Ordinance Amendment

7-B-25-OA

Approved as Modified

Approve the amendments to add a new dwelling type, Single-Family Attached, to the Knoxville City Code, Appendix B, Zoning Code, Articles 2, General Definitions and Measurement Methodologies; Article 4, Residential Neighborhood Districts; Article 9, Uses; Article 10, Site Development Standards; and Article 11, Off-Street Parking, because it diversifies housing options and increases home ownership opportunity, with the edit to the definition of Single-Family Attached Dwelling to state: "A structure containing one dwelling unit attached at an interior side lot line by a vertical party wall to one other dwelling unit, for a maximum of two units. Each dwelling is located on a separate lot. A single-family attached dwelling is not a townhouse."


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Approve the amendments to add a new dwelling type, Single-Family Attached, to the Knoxville City Code, Appendix B, Zoning Code, Articles 2, General Definitions and Measurement Methodologies; Article 4, Residential Neighborhood Districts; Article 9, Uses; Article 10, Site Development Standards; and Article 11, Off-Street Parking, because it diversifies housing options and increases home ownership opportunity, with the edit to the definition of Single-Family Attached Dwelling to state: "A structure containing one dwelling unit attached at an interior side lot line by a vertical party wall to one other dwelling unit, for a maximum of two units. Each dwelling is located on a separate lot. A single-family attached dwelling is not a townhouse."

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Consideration of amendments to the Knoxville City Code, Appendix B, Zoning Code, Article 2, General Definitions and Measurement Methodologies; Article 4, Residential Neighborhood Districts; Article 9, Uses; Article 10, Site Development Standards; and Article 11, Off-Street Parking to create a new use, Single Family - Attached Dwellings.

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Knoxville City Council
November 11, 2025

November 25, 2025
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Knoxville-Knox County Planning


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