May 14, 2026
Planning Commission meeting

Public Comments

8 Comments for

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Ann (37914), March 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM

I live, worship, & have grandchildren in the schools. Our roads & schools can't support all these new developments that have already been approved much less more. Please stop this development from coming.

March 23, 2026
at 3:53 PM

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Jennifer
37914

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Jennifer (37914), March 26, 2026 at 7:47 AM

Please stop building residential areas in East Knox County! We do not have the infrastructure for this! Our roads are not wide enough, there is too much traffic and we do not have enough grocery stores! Food City is NOT enough for the influx of people. Our wild life is suffering as well as they are losing their homes. Once they are gone, we will never get them back. Please!

March 26, 2026
at 7:47 AM

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Sarah
37914

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Sarah (37914), March 26, 2026 at 11:22 PM

I wholly disagree with the planning commission rezoning this land for more housing development. We love our small town feel and do not have currently, nor have the capacity to accommodate more people and the infrastructure that is required. Please do not rezoning this property

March 26, 2026
at 11:22 PM

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Jan
37914

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Jan (37914), March 31, 2026 at 11:11 AM

Please don't put apartments in that location. Single family houses might be OK, but the roads would still have to be improved. And not like the "improvements" made on Brakebill, which consisted of a turning lane at the development entrance. That narrow, crumbling road is not safe when meeting dualies, vehicles pulling lawn mower trailers, dump trucks, delivery trucks and other box trucks that travel across it throughout the day. We were misled by the developers. The infrastructure in our area can’t handle the developments being imposed on us.

March 31, 2026
at 11:11 AM

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Ashton
37914

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Ashton (37914), March 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM

As a life long resident of the Carter community and as a parent of two kids that attend Carter and plan to stay in the area after they graduate. Four Way is a community center, but I think that our community center definition and the current administration definition are not the same.
Community to us does not come from the outside but from within. We already have a community adding a "multi family unit" to an area that has no infrastructure to support it, does not benefit our community, it hinders it.

The Carter area has at least 7 new or ongoing projects that I know about. Three of those being "multi family units" and the others being single family homes in tightly compressed subdivisions. We don't know what effect these new developments will have yet. But all these developments feed into the Carter schools. Schools that are already struggling to keep up with demand. As a parent I want to know that my taxes are going to benefit my children and all the children that come through after them.

For these reasons please vote NO on rezoning this property.

March 31, 2026
at 2:01 PM

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Daniel
37914

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Daniel (37914), April 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM

I oppose this rezoning of this property. High density housing does not belong at this location. This isn't an urban environment nor should be. I'm not confident that there is an adequate plan for the impact on the schools in the Carter community, and I am definitely not confident that increased traffic has been adequately considered from this property all the way to the interstate. I am certain the the sum of population being added in east knoxville is not adequately studied/surveyed. While individual traffic studies are happening, where is the cumulative report on all the residential developments happening off Asheville Highway, John Sevier, and Strawberry Plains Pike?

April 1, 2026
at 4:30 PM

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Alivia
37914

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Alivia (37914), April 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM

I oppose the proposed development of 194 apartment units on farmland in East Tennessee. Once productive farmland is paved over, it is gone for good. Our rural communities depend on preserving open land, protecting local agriculture, managing stormwater naturally, and maintaining the character that makes this area special. A project of this size would also place added strain on already stretched roads, traffic patterns, schools, utilities, and emergency services. Growth should be planned responsibly in areas already suited for higher-density housing, not by sacrificing valuable farmland and rural infrastructure. I urge you to protect our community’s long-term future and vote against this proposal.

April 12, 2026
at 10:08 AM

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Charles
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Charles (37914), April 15, 2026 at 12:57 PM

Very interested in the future of this property I own the property directly across from this lot and have seen issues with this road ever since I was a kid. This road is very narrow very blind in a lot of road space areas the edges of the road are already deteriorating with the absence of the county care for most of my life. This property never had a for sale sign or any knowledge of sale for any local person to keep this agricultural. It was a horse field since before 1990 that I know of as I am 35 currently. Please send me emails of updates I'm sure that my individual voice no one cares about however I do think the sale was unfair to anyone that may have been interested and I'm also interested in if they move forward how they will get rid of the flooding that occurs across the road from the new Dr.Horton subdivision that is adjacent from this field will it worsen will they be prepared or made by the county fix this issue?

April 15, 2026
at 12:57 PM