Zoning meeting — September 16, 2024

Motion to amend the agenda to add the following item: Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, to initiate rezoning of certain parcels within the Ninth District of Knox County, Tennessee

Moved by Andy Fox · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Motion to amend the agenda to hear the following items after Approval of Minutes from the previous meeting: Item #11 - 7-A-24-RZ - Request of Magnolia Capital Group LLC for rezoning from PR Planned Residential up to 3 dwelling units per acre to PR Planned Residential up to 7 dwelling units per acre, property located at 0 East Governor John Sevier Highway, Parcel ID 125 00508, (9th Commission District); and Item #22 – 4-O-24-RZ - Request of William Dale Rhoton for rezoning from A Agricultural to RB General Residential, property located at 611 West Governor John Sevier Highway, Parcel ID 137 144 01, (9th Commission District).

Moved by Courtney Durrett · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Motion to amend the agenda to defer the following items to the October 2024 meeting: Item #9 - 8-G-24-PA - Request of Logan Higgins for a Comprehensive Plan amendment from RC Rural Commercial to SMR Suburban Mixed Residential, property located at 0 West Governor John Sevier Highway, Parcel ID 137 151, (9th Commission District); and Item 10 - 8-O-24-RZ - Request of Logan Higgins for rezoning from PR(k) Planned Residential up to 2 dwelling units per acre to PR(k) Planned Residential up to 8 dwelling units per acre, property located at 0 West Governor John Sevier Highway, Parcel ID 137 151, (9th Commission District).

Moved by Courtney Durrett · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Motion to amend the agenda to add the following item: Item #12 - 6-Q-24-RZ - Request of Benjamin C. Mullins for rezoning from PC Planned Commercial to OB Office, Medical and Related Services, property located at 300 Ebenezer Road, Parcel ID 132 03601, (3rd Commission District).

Moved by Courtney Durrett · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Move to approve the minutes from the previous meeting held on August 19, 2024.

Moved by Larsen Jay · seconded by Courtney Durrett

Defer to the October 2024 meeting the request of William Dale Rhoton for rezoning from A Agricultural to RB General Residential.

Moved by Andy Fox · seconded by Kim Frazier

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-101 Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Sarah Peacock for rezoning from I Industrial to OC Civic and Institutional as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Adam Thompson · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-102 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Petr Fesyuk for rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential up to 6 dwelling units per acre as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Rhonda Lee · seconded by Kim Frazier

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-103 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Maddox Construction Company Inc. for a Comprehensive Plan amendment from SR Suburban Residential to BP Business Park as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Angela Russell · seconded by Kim Frazier

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-104 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Maddox Construction Company Inc. for rezoning from A Agricultural to OB Office, Medical and Related Services subject to one condition as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Angela Russell · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-105 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Mesana Investments, LLC for a Comprehensive Plan amendment from CI Civic Institutional and HP Hillside Protection to SR Suburban Residential and HP Hillside Protection as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Andy Fox · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-106 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Mesana Investments, LLC for rezoning from RB General Residential and A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential up to 2 dwelling units per acre subject to one condition as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Andy Fox · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-107 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Georges H. Brendan for rezoning from PR Planned Residential up to 5 dwelling units per acre to PR Planned Residential up to 10 dwelling units per acre as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Gina Oster · seconded by Shane Jackson

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-108 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Oleg Cheban for rezoning from A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential up to 8 dwelling units per acre subject to 2 conditions as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Courtney Durrett

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-109 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Benjamin C. Mullins for rezoning from PC Planned Commercial to OB Office, Medical and Related Services as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Gina Oster · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-110 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Benjamin C. Mullins for rezoning from RAE Exclusive Residential to PR Planned Residential up to 4 dwelling units per acre with the following conditions: (a) No access to Grospoint once the property is redeveloped; (b) No reduction of the 35 foot peripheral boundary adjacent to adjoining residential properties; (c) Keeping as much of the existing landscape as possible adjacent to adjoining residential properties to the extent it must be removed, it can be replaced with Type C Landscape buffer; (d) Traffic study; and (e) Landscape Plan.

Moved by Gina Oster · seconded by Kim Frazier

Defer to the October 2024 meeting the request of Julie Cloninger for rezoning from A Agricultural to CN Neighborhood Commercial.

Moved by Andy Fox · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-111 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Johan Van Tilburg for a Comprehensive Plan amendment from SMR Suburban Mixed Residential and HP Hillside Protection to CC Corridor Commercial and HP Hillside Protection as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Rhonda Lee · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-112 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Johan Van Tilburg for rezoning from A Agricultural to CB Business and Manufacturing subject to the condition that there is no access to the property via Freeway Heights Drive.

Moved by Rhonda Lee · seconded by Adam Thompson

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-113 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Stephen Schoolfield and Greg Dee for rezoning from A Agricultural to RA Low Density Residential as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Andy Fox · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-114 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Larry Koontz for rezoning from RAE Exclusive Residential and A Agricultural to PR Planned Residential up to 2 dwelling units per acre as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Adam Thompson · seconded by Larsen Jay

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-115 – Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Graham Corporation for a Comprehensive Plan amendment from RA Rural Agricultural to CC Corridor Commercial as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-116 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Graham Corporation for rezoning from BP Business and Technology Park and TO Technology Overlay to CA General Business and TO Technology Overlay as per Planning Commission’s recommendation with the amendment to include a condition with engineering’s approval for the road improvements.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Rhonda Lee

Approve Resolution RZ-24-9-117 - Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, approving the request of Taylor D. Forrester for rezoning from A Agricultural and F Floodway to CR Rural Commercial and F Floodway as per Planning Commission’s recommendation.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Kim Frazier

Withdraw from the agenda the request of Magnolia Capital Group LLC for rezoning from PR Planned Residential up to 3 dwelling units per acre to PR Planned Residential up to 7 dwelling units per acre .

Moved by Andy Fox · seconded by Kim Frazier

Approve Ordinance O-24-9-101 - Ordinance of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee, amending the Knox County Code, Appendix A - Zoning, Article 4, Section 4.108 creating standards for Drive-Through Facilities, Article 5, Sections 5.31.02 through 5.31.03 pertaining to the CA General Business zone, and 5.32.02 through 5.32.03 pertaining to the CB Business and Manufacturing zone, to allow consideration of Drive-Through Facilities within these zones, and Section 5.37.03 pertaining to the CR Rural Commercial zone, Section 5.38.03 pertaining to the CN Neighborhood Commercial zone and 5.91.03 pertaining to the TC Town Center zone, adding references to the drive-through standards (amending Ordinance O-90-9-130, adopted September 10, 1990) on first reading.

Moved by Terry Hill · seconded by Courtney Durrett