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Knoxville council orders study of warming and cooling centers but rejects fast-track zoning for temporary shelters
Summary
The City Council unanimously approved a resolution asking city and county housing staff to analyze the warming/cooling center model and consider expanded funding and support; a separate resolution to add temporary emergency-shelter rules to the zoning code failed after extended debate over process and timing.
The Knoxville City Council on March 3 approved a resolution directing the administration and the Knoxville–Knox County Office of Housing Stability to review the city’s warming and cooling center approach and consider increased funding and support, while rejecting a companion measure that would have sent a proposal to amend the zoning code to allow regulated temporary emergency shelters.
Council member Amelia Parker introduced the resolution seeking a coordinated review of the warming/cooling center model and possible code amendments; she emphasized the measure does not itself set policy, temperature thresholds or locations but asks administration and partners to analyze options. “It does not establish policy,” Parker said during debate. “It asks that a conversation begin around…
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