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Commission denies rezoning for Lynch Bus Lines after residents cite safety, traffic and neighborhood impacts
Summary
The Planning Commission denied a requested land‑use change and rezoning for a bus‑storage proposal on Nash Road after sustained opposition from residents citing narrow streets, early‑morning traffic, and long‑standing residential character; commissioners agreed the proposed general industrial designation was incompatible with surrounding homes.
The Knoxville‑Knox County Planning Commission voted to deny a request to reclassify a parcel near Nash Road from residential to a light industrial/general industrial land use to permit school‑bus storage and related uses.
Residents and neighbors told commissioners the narrow, hilly local roads are not suitable for bus storage and that the bulk of the neighborhood is low‑density residential; they also said the applicant’s historic, reportedly unpermitted storage on…
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