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Board overturns no‑response finding but leaves civil penalty to engineering

Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals · April 22, 2026
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Summary

Wallace McClure apologized for enforcement oversights, described corrective actions and a TDEC filing, and the board found the administrative "no response" element erroneous and granted the appeal while leaving resolution of the civil penalty amount to Engineering and Public Works.

Wallace McClure appeared before the Knox County Board of Zoning Appeals to appeal a civil penalty assessed by Engineering and Public Works related to stream‑buffer work at his property on West Emory Road. McClure apologized to the board, said he had submitted a corrective action plan to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) on March 30, and described work to remove fallen trees and…

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