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Knox County Posts Sept. 21 Vote on Crippen Road PR up to 3 du/ac

Knox County’s Sept. 21, 2026, 5:00 p.m. zoning night lists 7-O-26-RZ at 4628 Crippen Road, with Planning recommending PR up to 3 dwelling units per acre with one condition.

Tracy King

03 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

North Knox County residential context near planned PR density reviews — illustrative only.

Knox County Board of Commissioners posts Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the City-County Building, 400 Main Street, Knoxville, with case 7-O-26-RZ on the zoning agenda: Rhonda Vineyard, 4628 Crippen Road, proposed rezoning. The county’s published notice states Planning Commission action as approve PR (Planned Residential) up to 3 dwelling units per acre with one condition.

The Aug. 21, 2026, public notice lists Crippen among several plan amendments and rezonings heading to the Board. Staff reports and maps are pointed to knoxplanning.org/agenda or the Planning Office in suite 403. The verified record is the hearing night, the address, the case number, the PR-up-to-3-du/ac recommendation with one condition, and the Main Assembly Room clock.

Crippen Rd 7-O-26-RZ	Figure	Source
Board meeting	Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, 5:00 p.m.	County public notice / Commission schedule
Location	Main Assembly Room, City-County Building, 400 Main St.	Same
Case	7-O-26-RZ — Rhonda Vineyard — 4628 Crippen Rd.	Public notice
PC action on notice	Approve PR up to 3 du/ac with one condition	Public notice
Companion (separate story)	8-B-26-OB data-center moratorium on same night	Public notice
Other same-night rezonings (examples)	Strawberry Plains Pike RCC/CR; E Emory Rd RA and PR up to 5.25; McFall Rd RA; E Raccoon Valley BP/LI	Public notice
30-year fixed (context)	6.66% (Freddie Mac PMMS as of Aug. 27, 2026)	Freddie Mac PMMS

What is 7-O-26-RZ on Crippen Road?

Knox County’s published notice for Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. lists 7-O-26-RZ — Rhonda Vineyard — 4628 Crippen Rd. Planning Commission action on the notice: approve PR (Planned Residential) up to 3 dwelling units per acre with one condition. The Board meets in the Main Assembly Room, City-County Building, 400 Main St., Knoxville.

PR at up to 3 dwelling units per acre is a density cap on the recommendation, not a recorded plat and not a building permit. A Planning Commission recommendation is not a Board ordinance. Neighbors who want the record clear keep 4628 Crippen Road and 7-O-26-RZ in the file, not a rumor about a subdivision name the notice does not print.

The same Sept. 21 zoning night also carries 8-A-26-PA/8-A-26-RZ at 7729 Strawberry Plains Pike (plan amendment to Rural Crossroads Commercial and rezoning to Rural Commercial), several RA and PR files on Emory Road and McFall Road, a Business Park / Light Industrial package on E Raccoon Valley Drive, and the data-center moratorium as other business. Keep those in separate folders. This story stays on Crippen.

Does a 3 du/ac PR recommendation reprice my Knox County house?

Not by itself. A County Commission zoning agenda item is how the Board takes a Planning Commission recommendation. It is not an East Tennessee REALTORS MLS comparable. Disclose it if a buyer asks about Crippen Road. Price to closed comps, condition, and days on market.

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey has the 30-year fixed averaging 6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026. A few basis points will not reprice a Halls, Powell, or north Knox house the way a full point would. Waiting for that full point while other Knox sellers list into the same dip is a different decision than the county noticed Crippen for Sept. 21.

How is Crippen different from the data-center moratorium and Prices Point?

The data-center moratorium is 8-B-26-OB on the same Sept. 21 zoning night. Prices Point is a separate Sept. 10 Planning concept-plan file. This story is 4628 Crippen Rd. asking for PR up to 3 du/ac under case 7-O-26-RZ.

Crippen is the residential PR recommendation at 4628. Don’t blend 3 du/ac with a countywide data-center pause into a fake north-Knox building ban.

Can I buy the next Knoxville-area house before this one sells?

You can write the offer. A contingent contract on a Knox County clock is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on a Commission rezoning. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer. If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer.

You can write the offer. A contingent contract on a Knox County clock is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on a Commission rezoning. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer.* If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer. The two-house trap did not change because Crippen hit a zoning agenda.

What should Knox and Crippen Road owners do this week?

Keep Sept. 21, 5:00 p.m., Main Assembly Room on the calendar. Pull the staff report and map at knoxplanning.org/agenda or Planning Office suite 403. Price to closed comps. Start with a free home evaluation or ask about a cash offer. Call 865-365-2280.

If you own near 4628 Crippen Road, keep Sept. 21, 5:00 p.m., Main Assembly Room on the calendar.
Pull the staff report and map at knoxplanning.org/agenda or suite 403 before you speak.
Price your house to closed comps in East Tennessee REALTORS MLS territory — not to a zoning agenda line.
Start with a home evaluation. Ask about a cash offer if timing is the problem.

Call Kings of Real Estate at 865-365-2280. Knoxville office: 121 Suburban Road, Suite 101. Licensed agents: $250/mo desk fee.

What's happening in Knoxville this week

Knox County Commission zonings — Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, 5:00 p.m., Main Assembly Room: 7-O-26-RZ Crippen Rd PR up to 3 du/ac; other rezonings; 8-B-26-OB data-center moratorium (county notice)
Knox Planning — Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026: Prices Point 40-lot concept (covered separately)
Optional agenda review — Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, 3:00 p.m., Main Assembly (Commission schedule)

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