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Tazewell County Unincorporated
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LAND USE

MATRIX

§ 157.070 LAND USES.

   The following matrix identifies those land uses authorized as either permitted or special uses as authorized in §§ 157.435 through 157.447.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 1-6(a))

§ 157.071 KEY TO LAND USE MATRIX.

Category
Description
Category
Description
Category
Description
Category
Description
A-1
Agriculture preservation
I-1
Light industrial
A-2
Agriculture
I-2
Heavy industrial
R-1
Low density residential
CON
Conservation
R-2
Medium density residential
P
Permitted
R-R
Rural residential
S
Required special use
C-1
Neighborhood commercial
T
Temporary use
C-2
General Business commercial
 
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 1-6(a))

§ 157.072 MATRIX.

Principal Uses
Zoning Districts
Use
A-1
A-2
R-R
R-1
R-2
C-1
C-2
I-1
I-2
CONS
Principal Uses
Zoning Districts
Use
A-1
A-2
R-R
R-1
R-2
C-1
C-2
I-1
I-2
CONS
Accessory dwelling
P
P
P
Accessory uses
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Adaptive reuse of existing structures
S
Adult businesses
S
Agriculture
P
P
P
P
P
P
Agriculturally-related businesses
S
S
P
P
S
Agritainment/agritourism
S
S
S
S
S
Airport; commercial
S
Airport; private
S
S
Animal sales barn
S
Asphalt batching plant
S/T
S/T
S/T
S/T
S/T
Auction houses
S
P
Automobile car wash
P
P
Automobile repair; major
S
P
Automobile repair; minor
P
P
Automobile service station
S
S
S/P
S/P
S/P
Automobile sales
S
P
Automobile servicing and parts
S
P
Automobile wrecking yard
S
S
Banks
P
P
Bed and breakfast
S
S
S
S
P
Borrow pits
S
S
Bowling alley
S
P
Building wrecking yard
S
S
Camp/cabin
P
P
P
Campground
S
S
S
Carnival and circuses
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
Cemetery
S
S
S
S
S
Chicken/fowl
P
P
P
P/S
P/S
P
Christmas tree sales
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
Churches
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Clinics; medical and dental
S
S
S
P
P
Clinics; veterinarian
S
S
S
P
P
Clubs or lodge; private
S
S
S
S
S
S
Commercial retail establishments
S
S/P
S/P
S
S
Communication facilities
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
Community centers
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Contractor/
construction office/storage
S
S
P
P
P
Convenience stores
S
P
P
S
Crematory
S
P
P
Day care center
S
S
S
S
S
Day care home
S
S
S
S
S
Dwellings; multi-family
P
S
Dwellings; single-family
S/P
S/P
P
P
P
S/P
Dwellings; two-family
P
P
Festivals
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
T
Fireworks stands
T
T
Funeral home
S
S
Game breeding/shoot preserve
S
S
Golf course
S
S
S
S
Golf driving range
S
S
S
S
S
P
Governmental; essential
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Governmental; non- essential
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Gravel pits
S
S
S
S
S
Greenhouse; commercial
S
S
S
S
P
Greenhouse; non- commercial
P
P
P
P
P
P
Health club/
fitness centers
S
S/P
Homes; specialized care facilities
S
S
S
S
Home commercial
S
S
S
Home occupations
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Hospital
S
S
P
Hotel, motel, lodges, resorts
S
S
S
P
Household appliance; sales and repair
P
P
Industry; heavy
P
Industry; light
S
P
P
Junkyard
S
S
Kennel; commercial
S
S
S
S
S
S
Kennel; private
P
P
P
P
P
P
Landscaping business
S
S
S
P
Landscape waste composting facilities
S
S
S
S
Lawn care; chemicals
S
P
P
Lawn care; no chemicals
S
S
S
P
P
P
Manufactured mobile home park
S
S
Manufactured/mobile home; accessory to agriculture
S
S
S
Manufactured/mobile home; retired or disabled parent
S
S
S
S
S
S
Off-premises signs
S
S
S
Offices; business and professional
P
P
On-farm landscape facilities
P
P
Outdoor/
indoor paintball facilities
S
S
S
S
S
S
Pet cemetery/
crematory
S
S
S
Personal service establishment
P/S
P
S
S
Personal storage/recreational building
P/S
P/S
P/S
P/S
Planned development; non-residential
S
S
S
S
Planned development; residential
S
S
S
S
Recreational facility, class I
S
S
S
S
S
Recreational facility, class II
S
S
S
S
S
Recreational facility, class III
S
S
S
S
S
S
Residential care home; small or large
PS
PS
PS
Restaurants
S
S/P
P
Retirement community
S
S
S
S
Roadside sales; grown on premises
T
T
T
T
Schools; private and public
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Shooting range; indoor
S
P
P
P
Shooting range; outdoor
S
S
S
S
S
Signs
P
P
P
P
P
P
P/S
P/S
P/S
P
Small wind energy conversion systems
P/S
P/S
P/S
Stable; private
P
P
P
S
Stable; public
S
S
S
Storage facility
S
P
P
Swimming pool; public
S
S
S
P
Taverns
S
S
S
Theaters
P
P
Theaters; drive in
S
Trucking firm
S
P
P
Warehouse; distribution
S
P
P
Warehouse; mini storage
S
S
P
P
P
Wind energy conversion systems
S
S
 
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 1-6(a)) (Res. LU-24-09, passed 5-29-2024; Res. LU-25-06, passed 6-26-2025; Res. LU-25-11, passed 9-24-2025)

§ 157.073 BULK CHART.

Zoning District Designation
Lot/Parcel Area and Frontage
Yard Requirements
Height Requirements
Principal Accessory
Principal Accessory
Minimum Area**
Minimum Frontage/Lot Width
Rear Yard
Side Yard
Maximum Lot Coverage
Rear Yard
Side Yard
Maximum Height
Maximum Height
Districts
Acres
Feet
Feet
Feet
%
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
Zoning District Designation
Lot/Parcel Area and Frontage
Yard Requirements
Height Requirements
Principal Accessory
Principal Accessory
Minimum Area**
Minimum Frontage/Lot Width
Rear Yard
Side Yard
Maximum Lot Coverage
Rear Yard
Side Yard
Maximum Height
Maximum Height
Districts
Acres
Feet
Feet
Feet
%
Feet
Feet
Feet
Feet
A-1 Agriculture Preservation
40
200
50
30
N/A
25
15
36
36
A-2 Agriculture
10
200
50
30
N/A
25
15
36
36
RR Rural Residential
2
165
30
30
20
15
15
36
36
R-1 Single-Family Residential
1+
100
20
10
30
5
5
36
25
(for parcels less than 1 acre, 20)
R-2 Multiple- Family Residential
1+
100
20
10
30
5
5
36
25
(for parcels less than 1 acre, 20)
C-1 Neighborhood Commercial
0.5
100
20
10
30
5
5
36
36
C-2 General Commercial
0.5
100
20
10
30
5
5
36
36
I-1 Light Industrial
0.5
100
20
15
40
10
10
40
36
I-2 Heavy Industrial
1
100
20
15
40
10
10
40
36
Con - Conservation
40
200
50
30
N/A
25
15
36
36
**Minimum lot size requirements may vary in each district depending upon the availability of public water and sewer and the soil types
 
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 1-6(b)) (Ord. LU-20-01, passed 1-29-2020)