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Staff seeks to add residential and medical uses to CA/CB/CV zones as interim UDO step
Summary
Planning staff proposed countywide ordinance amendments to add clinics, upper-level dwellings and multifamily (with density caps tied to growth areas) to CA and CB commercial zones and select changes to CA/CV, framed as a short-term measure before a Unified Development Ordinance.
Planning staff on Tuesday presented a package of ordinance amendments that would add several residential and medical uses into CA and CB commercial zones across the county as an interim measure before a new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
Michelle, a member of planning staff, explained the package is rooted in recommendations from the Alcoa Highway Corridor study and will apply countywide because it changes permitted uses in those zones. "By right, on behalf of Knox County codes, we've added in clinics, medical office, dental offices,…
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