Board of Commissioners · Development & land use
Case 6-I-25-RZ
Approved — Approved as voted.
The request, as filed
- Request
- Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Priyanka Patel for rezoning from OB Office, Medical and Related Services to CA General Business as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.
- Applicant, as named
- Priyanka Patel
- Zone change
- OB Office, Medical and Related Services → CA General Business
- Location, as printed in the minutes
- 8535 Asheville Highway · Parcel ID 062 21101 (partial) · District 8
- Case type
- Rezoning
What these zones are, in the county’s own words
- 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)
- 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)
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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Jul 21, 2025 — Adopted 11-0-0-0 · moved by Adam Thompson, seconded by Kim Frazier