Comments should be submitted by November 16, 2018 to be addressed in the fourth draft of the City’s updated zoning ordinance. Any comments received after that will continue to be considered for later revisions. The fourth draft is anticipated in early December.

Knoxville is growing and will continue to do so. In the next few decades, we expect thousands of new residents to call our city home. The update of the city’s zoning ordinance will help prepare the community for that growth, striking a balance between protecting valued traits of existing neighborhoods and creating vibrant new communities to accommodate all residents.

The Planning Commission was originally scheduled to vote on Recode Knoxville at their regularly scheduled meeting on November 8, 2018. While it will still be on the agenda for discussion, staff will not recommend taking action. Instead, consideration will be delayed until December or later. Prior to the meeting on December 13, two day-long workshops will be scheduled for the Stakeholder Advisory Committee and workshops are being scheduled for City Council and the Planning Commission to enable in-depth discussion of specific topics.

Interested in learning more about the draft ordinance, but don’t have time to read the entire document?

We’ve been getting questions about how the proposed residential districts for the update compare to those in the current ordinance. We’ve put together a comparison chart to help make it clearer. Check it out!

The second draft of the City’s new zoning ordinance was released in late July. Information about how it’s different from the first draft and what led to those changes are now available.

The new map, along with tools to compare the existing zoning and provide comments, is available online.