Resident opposition rises as commission approves Cook Drive lot split request
Jun 9, 2026
At a public hearing, resident Deborah Cook Hardy urged denial of a rezoning request to split a roughly two‑acre parcel on Cook Drive into two one‑acre lots, citing concerns about a newly placed mobile home and property values; the commission approved the rezoning.
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At a public hearing before the Loudon County Regional Planning Commission, applicant Victor Martinez asked to rezone a roughly two‑acre parcel from A2 to A3 to create two one‑acre lots so each of his children could have an acre. "I am requesting a resone. I am a little bit past 2 acres. I have two children. I want each of them to have one acre each, please," Martinez said.
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