§ 1.30. General purpose.

In order to provide for the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare and to secure for the citizens of the county, outside the municipal corporations of Knoxville and Farragut, the social and economic advantages resulting from an orderly planned use of the land resources within the county; to regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for residence, trade, industry, and other purposes, the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, and the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces on the lot or tract; to provide definite official land use plans for property publicly and privately owned in the county outside the municipal corporations of Knoxville and Farragut; to guide, control and regulate the future growth and development of said county in accordance with said plan; and to provide for the administration and otherwise carrying out of said plan, there is hereby adopted and established an official zoning plan for Knox County, Tennessee.

(Ord. No. O-12-9-102, § 1(Exh. A), 10-22-12)