March 13, 2025
Planning Commission meeting

Public Comments

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8-B-23-OA

Finbarr
37919

8-B-23-OA
Finbarr (37919), July 31, 2023 at 11:17 AM

this recommendation seems reasonable.

July 31, 2023
at 11:17 AM

8-E-23-OA

Finbarr
37919

8-E-23-OA
Finbarr (37919), July 31, 2023 at 11:24 AM

this recommendation seems reasonable.

July 31, 2023
at 11:24 AM

8-B-23-OA

Ron
37919

8-B-23-OA
Ron (37919), August 3, 2023 at 3:30 PM

We're dealing with 75 years of urban sprawl planning that no longer serves the needs of this city. In the midst of a terrible housing crisis that seems like he just keeps getting worse and worse and more and more expensive it's time to rethink how we use our small lots in the CN zoned property. With this revision as I understand it it would allow townhomes and condos and other medium density housing options to be built. This seems like a reasonable revision in the current zoning laws to address our crisis state of housing in Knoxville.

August 3, 2023
at 3:30 PM

8-E-23-OA

Ron
37919

8-E-23-OA
Ron (37919), August 3, 2023 at 3:43 PM

What sense does it make to require buffer zones between multifamily housing and traditional housing developments? Just because my quadruplex next door is owned a particular way does that somehow change its effective use as a house? The quadruplex has nothing more than a large house with four doors. Because of the affordability crisis in Knoxville right now people are renting out rooms people are renting out floors of their entire houses, or we've got multi-generational families where parents are living upstairs adult children in the basement This is far more common than people believe.
And yet I'm unaware of any large protest or complaints about these situations.
Let's move beyond the restrictive zoning that has made affordable housing almost unbuildable in Knoxville. I support this zoning amendment.

August 3, 2023
at 3:43 PM

8-E-23-OA

Bob
37919

8-E-23-OA
Bob (37919), October 11, 2023 at 10:12 AM

I oppose this amendment. Article 12.2A - As a landscape architect I feel that it is important to include a landscape plan prior to issuing a building permit, not at the certificate of occupancy phase. Including a landscape plan prior to issuing a building permit ensures that the developer is considering the code implications as well as budgeting for an appropriate, compliant design. Landscaping is a vital part of a community infrastructure and often overlooked already. The use as a visual buffer is only part of the benefits, which include noise buffering, stormwater mitigation, heat island effect, providing wildlife habitat and beautification. Article 12.8 - Reducing landscaping buffers by using a fence or wall does not benefit anyone except the developer. As mentioned above, buffer yards ensure landscaping is provided for all of the aspects listed.

October 11, 2023
at 10:12 AM

2-B-24-DP

Rob
37919

2-B-24-DP
Rob (37919), January 8, 2024 at 7:36 PM

This is a horrible idea that completely ignores the needs and desires of property owners that have lived in the neighborhood for decades and paid an untold amount of property taxes to Knox Co. Simply listening to the constituents whose lives would be negatively impacted and not the minority of businessmen who would profit would make this an easy decision.

January 8, 2024
at 7:36 PM

8-E-23-OA

Joyce
37919

8-E-23-OA
Joyce (37919), November 14, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Please see the attached statement.
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https://agenda.knoxplanning.org/attachments/20241114163045.pdf

November 14, 2024
at 4:30 PM