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LOVEDAY SPRINGS ET AL. v. KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 17, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel A. Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Loveday Springs, Dawn Close, and Margie Grace.

Attorneys 2: Michael W. Moyers, Knox County Law Director; Garrett P. Swartwood; and Taylor D. Forrester, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Knox County, Tennessee, and Thunder Mountain Properties, LLC.

Judge(s): FRIERSON

In this zoning matter, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the respondent county and property development company and dismissed the petitioners’ declaratory judgment action. The petitioners had challenged a sector plan amendment and rezoning as illegal. Contrary to the petitioners’ argument, the trial court specifically found that the county zoning body maintained the authority under Tennessee Code Annotated § 13-7-101 to impose conditions on the rezoning of the subject property. The petitioners have appealed. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm.

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