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Commission denies Chestnut Ridge rezoning request, approves separate highway-commercial rezoning near rail line
Summary
The Roane County Legislative Commission denied a request to rezone 324 Chestnut Ridge Road from R-1 to R-2, citing planning commission concerns about spot zoning, and approved a separate application to rezone a property along a rail corridor from A-2 to C-2.
Roane County commissioners on Monday denied a rezoning request for 324 Chestnut Ridge Road but approved a separate application to rezone a parcel adjacent to a rail corridor to highway-commercial.
The Chestnut Ridge request (filed as resolution O42501) sought to change a parcel from R-1 (single-family residential) to R-2 (two-family residential). The county planning commission had unanimously recommended denial, calling the request a classic example of spot zoning that would benefit only the property owner.
At the public hearing the applicant said the intent was to build a duplex so two households (the applicant and his parents) could occupy the…
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