Ordinance Amendment

8-E-23-OA

Tabled
by the Planning Commission

Staff recommends a thirty-day postponement until the November 9, 2023 meeting, as requested by the applicant.


See case notes below

Purpose

Case Notes

Purpose

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Consideration of an amendment to the Knoxville City Code, Appendix B, Zoning Code, Article 12.2.A Landscape Plan Required, to amend language regarding required landscape plans; Article 12.8 Buffer Yards, to amend or remove language regarding buffer yards.

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Case Notes

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Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends denial of the proposed amendments to the City of Knoxville Zoning Code, Article 12.

Landscaping and buffer yards were not identified as a barrier to the creation of middle housing forms in the City's comprehensive Missing Middle Hous

Staff recommends denial of the proposed amendments to the City of Knoxville Zoning Code, Article 12.

Landscaping and buffer yards were not identified as a barrier to the creation of middle housing forms in the City's comprehensive Missing Middle Housing Scan. Additionally, the City Tree Board is actively reviewing amendments to Article 12 and other ordinance sections in response to policy recommendations from the upcoming Knoxville Urban Forest Master Plan.
Disposition Summary
Staff recommends a thirty-day postponement until the November 9, 2023 meeting, as requested by the applicant.
Applicant

R. Bentley Marlow


Case History