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Loudon County Commission approves three rezonings, denies one after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing, the Loudon County Commission on Jan. 5 approved three zoning-map amendments and denied a fourth, acting on four parcels under Tennessee Code Annotated §13-7-105. The commission approved a rezoning with a Community Facilities District limitation for school use.
Commission Chairman Henry Cullen called the Loudon County Commission to order Jan. 5 and the body moved into a public hearing on four zoning-map amendment requests presented by Jim Jenkins, Loudon County codes enforcement director. The commission approved three rezoning requests and denied one.
Jim Jenkins presented the four items as rezonings filed under Tennessee Code Annotated §13-7-105. The commission approved a rezoning of two parcels on El Camino Lane from A-1 and M-1 to CFD (Community Facilities District) limited to school use and M-1; the motion, made by Commissioner Van Shaver and seconded by Commissioner Bill Geames, passed by voice vote (recorded as 8–0 in the minutes). The item is listed in the minutes as RESOLUTION 010526-A.
The commission next approved a rezone of tax map 067, parcel 134.00 (recorded in the minutes as located at 25259, street name as recorded) from A-1 (Agriculture Forestry) to A-3 (Developing Agriculture); Commissioner Gary Whitfield moved the motion, Commissioner Bill Geames seconded, and the motion passed (recorded 8–0) as RESOLUTION 010526-B. The commission also approved a rezone for tax map 043, parcel 031.00 (recorded as 2424 Fairview Rd) from A-1 to A-3; Commissioner Bill Satterfield moved to approve, Commissioner Whitfield seconded, and the motion passed (recorded 8–0) as RESOLUTION 010526-C.
On the fourth item, a request to rezone tax map 049, parcel 082.00 (recorded in the minutes as 9841, street name as recorded) from A-2 (Rural Residential) to A-3 (Developing Agriculture), the commission voted to deny the application on a motion by Commissioner Bill Geames, seconded by Commissioner Chase Randolph; the roll-call vote was 0 in favor, 8 opposed and the denial was recorded as RESOLUTION 010526-D, following the Planning Commission's recommendation.
Why it matters: zoning-map amendments change allowable land uses and can affect local development patterns, school siting and infrastructure needs. The El Camino Lane item was approved with a Community Facilities District limitation explicitly tied to school use, which narrows future non-school development under that CFD designation.
The meeting minutes record motions, seconders and roll-call tallies where applicable; the commission received no substantive challenge to the Planning Commission's recommendation on the denied parcel. The commission proceeded to other business after the zoning votes.
