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 Sierra Kirby for rezoning from I (Industrial) to RA (Low Density Residential) as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.
- Applicant, as named
- Sierra Kirby
- Zone change
- I (Industrial) → RA (Low Density Residential)
- 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)
- 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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Apr 21, 2025 — Adopted 9-0-0-2 · moved by Adam Thompson, seconded by Rhonda Lee