer systems.