Board of Commissioners · Development & land use
Case 9-C-25-RZ
Approved — Approved as voted.
The request, as filed
- Request
- REQUEST OF JEFFREY LAWSON FOR REZONING FROM PR(K) (PLANNED RESIDENTIAL) UP TO 4 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WITH CONDITIONS TO A (AGRICULTURAL).
- Applicant, as named
- JEFFREY LAWSON
- Zone change
- PR(K) (PLANNED RESIDENTIAL) UP TO 4 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WITH CONDITIONS → A (AGRICULTURAL) (UP TO 4 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE)
- Location, as printed in the minutes
- 7505 BLACKS FERRY ROAD · Parcel ID 066 051 · District 6
- Case type
- Rezoning
What these zones are, in the county’s own words
- PR — Planned Residential Zone
- “The regulations established in this zone are intended to provide optional methods of land development which encourage more imaginative solutions to environmental design problems. Residential areas thus established would be characterized by a unified building and site development program, open space for recreation and provision for commercial, religious, educational, and cultural facilities which are integrated with the total project by unified architectural and open space treatment.” — §5.13.01, The Zoning Ordinance of Knox County, Tennessee (as amended through 2023-08-28)
- 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)
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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Oct 20, 2025 — Adopted 11-0-0-0 · moved by Terry Hill, seconded by Kim Frazier