August, 2025
Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission
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Planning Commission
August 2025
Approve amendments to the City of Knoxville Zoning Code, Articles 4.6, 9.1, 10.1, and 14.6, which provide revisions to the Middle Housing standards and related zoning code elements, because they creat...read more
Planning recommends approval of amendments to the City of Knoxville Zoning Code, Article 14.4 Zoning Administrator Powers, 15.3 Vesting, and 16.12 Zoning Appeals to align vested rights with recent sta...read more
Postponed to the August, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
Postponed to the August, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
Approve the variance for the subdivision plat to be accepted without surveying the remainder of Lot 2 of the Anderson Addition City Map to the southeast based on the following evidence of hardship: 1....read more
Deny the RN-5 (General Residential Neighborhood) district because it is not compatible with surrounding development.
Postponed to the September, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
Approve the RN-2 (Single-Family Residential Neighborhood) district because it is a minor extension and is compatible with surrounding development.
APPROVE the RN-2 (Single Family Residential) district because it is consistent with the sector plan and small area plan as well as surrounding development.
Postponed to the September, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
Deny the RN-2 (Single-Family Residential Neighborhood) zoning district due to safety concerns with driveway access and road conditions and the lack of changing conditions in the area, which do not sup...read more
APPROVE the GC (General Commercial) land use classification because it is compatible with surrounding development and supports the C-R-2 (Regional Commercial) zoning district.
APPROVE the GC (General Commercial) land use classification because it is compatible with surrounding development and supports the C-R-2 (Regional Commercial) zoning district.
APPROVE the C-R-2 (Regional Commercial) district because it is comparable to the previous CB (Business and Manufacturing) zone in the County and would be an extension of this zoning in the City.
APPROVE the MU-SD, SCO-3 (Mixed-Use Special District, Alcoa Highway Small Area) land use classification because it is consistent with the land use designation for properties along this segment of Alco...read more
APPROVE the MU-SD, SCO-3 (Mixed-Use Special District, Alcoa Highway Small Area) land use classification because it is consistent with the land use designation for properties along this segement of Alc...read more
APPROVE the C-G-1 (General Commercial) district because it is comparable to the SC (Shopping Center) zoning in Knox County.
Postponed to the September, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
Approve the request for a two-family dwelling because the scale is compatible with surrounding development and the plans are consistent with the criteria for approval.
Approve the request to remove the previously approved planned district (C) designation from this parcel because it will enable development that is consistent with the current zoning and the surroundin...read more
Approve the request for an eating and drinking establishment with approximately 1,755 sqft of floor area in the C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) district, subject to 3 conditions.
Approve the request for a two-family dwelling in the RN-2 zone, subject to 3 conditions.
Approve the request for a two-family dwelling because it provides infill development that is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.
Approve the development plan and alternative compliance request for a branch bank with a drive-through facility because it does meet the purpose and intent for alternative compliance with the TC-1 (To...read more
Approve the request for a drive-through facility in the C-G-2 (General Commercial) district, subject to 4 conditions.
Approve the request for up to two drive-through windows for retail businesses in the C-G-1 (General Commercial) zoning district, subject to 5 conditions.
Approve the Preliminary Plan for the Galbraith School Adaptive Reuse Planned Development, including approval of the requested exceptions to the underlying zoning's dimensional and use standards, subje...read more
Withdraw this case per the applicant's request.
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission remove the (C) designation from parcel 070HB027 under Article 3.2.C of the City of Knoxville Zoning Ordinance to correct a map error as evidenced on the a...read more
Approve the appeal, thereby overturning the decision of Planning Staff.
Approve the appeal, thereby overturning the decision of Planning Staff.
Approve the final plat per Sections 2.08.A and 2.10.F of the Subdivision Regulations, which require the plat to be in substantial conformance with the concept plan. Planning staff affirms the plat co...read more
Approve the variance to reduce the minimum width of an access easement from 25 ft to 15 ft, based on the following evidence of hardship.
1. The access easement is required by the Town of Farragut t...read more
Postponed to the September, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
Approve PR (Planned Residential) up to 4.5 du/ac because it is consistent with the Knox County Comprehensive Plan.
Approve PR (Planned Residential) up to 4.3 du/ac.
Approve the CA (General Business) zone because it is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and compatible with surrounding development, subject to 1 condition.
Approve the RA (Low Density Residential) zone because it is consistent with the Knox County Comprehensive Plan and is supported by community and commercial amenities.
Approve the RA (Low Density Residential) zone because it is consistent with the Knox County Comprehensive Plan and surrounding development.
Approve the development plan for up to 9 single-family homes on individual lots and a reduction in peripheral setback from 35 ft to 25 ft, subject to 2 conditions.
Approve the Concept Plan subject to 8 conditions.
Approve the development plan for up to 40 attached houses on individual lots and reduction of the peripheral boundary as shown on the development plan, subject to 2 conditions.
Approve the alternative design standard based on the justifications provided by the applicant and the recommendations of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
Approve the Conc...read more
Approve the development plan for up to 60 dwelling units on individual lots, subject to 2 conditions, with the addition condition that a type A lanscape buffer be installed behind lots 1-11 and 12-20 ...read more
Approve the variance to reduce the intersection spacing between the centerlines of Road 'A' and Emerald Heath Road, from 300 ft to 183 ft.
A. Due to the existing topography and providing adequate si...read more
Approve the development plan for a detached dwelling in the PR (k) (Planned Residential) zone, subject to 4 conditions.
Approve the development plan for a garage conversion to a single-family dwelling, subject to 3 conditions.
Approve the development plan to reduce the peripheral setback from 35 ft to 20 ft in the PR (Planned Residential) zone as depicted on the site plan, subject to 2 conditions.
1) Meeting all other a...read more
Approve the development plan for an 8,292 sq ft medical office building, subject to 3 conditions.
Postponed to the September, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
Postponed to the September, 2025 Planning Commission meeting
