§ 14-30. High technology overlay zone; establishment; definition; delineation.

(a)

In order to accomplish the purpose of this article, a high technology overlay zone shall be established by the governing body within which the Authority shall exercise powers described herein to effect the purposes of this article. The powers described shall be exercised in cooperation with the governing body through its zoning authority and other police powers. The governing body's zoning resolution shall be amended to establish a high technology overlay zone in accordance with the provision of its zoning resolution and the general law of the state. Where design and development standards, regulations, policies, and procedures are adopted for the high technology overlay zone by the Authority pursuant to this article, such standards, regulations, policies and procedures shall apply; provided, that the permitted and prohibited property uses, zoning, land management procedures and regulations otherwise applicable within the county shall also apply.

(b)

The geographic area defined as the Tennessee Technology Corridor and over which the Authority shall exercise its powers shall be that portion of the county:

Beginning at a point on Interstate 40 which is 1,000 feet east of the exit to Pellissippi Parkway (State Route 162); thence N. 21 degrees 30 minutes W. 5,300 feet to the intersection of Dutchtown Drive and Bob Kirby Road; thence north with the centerline of Bob Kirby Road to its intersection with Fox Drive (Chesney Road); thence west with the centerline of Fox Drive (Chesney Road) to its intersection with Hickey Road; thence north with the centerline of Hickey Road to its intersection with Lovell Road; thence west with the centerline of Lovell Road to its intersection with the eastern right-of-way of Plumb Ridge Road; thence north with said right-of-way to its intersection with the southeast boundary of Wood Creek Subdivision; thence east with said boundary; thence north with the northeast boundary of Wood Creek Subdivision; thence west with the northwest boundary of Wood Creek Subdivision approximately 1,150 feet to a back corner of lot no. 13; thence N. 40 degrees W. 2,800 feet to the intersection of Reagan Road and Hardin Valley Drive; thence north with the centerline of Reagan Road to its intersection with Coward Mill Road; thence east with the centerline of Coward Mill Road to its intersection with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks; thence north with the centerline of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks to the vicinity of Emory Road; thence with the centerline of Solway-Byington Road to a point 1,000 feet east of the right-of-way of the Pellissippi Parkway (State Route 162); thence north maintaining a distance of 1,000 feet from said right-of-way to the jurisdictional boundaries of Knox and Anderson County, Tennessee, at Melton Hill Reservoir (Clinch River); thence west with the Knox County boundary to a point 1,000 feet west of the right-of-way of the Pellissippi Parkway (State Route 162); thence south maintaining a distance of 1,000 feet from the said right-of-way until it intersects Beaver Creek; thence with the centerline of Beaver Creek, south to its intersection with Sam Lee Road; thence south with the centerline of Sam Lee Road 2,200 feet; thence S. 38 degrees 30 minutes E. 3,750 feet to Hardin Valley Road; thence S. 42 degrees E. 3,750 feet to the intersection of Chestnut Grove Road and Carmichael Road; thence south with the centerline of Carmichael Road to its intersection with Yarnell Drive; thence east with the centerline of Yarnell Drive 950 feet; thence S. 43 degrees E. 5,450 feet (crossing Snyder Drive) to the intersection of Lovell Road and Progressive; thence south with the centerline of Progressive to its intersection with Dutchtown Road; thence west with the centerline of Dutchtown Road to its intersection with Lovell Road and its exit from Interstate 40; thence east with the centerline of Interstate 40 to the point of beginning.

Any modification of the boundaries of the corridor shall be made by amendment to this article upon concurrence of the governing body and the approval of the Authority.

(Priv. Acts 1983, ch. 148, § 5; Priv. Acts 1984, ch. 229, § 1; Ord. No. O-90-9-114, § 5, 9-10-90)