At-a-glance: key zoning votes from the Aug. 24 Knox County hearing
Summary
Quick summary of formal motions and votes taken at the Aug. 24 Knox County zoning hearing, including approvals and denials for several rezoning and use-on-review items.
The Knox County Board of Zoning took several formal actions during its Aug. 24 meeting. Below are the principal motions and outcomes recorded at the hearing.
- Use-on-review: Vulcan Lands (east of Graybill) — Motion to approve use-on-review with conditions (mover: Commissioner Hill; second: Commissioner Jackson). Outcome: approved (10–1). Conditions include monitoring, blasting limits (no more than six blasts per month), larger buffers and required Graybill Road realignment at the applicant’s expense.
- Rezoning — Ken Bowman (9664 Middlebrook Pike): approved (consent; no opposition).
- Rezoning — Rich Levinson (Harborcrest Way lot): approved (consent).
- Rezoning — Landmark Engineers (7843 Old Clinton Pike): approved (consent).
- Rezoning — Parker Figgins (Strawberry Plains flex space): approved unanimously with two conditions.
- Rezoning — Simmons (Roberts Road, Corryton): approved with conditions (vote recorded as 6 yes / 4 no / 1 recused); conditions include a 50-foot setback from Roberts Road and a traffic-impact study.
- Rezoning — Wesley Gibson Construction (0 Tipton Station Road / Same Lane): motion to deny carried; commission denied the PR rezoning (concerns included 15 driveways onto a narrow local lane and stormwater/safety issues).
Many of the approvals included planning-staff conditions; some items were deferred to a later meeting. For full motion text and conditions, see the planning staff reports referenced during the hearing.
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