Knox County does not run its own residential on-street parking permit or restriction program in the unincorporated area. Parking on county roads follows Tennessee state traffic law (blocking travel lanes, hydrants, and intersections is prohibited). Inside Knoxville the city sets street-parking rules.
The Knox County Zoning Ordinance regulates off-street parking (how many spaces a use must provide) rather than curbside parking on public streets. Knox County has no county-wide residential parking-permit district. On unincorporated county roads, standard Tennessee stopping, standing, and parking rules apply, and the Knox County Sheriff's Office enforces obstructions. Abandoned or inoperable vehicles left in the right-of-way are handled under the county vehicle ordinance and state abandoned-vehicle law. Inside the City of Knoxville, the city's traffic code and enforcement apply instead.
Vehicles obstructing a county roadway or left abandoned in the right-of-way may be tagged and towed by the Sheriff's Office at the owner's expense under Tennessee abandoned-vehicle law.
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Knox County does not prohibit backyard composting for households. The zoning code only regulates commercial-scale composting facilities, which are solid-wast...
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Knox County has no ordinance regulating artificial turf on residential property. Synthetic lawns are neither required nor banned; large installations should ...
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Knox County has no rule requiring native plants in home yards, but its zoning ordinance requires native shade trees in new parking lots and along streets in ...
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Knox County has no ordinance prohibiting or specially regulating residential rain barrels or rainwater collection. Tennessee does not restrict rainwater harv...
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Knox County does not impose a general ordinance restricting lawn or garden watering days or hours. Any watering limits come from your individual water utilit...
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Knox County treats vines, grass, weeds and other vegetation that reaches 12 inches or more as a presumed public nuisance on residential property. Owners must...
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