One of the “driving forces” behind the need for the proposed Recode ordinance is the projected growth of the city’s population over the next 20 years. This is manifested in …
Advisory group addresses Recode residential issues
The Recode Knoxville Stakeholder Advisory Committee met with Metropolitan Planning Commission executive director Gerald Green and city Plans Review & Inspections director Peter Ahrens on Dec. 4 at the John …
MPC responds to pushback, plans changes to Recode Knoxville
On Nov. 26, a public panel discussion about issues of concern to Realtors and developers regarding Recode Knoxville was hosted by Compass at the East Tennessee History Center. The panel …
Affordable housing – prerequisites? – land bank
We began Nov. 6 by asking: How can we increase the construction of affordable housing? Let’s zero in on one or two of the suggested tools identified earlier, that could help …
Recode: Let’s discuss affordable housing
Recode Knoxville harbors an unstated goal of increasing affordable housing. It seeks to accomplish that indirectly by adding density features like expanding multi-family zones and allowing ADUs in every residential …
Recode: Pack ’em and stack ’em near the bus lines
Proposition: Knoxville needs more affordable housing.
Question: How do we get there?
Solution: Increase transit-based housing using the RN-4 multi-family zone. Plus ADUs.
Where: Anything within a quarter-mile of a bus route is …
Road block: Social engineers plan your car-free future
Throw away your car keys, Knoxville. The city administration would rather have you walking, biking or riding one of those heavily-subsidized buses that travel more than half-empty over a handful …
Recode Knoxville: Accessory units could double density
What’s that nifty little house slipping into your neighbor’s side- or backyard? Is her aged granny moving in? Or, will both dwellings be rented out?
Recode Knoxville is a rewrite of …