Recode rambles on; council holds workshop

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How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Last night (2/7) Knoxville City Council held a three-hour workshop on Recode’s treatment of the commercial, office and industrial zones. …

Recode Draft 4 on fast track to MPC

Nick Della VolpeOur Town Leaders

A dozen members of the 20-member Recode Knoxville Stakeholder Advisory Committee met with MPC executive director Gerald Green and City Codes director Peter Ahrens for four hours on Jan. 3 …

Advisory group addresses Recode residential issues

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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 …

Recode: Let’s discuss affordable housing

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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

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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 …