Gaining Ground Information Database

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Amenity Incentives

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This ordinance provides for floor area bonuses in exchange for public pedestrian plazas/ arcades. To qualify for the floor area bonus, the plaza/ arcade must meet specific design criteria. A floor a...

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An Ordinance for Invasive Plant Management for The Town of Pittman Center: No. 185

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This ordinance was designed by the town of Pittman Center in collaboration with the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council to support the work being done by the Smoky Mountain National Park Invasive Cont...

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Environmental Performance Standards

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This ordinance is predicated on the concept that land use policy decisions and zoning decisions must be made in the context of the land’s characteristics and sound environmental science. The actual la...

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Floodplain Requirements

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Knox County has a number of ordinances not commonly found in other communities. Development is regulated within the 500-year floodplain, and before a property owner hands over title to his or her land...

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Open Space Preservation District

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An Open Space Preservation District is established in the zoning code to provide areas in which the principal use of the land is devoted to open space and/or the preservation and protection of park an...

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Overlay Districts

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This ordinance established overlay districts as a method of creating more zoning flexibility in specific areas of land use control.

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