223 Associates Blvd, Alcoa, TN 37701

The Planning Commission [1] reviews and approves site and concept plans for the development and/or re-development of commercial, office, industrial and planned sites, as well as all minor and major subdivision plats. The Planning Commission also makes recommendations to the Board of Commissioners regarding amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and Maps, annexations, zoning assignments and re-designations, amendments to the Zoning and Land Use Control and Standards for Land Subdivision text, as well as any other recommendations which guide the City’s growth and development.

The purpose of this body of government is to guide and accomplish a coordinated and harmonious development of the City. Such coordinated and harmonious development will, when in accordance with existing and future needs, best promote the public health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and the general welfare of the City, as well as provide an efficiency and economy in the process of development.