News & Notices of Interest to Royal Oaks
ROPOA 2027 Budget
The ROPOA 2027 Budget is on the ROPOA *Financials page, which is pass-worded and is only viewable by Royal Oaks residents and owners. If you do not have the pass-word,
lease Register.
Stormwater Drainage Work on St. Johns Drive
Please be advised that extensive stormwater drainage work still needs to be done on
St. Johns. Trees will be removed and a hole will be bored under the roadway. If the boring cannot be completed as hoped, the road may need to be closed to through traffic until the work is finished.
IF it is closed and you live below 1020 St. Johns (toward the gravel road), please use the gravel road. If you live above 1020 St. Johns (toward Legends), please use Legends Drive.
We will keep you informed and notify local emergency agencies if Operations needs to close the road. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email them to Operations.
Per Brooke's latest message, the Royal Oaks Neighbors and Friends Facebook site is not the appropriate forum for ROPOA complaints. Please use the online form at Contacts.
Please be courteous to the contractors who will be performing the work.
Community Meeting Notice
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL OAKS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. ON OCTOBER 22, 2026 IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ROOM at 4411 LEGENDS WAY, MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE, AT 6:30 P.M.
A copy of the notice of this meeting (was mailed to each home). The purpose of the meeting is for a vote of the membership of Royal Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc. to amend the "Amended and Restated Declaration of Protective Covenants". The proposed amendment and proxy form (were mailed to each home).
Information was mailed via USPS to each homeowner at the address on record. If you cannot be present to vote at the meeting, please (fill out and) return your completed Proxy form to Jay Sutherland. Your Proxy must be delivered to Jay Sutherland, Secretary of Royal Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc. at or before the meeting, as scheduled and noticed.
Because this meeting requires an in person vote/proxy, we will not be providing a meeting link for this meeting. [See more on amendments below.]
NOTE:
"4. AMENDMENTS. These "Amended and Restated Restrictions" may be amended at any time upon the vote of at least two-thirds (2/3’s) of the Members present in person or by proxy voting at a meeting of the membership."
Source: 2025 ROPOA Covenants, page 29 (on the double-spaced original)
For more information on the proposed
"The Commons" subdivision (and plat maps)
planning to be built nearby, click here.
Prisma Health Development
ROPOA homeowners met with representatives from C2RL Engineering and Prisma Health on April 2, 2026 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.