LAND USE CHANGES BY
ACREAGE AND PERCENTAGE,
1995 AND 2000
|
Land
Use Category
|
1995
|
2000
|
%
2000
|
Change
|
%
Change
|
|
Agriculture/Forestry/Vacant
Land
|
1,897
|
1,795
|
25.34%
|
-102
|
-5.4%
|
|
Commercial
|
205
|
205
|
2.90%
|
0
|
-0.1%
|
|
Industrial
(Manufacturing)
|
188
|
185
|
2.62%
|
-3
|
-1.5%
|
|
Multifamily
Residential
|
147
|
246
|
3.47%
|
99
|
67.4%
|
|
Office
|
84
|
98
|
1.38%
|
14
|
16.9%
|
|
Private
Recreation
|
5
|
13
|
0.19%
|
8
|
159.7%
|
|
Public
Parks
|
251
|
269
|
3.79%
|
18
|
7.0%
|
|
Public/Quasi
Public Land
|
409
|
403
|
5.69%
|
-6
|
-1.4%
|
|
Right
of Way/Open Space
|
906
|
912
|
12.87%
|
5
|
0.6%
|
|
Rural
Residential
|
406
|
375
|
5.29%
|
-32
|
-7.8%
|
|
Single
Family Residential
|
2,041
|
2,072
|
29.25%
|
31
|
1.5%
|
|
Transportation/Communications/
Utilities
|
200
|
208
|
2.93%
|
7
|
3.7%
|
|
Under
Construction/Other Uses
|
132
|
91
|
1.29%
|
-41
|
-31.0%
|
|
Water
|
211
|
211
|
2.98%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
|
Total
|
7,083
|
7,083
|
100.00%
|
|
|
SOURCE: KNOX COUNTY PROPERTY
ASSESSOR, 2000
|
EXISTING LAND
USE
- There was very little
change in land use between 1995 and 2000, which indicates that there
was very little growth in this sector.
URBAN
GROWTH BOUNDARIES
- Approximately 487 acres
of county area have been designated as being within Knoxville’s Urban
Growth Boundary according to the Growth Policy Plan Map adopted by
the Knoxville and Knox County governments in January 2001.
- Another 159 acres were
designated as being within Knox County’s Planned Growth Boundary.
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