Board of Commissioners · Development & land use
Rezoning request
Approved — Approved as voted.
The request, as filed
- Request
- Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Molly Hughes for rezoning from I (Industrial) to A (Agricultural) as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.
- Applicant, as named
- Molly Hughes
- Zone change
- I (Industrial) → A (Agricultural)
- Case type
- Rezoning
What these zones are, in the county’s own words
- I — Industrial Zone
- “This zone provides areas in which the principal use of land is for manufacturing, assembling, fabrication and for warehousing and other uses which have heavy impacts and adverse effects on surrounding property.” — §5.61.01, 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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Feb 24, 2025 — Adopted 11-0-0-0 · moved by Adam Thompson, seconded by Rhonda Lee