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Board denies plan amendment to legitimize transient RV site after neighborhood outcry and code enforcement
Summary
The board denied Hunter Brewster’s appeal seeking a plan amendment and rezoning to allow transient RV lodging on his South Knoxville parcel after neighbors, planning staff and a police officer raised safety, code and character concerns; planning commission had recommended denial 13–0.
The Knox County Board of Zoning on Jan. 22 denied a request by property owner Hunter Brewster to change his parcel’s place type and rezone it to permit transient RV lodging for pipeline crews.
Background and request: Brewster had allowed transient workers for a nearby pipeline contractor to park camp trailers on his roughly 3.56‑acre parcel near John Sevier Highway. Codes enforcement previously instructed the property to cease the unpermitted campground activity; Brewster then filed for a plan amendment and rezoning to make the use lawful. Planning staff and the Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended denial of a corridor…
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