When would County Commission hear the case if Planning approves?

Staff states the item will be forwarded to Knox County Commission for action on 10/19/2026 if approved.

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Knox Planning Approves Fox Road A to OB Rezoning 9-H-26-RZ

Knoxville-Knox County Planning approved 9-H-26-RZ on Sept. 10, 2026 — rezoning 0.95 acres at 339 Fox Road from A (Agricultural) to OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services). Knox County Commission’s first reading is Oct. 19.

Tracy King

28 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

Knoxville-Knox County Planning heard file 9-H-26-RZ on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, and Knox Planning’s case page now lists the rezoning as Approved — applicant Jenny Miranda’s request to rezone 339 Fox Road from A (Agricultural) to OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services). Staff’s rezoning report sizes the tract at 0.95 acres in Knox County Commission District 5, names owner Brian J Davis, and recommended approving the OB zone because it is consistent with adopted plans. The case page lists Knox County Commission’s first legislative reading on Oct. 19, 2026.

For homeowners along Fox Road, Kingston Pike’s commercial edge, and the subdivisions southeast of the corridor, this is an office-map extension — not a Planned Residential density case and not a city RN-1 to RN-2 infill file. Staff states the property forms the southern boundary of a line of office uses on the west side of Fox Road, with I-140 abutting the west side and the Kingston Pike commercial corridor nearby to the north.

What Planning approved in 9-H-26-RZ

Tax ID number is 131 152. Street address is 339 Fox Rd. Location language places the tract on the west side of Fox Rd, east of I-140. Current zoning is A (Agricultural); requested zoning is OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services). Existing land use is listed as single family residential. Staff notes the request is an extension of existing OB zoning.

Access is via Fox Road, a minor collector with 21 ft of pavement width within a 50-ft right-of-way. Utilities are First Knox Utility District for water and sewer; fire district is Rural Metro Fire; watershed is Sinking Creek.

Staff recommendation: Approve the OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services) zone because it is consistent with adopted plans. The case page records that same language as the disposition summary, with the file now forwarded to Knox County Commission for first legislative reading on Oct. 19, 2026. Planning’s vote is a recommendation to the County Commission, not the final rezoning.

Why OB on Fox Road matters for nearby sellers

Staff states the OB zone is intended to provide areas for professional and business offices and related activities surrounded by landscaped yards and open areas, and for centralized, compact locations for business offices, clinics, and medical and dental offices near residential neighborhoods. Rezonings should be based on the entire range of uses allowed within a zone; staff notes OB primarily allows offices and professional services and also allows residential uses in the same capacity as the RB (General Residential) zone.

Since the early 2000s, rezonings along Fox Road have largely been from A to OB and to PR with densities up to 3 to 4 du/ac. Staff cites one commercial rezoning that abuts the subject property on the south and west sides (2-L-26-RZ). The New Castle 35-lot subdivision and the Foxborough Hills 91-lot single-family subdivision are under construction roughly 0.25 miles southeast of the subject property.

Keep this OB ask distinct from city RN-2 files already on the Kings desk such as Knox Planning Approves Sylvan St RN-2; Council Set for Oct. 13 and county PR density work such as Knox Planning Sets Sept. 10 on Heiskell Rd PR up to 3 du/ac.

Field	Staff report language
File	9-H-26-RZ
Applicant / owner	Jenny Miranda / Brian J Davis
Address / tax ID	339 Fox Rd / 131 152
Size	0.95 acres
Ask	A (Agricultural) → OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services)
District	Knox County Commission District 5
Staff recommendation	Approve OB because it is consistent with adopted plans
Planning disposition	Approved (heard Sept. 10, 2026)
Next body	Knox County Commission first legislative reading, Oct. 19, 2026
Scenic-route note	Abuts Pellissippi Parkway (I-140); structures within 1000 ft of a scenic highway limited to 35 ft height per TN Code § 54-17-115

What’s happening in Knox County this week

Sept. 10, 2026 — Knoxville-Knox County Planning approved 9-H-26-RZ (Fox Road A to OB)
Oct. 19, 2026 — Knox County Commission first legislative reading
Related Sept. 10 files — Heiskell PR, Briggs Station, The Fields, and Sylvan RN-2 remain separate map stories

Plan language sellers should quote

In November 2001, the Knox County Commission and Knoxville City Council amended the Southwest County Sector Plan based on the Fox Road Corridor Study. The study recommended amending the land use classification to O (Office) for properties along Fox Road, south of Capital Drive to the I-140 right-of-way, to provide a transition in land use intensity between more intensive commercial development on Kingston Pike to the north and low-density residential uses to the south. Staff states the OB zone is consistent with those recommendations.

With the 2024 Comprehensive Plan, the land use designation for this area was changed to the BP (Business Park) place type as the closest equivalent to the previous O class. Staff calls OB partially related to BP and says the request meets the first and second criteria for partially related zones as an extension of OB that permits uses consistent with secondary uses in the land use mix.

Seller underwriting checklist

Quote the file number, 0.95 acres, A to OB, District 5, staff’s approve recommendation, Planning’s Sept. 10 approval, the Oct. 19 County Commission first reading, and the 35-ft scenic-highway height limit. Do not import Sylvan Street’s RN-2 lot-width math or Heiskell’s PR density into a Fox Road office conversation.

If a buyer asks whether OB “means apartments next door,” answer with staff’s full-range-of-uses warning and the note that OB allows residential uses in the same capacity as RB — then point them back to the office-corridor purpose language. Need numbers for a listing priced beside this edge? Start with a free home valuation or a cash offer.

How this sits beside other Knox residential files

City RN-2 infill on Sylvan Street and Kim Watt Drive is a different jurisdiction lane from this county OB extension. Concept plans such as Knox Planning Sets Sept. 10 on The Fields 26 Lots and Knox Planning Posts Briggs Station: 131 Lots on Marietta Church are lot-count stories. Fox Road is an office-transition story tied to a 2001 corridor study.

What sellers should do next

If your backyard faces Fox Road’s office line, refresh photos and disclosure language after Planning acts, then again after County Commission if the file advances. Do not promise a completion date for any future clinic or office building — none is required for a rezoning vote.

What did Knox Planning approve in 9-H-26-RZ?

A request to rezone 0.95 acres at 339 Fox Road from A (Agricultural) to OB (Office, Medical, and Related Services) in Knox County Commission District 5.

Approve the OB zone because it is consistent with adopted plans.

When does Knox County Commission hear the case?

Knox Planning’s case page lists Knox County Commission’s first legislative reading on Oct. 19, 2026.

What corridor study does staff cite?

The Fox Road Corridor Study that led to a 2001 Southwest County Sector Plan amendment recommending O (Office) along Fox Road south of Capital Drive to the I-140 right-of-way.

How should nearby sellers talk about 9-H-26-RZ?

Quote the file number, 0.95 acres, A to OB, staff’s approve recommendation, Planning’s approval, the Oct. 19 County Commission reading, and the 35-ft scenic-highway height note. Do not import city RN-2 or PR density figures into this office file.

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