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Loudon BZA approves 300-foot variance for towing service at 3827 Lee Highway after legal dispute
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a towing/storage operation at 3827 Lee Highway to operate within the 300-foot buffer from a residential district after city counsel and a citizen disagreed on whether state junkyard definitions apply.
The Board of Zoning Appeals in Loudon City approved a variance for a towing and vehicle storage operation at 3827 Lee Highway, waiving part of the ordinance’s 300-foot separation from a nearby residential district.
City attorney Chris, after reviewing the Loudon City Code and zoning ordinance, told the board he did not believe the state’s 1967 Junkyard Control Act definitions were interchangeable with the city’s code and recommended allowing the use contingent on the variance for the rear strip of the property. "I believe this proposed…
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