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 George W. Hicks for rezoning from A Agricultural to CA General Business subject to 1 condition as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.
- Applicant, as named
- George W. Hicks
- Zone change
- A Agricultural → CA General Business subject to 1 condition
- 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)
- 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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Sep 15, 2025 — Adopted 10-0-0-1 · moved by Adam Thompson, seconded by Andy Fox