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Commission approves sector-plan amendment and RN-3 rezoning near Lakeshore Park after split remarks
Summary
The commission approved a sector-plan amendment and rezoning to RN‑3/general residential for a tract near Lakeshore Park after extended public comment about floodplain, slope, and traffic. Commissioners were split in discussion; one recorded no vote was noted on the one‑year plan motion.
The Knoxville–Knox County Planning Commission voted to approve a sector‑plan amendment to medium density residential (MDR) and to rezone the subject property to RN‑3 general residential, following an extended public-comment period and commissioner debate.
Opponents, including Mike Wink and Richard Duncan, urged denial, citing the site’s steep slopes, floodplain encroachment and the West Sector Plan’s guidance to protect water resources and natural drainage.…
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