Board of Commissioners · Development & land use
Case 4-K-26-RZ
Approved — Approved as voted.
The request, as filed
- Request
- Consideration of the request of Eric White for rezoning from EC Employment Center to LI Light Industrial.
- Applicant, as named
- Eric White
- Zone change
- EC Employment Center → LI Light Industrial
- Location, as printed in the minutes
- 8822 Valgro Road · Parcel ID 138 27406 · District 9
- Case type
- Rezoning
What these zones are, in the county’s own words
- EC — Employment Center Zone
- “This zoning district is intended to encourage development of business parks and other employment centers that will contribute to the future economic well being of the county; to provide standards and procedures that will minimize any conflicts or adverse impacts of these developments with other properties, public roads or facilities.” — §5.51.01, The Zoning Ordinance of Knox County, Tennessee (as amended through 2023-08-28)
- LI — Light Industrial Zone
- “The intent of this zone is to provide areas in which the principal use of land is for processing, storage, packaging, wholesaling, distribution, light manufacturing, and restricted retailing.” — §5.60.01, 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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May 11, 2026 — Adopted 10-0-0-1 · moved by Andy Fox, seconded by Courtney Durrett