Letter to the Editor
January 16th marks the 46th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Farragut. In the late 70s, development activity increased in the Farragut area. The Town founders were alarmed by Knox County’s lack of development standards and after several frustrating years of trying to bring some attention to the lack of standards, they decided to incorporate to establish higher standards to govern the inevitable growth in the area. The area residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of incorporation and the Town of Farragut was established.
The reasons the Town founders were motivated to incorporate Farragut are as relevant today as they were in 1979. The Town founders wanted our own zoning code and development standards to protect the existing neighborhoods from incompatible development, and to protect and enhance our residential character. They wanted better stormwater regulations, higher road standards and planning for our transportation network. They wanted to declutter our right of ways, they wanted a tree preservation program, and landscaping standards for our commercial areas, they wanted architectural standards to hide HVAC units and screen trash containers.
