Form Based Code

Plans Review and Inspections Director

Peter Ahrens
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Bryan Berry, AICP, Deputy Director
Form Based Code Administrator
Plans Review & Building Inspections
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865-215-2863


FORM DISTRICTS are intended to foster a series of mixed use, pedestrian-friendly districts for specific areas of the City. The City of Knoxville has two Form Districts which are the Cumberland Avenue Zoning District and the South Waterfront Zoning District.




  CUMBERLAND AVENUE ZONING DISTRICT  
  The CUMBERLAND AVENUE ZONING DISTRICT is intended to implement the Cumberland Avenue Corridor Plan.
View Code: Article 7.2-CU Cumberland Avenue
 
  CURRENT PROJECTS  
  • R22-1148 at 2109 Cumberland Ave. - Mixed Use - retail ground floor and 168 units above

• R22-1149 at 2000 Cumberland Ave. - Mixed Use - retail ground floor and 237 units above

• R22-2027 at 2218 Cumberland Ave. – Addition and renovation to existing Casey’s gas station

• R22-0324 at 1903 Lake Avenue – Apartment complex with 136 units and 498 beds
 
  FORM DISTRICT MAP  
  Cumberland Ave. form district is outlined in red in the image below. Click map for larger view.
Cumberland Ave Map
 
  ARCHIVES  
  View Cumberland Avenue Archives  
  SOUTH WATERFRONT ZONING DISTRICT  
  The SOUTH WATERFRONT ZONING DISTRICT is intended to provide standards for the continued growth and development in the South Waterfront District.
View Code: Article 7.1-SW South Waterfront
 
  CURRENT PROJECTS  
  • R23-0003 at 2224 W. Blount Ave. – Expansion of a pre-existing nonconforming use located at 2216 W. Blount Avenue onto 2224 W. Blount Avenue by developing a parking lot on this parcel to serve the pre-existing nonconforming business at 2216 W. Blount Avenue.

• R23-0005 at 2216 W. Blount Ave. - Interior alteration/renovation within an existing structure for nonresidential use.             
 
  FORM DISTRICT MAP  
  South Waterfront form district is outlined in red in the image below. Click map for larger view.
Cumberland Ave Map
 
  ARCHIVES  
  View South Waterfront Archives