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Board grants variance for outbuilding in Knox County 500‑year floodplain despite county opposition
Summary
The Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to waive a 500‑year floodplain guideline for a nonhabitable outbuilding at 8510 Kodak Road, despite staff opposition on FEMA‑insurance grounds and board members’ concern the decision could affect community flood‑insurance discounts.
The Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals on February (date not specified) approved a variance allowing a nonhabitable outbuilding at 8510 Kodak Road to remain below the county’s 500‑year floodplain elevation.
James Borsch, the property owner and applicant, told the board the discrepancy arose when his contractor and land surveyor relied on the wrong floodplain datum and he did not pass updated 500‑year information to them. “I did have all the information of the 500‑year floodplain. Apparently I did not give that to the contractor or the land surveyor,” Borsch said. He described having relied on the information…
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