Board of Commissioners · Development & land use
Case 4-R-26-RZ
Approved — Approved as voted.
The request, as filed
- Request
- Consideration of the request of Ralph Smith/PLS for rezoning from A Agricultural to RA Low Density Residential.
- Applicant, as named
- Ralph Smith/PLS
- Zone change
- A Agricultural → RA Low Density Residential
- Location, as printed in the minutes
- 4701 Messer Lane · Parcel ID 078 108 · District 6
- Case type
- Rezoning
What these zones are, in the county’s own words
- A — Agricultural Zone
- “This zone provides for a wide range of agricultural and related uses as well as residential uses with low population densities and other compatible uses which generally require large areas or open spaces.” — §5.22.01, The Zoning Ordinance of Knox County, Tennessee (as amended through 2023-08-28)
- RA — Low Density Residential Zone
- “This residential zone provides for residential areas with low population densities. These areas are intended to be defined and protected from encroachment of uses not performing a function necessary to the residential environment.” — §5.11.01, 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 Terry Hill, seconded by Adam Thompson