Zoning Ordinance for Knoxville, Tennessee As Amended through January 5, 2016 Knoxville • Knox County METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION Suite 403, City County Building 400 Main Street • Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 (865) 215-2500 • (Fax) 215-2068 MPC’s Website www.knoxmpc.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Article 1 Title, Purpose, And Enactment ............ ................................... 1.1-1 Section 1 Title .. ............................................................................. 1.1-1 Section 2 Short Title ........................................................ .............. 1.2-1 Section 3 Purpose .... ..................................................................... 1.3-1 Section 4 Enactment ..... ................................................................ 1.4-1 Article 2 Definitions ...... ......................................................................... 2.1-1 Article 3 Zoning Districts ......... .............................................................. 3.1-1 Section 1 Establishment of Zoning Districts ................... ............... 3.1-1 Section 2 Zoning Map .... ............................................................... 3.2-1 Section 3 Rules for Interpretation of District Boundaries................ 3.3-1 Article 4 Specific District Regulations ................ ................................... 4.1-1 Section 1 General Provisions Section 2 Basic Districts Section 2.1 Residential Districts Section 2.1.1 R-1 Low Density Residential District ............ ............4.2.1.1-1 Section 2.1.2 R-1A Low Density Residential District ............. ........ 4.2.1.2-1 Section 2.1.3 R-1E Low Density Exclusive Residential District.......4.2.1.3-1 Section 2.1.4 EN-1 & EN-2 Established Neighborhood Districts . ..4.2.1.4-1 Section 2.1.5 R-1HK Heart of Knoxville Residential District............4.2.1.5-1 Section 2.1.6 R-2 General Residential District ........... ....................4.2.1.6-1 Section 2.1.7 R-3 High Density Residential District ............ ...........4.2.1.7-1 Section 2.1.8 R-4 Residential District ........ ....................................4.2.1.8-1 Section 2.2 Office/Commercial Districts Section 2.2.1 O-1 Office, Medical, and Related Services District....4.2.2.1-1 Section 2.2.2 0-2 Civic and Institutional District ............. ................4.2.2.2-1 Section 2.2.3 O-3 Office Park District ............................................ 4.2.2.3-1 Section 2.2.4 C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District .............. .....4.2.2.4-1 Section 2.2.5 C-2 Central Business District .......... ........................4.2.2.5-1 Section 2.2.6 C-3 General Commercial District............. .................4.2.2.6-1 Section 2.2.7 C-4 Highway and Arterial Commercial District...........4.2.2.7-1 Section 2.2.8 C-5 Tourist Commercial District ........... .................. 4.2.2.8-1 Section 2.2.9 C-6 General Commercial Park District ............... .... 4.2.2.9-1 Section 2.2.10 C-7 Pedestrian Commercial District ............. .........4.2.2.10-1 Section 2.3 Industrial Section 2.3.1 I-2 Restricted Manufacturing And Warehousing District ........ ...................................... 4.2.3.1-1 Section 2.3.2 I-3 General Industrial District ............ ..................... 4.2.3.2-1 Section 2.3.3 I-4 Heavy Industrial District .......... .......................... 4.2.3.3-1 Section 2.4 Other Districts 2.1-1 Section 2.4.1 A-1 General Agricultural District ............................... 4.2.4.1-1 Section 2.4.2 OS-1 Open Space Preservation District ............. .... 4.2.4.2-1 Section 2.4.3 OS-2 Park and Open Space District......................... 4.2.4.3-1 Section 2.4.4 F-1 Floodway District ....... ....................................... 4.2.4.4-1 Section 2.5 Summary of Area Requirements ...................... .....................4.2.5.-1 Section 2.6 Summary of Permitted Uses .......................... .......................4.2.6.-1 Section 3 Planned Development Districts Section 3.1 RP-1, RP-2, RP-3 Planned Residential Districts ..........4.3.1-1 Section 3.2 SC-1 Neighborhood Shopping Center District...............4.3.2-1 Section 3.3 SC-2 Community Shopping Center and SC-3 Regional Shopping Center Districts ............... ... 4.3.3-1 Section 3.4 PC-1 Retail and Office Park District .................. ......... 4.3.4-1 Section 3.5 PC-2 Retail and Distribution Park District......................4.3.5-1 Section 3.6 Section 3.7 Section 3.8 Section 3.9 I-1 Planned Industrial Park District ................... ...........4.3.9-1 Section 3.10 BP-1 Business and Technology Park District ............ 4.3.10-1 Section 3.11 TND-1 Traditional Neighborhood Development District ............................... ....................................... 4.3.11-1 Section 3.12 TC-1 Town Center District .......... .............................. 4.3.12-1 Section 4 Form Districts Section 4.0 General Provisions ...................................................... 4.4.0-1 Section 4.1 South Waterfront District (SW-1 – SW-7) ................... 4.4.1-1 Section 4.2 Cumberland Avenue District........................................ 4.4.2-1 Section 4.3 North Central Street District ........................................ 4.4.3-1 Section 5 Overlay Districts Section 5.1 H-1 Historic Overlay District .............. ........................ 4.5.1-1 Section 5.2 NC-1 Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District.... .4.5.2-1 Section 5.3 TO-1 Technology Overlay District ................ .............. 4.5.3-1 Section 5.4 IH-1 Infill Housing Overlay District ............................. 4.5.4-1 Section 5.5 D-1 Downtown Design Overlay District ....................... 4.5.5-1 Article 5 Supplementary Regulations ..................................................... 5.0-1 Section 1 Performance Standards ................................................ 5.1-1 Section 2 Flood Fringe Area Requirements ................ .................. 5.2-1 Section 3 Development Standards for Uses Permitted On Review ......... ........................................... 5.3-1 Section 4 Accessory Uses, Buildings, and Structures.................... 5.4-1 Section 5 Height .... ........................................................................ 5.5-1 Section 6 Yard, Building Setback and Open Space Exceptions..... 5.6-1 Section 7 Minimum Off-street Parking, Access and Driveway Requirements ............ .................................... 5.7-1 Section 8 Storage and Parking of Trailers and TOC-2 Commercial Vehicles .......... .......................................... 5.8-1 Section 9 Off-street Loading and Unloading Requirements .......... 5.9-1 Section 10 (Reserved for future use) ....................................... ..... 5.10-1 Section 11 Gasoline Service Stations ............. ............................. 5.11-1 Section 12 Home Occupations and Home Offices ........................ 5.12-1 Section 13 Temporary Uses ........ .................................................. 5.13-1 Section 14 Fall-Out Shelters .......... .............................................. 5.14-1 Section 15 Tents ... ........................................................................ 5.15-1 Section 16 Swimming Pools ....... ................................................... 5.16-1 Section 17 Lighting ..... .................................................................. 5.17-1 Section 18 Recycling Facility .......... .............................................. 5.18-1 Section 19 Multi-Sectional Manufactured Homes ................... ...... 5.19-1 Section 20 Commercial Telecommunications Facilities ................ 5.20-1 Section 21 Residential Occupancy Standards ................ ............. 5.21-1 Section 22 Criteria for Functional Family Determination ........ ...................................................... 5.22-1 Section 23 Development Standards for Breweries, Distilleries and Wineries ................................ ............. 5.23-1 Section 24 Demolition permits for residential structures originally constructed before 1865 ............................... 5.24-1 Section 25 Performance Standards for Urban Agriculture ............. 5.25-1 Article 6 Non-Conforming Buildings, Structures & Uses of Land............. 6.1-1 Article 7 Administration and Enforcement .................. ............................ 7.1-1 Section 1 Organization ........ .......................................................... 7.1-1 Section 2 Variances ..... ................................................................. 7.2-1 Section 3 Building Permit ........ ...................................................... 7.3-1 Section 4 Certificate of Occupancy ............... ................................ 7.4-1 Section 5 Procedure for Considering Subdivisions, Development Plans, And Uses on Review within South Waterfront Zoning Districts, Overlay Districts and Other Districts Requiring Design Related Plan Review .......... .............. 7.5-1 Section 6 Amendments ..... ............................................................ 7.6-1 Section 7 Fees .. ............................................................................ 7.7-1 Section 8 Penalties ..... .................................................................. 7.8-1 Section 9 Validity...... ..................................................................... 7.9-1 Section 10 Repealer ..... ................................................................ 7.10-1 Section 11 Effective Date ........ ..................................................... 7.11-1 Article 8 Signs, Billboards, and Other Advertising Structures