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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Because of its location in the CITY, appeals will be heard by Knoxville City Council.
Final Plat appeals will be heard by the Planning Commission.
Knoxville City Council
November 11, 2025
November 25, 2025
Appeals of Concept Plans and Final Plats are filed with Chancery CourtThe Process
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Knoxville-Knox County Planning


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