Oak Ridge council deadlocks on rezoning request for Horizon Center; staff to draft zoning-text option

Jul 14, 2025

A tied 3-3 vote blocked a request to rezone about 96.5 acres in Horizon Center from IND-2 to IND-3 for BWXT’s proposed centrifuge manufacturing and possible enrichment work; staff will draft a zoning-text amendment to allow targeted uses in IND-2 for future consideration.

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Oak Ridge City Council failed to approve a rezoning request for about 96.5 acres in the Horizon Center industrial park after a 3-3 tie, leaving the property in its current IND-2 zoning and prompting staff to prepare a zoning-text amendment as an alternative.

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