Board of Commissioners · Development & land use
Case 12-Q-25-RZ
Approved — Approved as voted.
The request, as filed
- Request
- Request of Benjamin C. Mullins for rezoning CA (General Business) and A (Agricultural) to OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services).
- Applicant, as named
- Benjamin C. Mullins
- Zone change
- CA General Business and A Agricultural → OB Office, Medical and Related Services
- Location, as printed in the minutes
- 9247 Floyd Lane; 9226, 9228, 9232 Dutchtown Road · Parcel ID 119 006; 119JA001, 002, 003 · District 3
- Case type
- Rezoning
What these zones are, in the county’s own words
- CA — General Business Zone
- “This zone is for general retail business and services but not for manufacturing or for processing materials other than farm products, except that portable sawmills are allowed.” — §5.31.01, The Zoning Ordinance of Knox County, Tennessee (as amended through 2023-08-28)
- OB — Office, Medical, and Related Services Zone
- “This zone is intended to provide areas for professional and business offices and related activities that require separate buildings and building groups surrounded by landscaped yards and open areas. The intent herein is to provide centralized, compact locations for business offices, clinics, medical, and dental offices near residential neighborhoods.” — §5.41.01, The Zoning Ordinance of Knox County, Tennessee (as amended through 2023-08-28)
Quoted verbatim from the ordinance’s “general description” of each zone — what a zone permits in full is defined by the complete ordinance text at the link.
On the record
Every published meeting that took this case up, oldest first.
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Feb 17, 2026 — Adopted 11-0-0-0 · moved by Adam Thompson, seconded by Courtney Durrett
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Feb 17, 2026 — Heard — no vote on the published record for this appearance.
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May 11, 2026 — Adopted 10-0-0-1 · moved by Terry Hill, seconded by Adam Thompson
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May 11, 2026 — Heard — no vote on the published record for this appearance.