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Staff proposes subdivision regulation changes to allow shared driveways, shift approvals to engineering and law

Planning Meetings · December 9, 2025
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Summary

Staff proposed amendments to subdivision access standards to add a shared driveway easement (serving up to two units) and to replace Planning Commission review of alternative access legal documentation with engineering and law department review; staff recommended approval.

Planning staff presented proposed amendments to the Knoxville-Knox County subdivision regulations that would add an alternative access standard and a shared driveway easement to section 3.03, and recommended approval. Andrea (planning staff) said the amendments are designed to align subdivision rules with a recently amended city zoning ordinance that established a single-family attached dwelling use.

Andrea said the proposed subsection would allow a shared driveway to serve a maximum of two dwelling units…

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