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Knoxville BZA denies variance reducing storefront glass for proposed North Shore gas station
Summary
The City Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request by MBI Companies to reduce required ground-floor transparency for a new convenience store at a North Shore/Paper Mill Drive gas station, finding applicants had not demonstrated the minimum necessary hardship.
The City Board of Zoning Appeals voted 4-1 to deny BZA-250030, a variance request from MBI Companies to reduce required ground-floor transparency along the street-facing facade of a proposed convenience store in the CG-3 zoning district.
The variance sought to lower the transparency requirement from 30% to 3.5% on the east (North Shore) elevation. City staff told the board the applicant proposed the reduction because restrooms and interior fixtures would occupy much of that wall and that locating windows elsewhere would place them behind refrigeration units.
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