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Welcome to Norris, Tennessee! - A National Historic City -
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The City of
Norris has been called a planned community, a model town, a garden city, and even a utopia. To its citizens, however, it is
a woodland home, an oasis in the busy world of the surrounding Knoxville, Oak Ridge and Clinton communities. The City of Norris enjoys
all the necessary ingredients for comfortable living: Great City government and City services Tree lined streets and sidewalks
Outstanding in-town schools – elementary & middle Full service community library Norris-based community theater Annual July 4th Norris Day celebration with evening
fireworks Summer-time free Concerts on the Commons Quaint compact Town Center
can boast of… Large open grassy town commons for recreation Large town pavilion for public and private events Open air performance stage Norris Museum Numerous small businesses: Grocery store, restaurants, post
office, dental office, realty office, bank, banquet/catering facility, physical therapy center, beauty salon
Areas of Norris outside the town center can further boast of… Churches for many faiths; civic clubs Museum of Appalachia (affiliated
with The Smithsonian Institute) Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex TVA labs Numerous small businesses: Ice cream parlor, beauty solons, animal hospital, pharmacy,
ethnic restaurants, craft beer brew pub; art/craft center, bed and breakfast, auto repair shops, storage facilities, nursery/florist,
general store, senior living center, nursing home, music/clogging studio, tobacco shop, liquor store, light industry, physician
offices, dentists, ophthalmologist, auction company.
Local recreation opportunities abound. Our 2,400 acre Norris Municipal Watershed which abuts the town border offers
numerous trails for hiking, horseback riding, and biking. The Clinch River offers great trout fishing, and nearby Norris Lake
offers a variety of fishing, boating and water sports activities. Norris Dam State Park encompasses over 4,000 acres of wooded
landscape and abuts both sides of Norris Lake. Explore our website for more detailed information on all of the above.
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CITY OF NORRIS
20 Chestnut Drive, Norris
865-494-7645
MEETING SCHEDULE FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL May 2022 MEETING SCHEDULE • Archives Committee:
No Meeting
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Planning Commission:
6:00 pm, Monday, May 2
• Board of Zoning Appeals:
No
Meeting
• Norris City Court:
No Court this month
• Norris City Council Special Called
6:00 pm,
Wednesday, May 4
• Norris Water Commission:
4:00 pm, Monday, May 9
• Personnel Policy Review:
6:00 pm, Monday,
May 9
• Norris City Council:
7:00 pm, Monday, May 9
• Norris Little Theatre:
7:00 pm, Monday,
May 16
• Animal Shelter Comm:
7:00 pm, Monday, May 16
• Norris Recreation Committee:
7:00 pm,Tuesday, May 17
• Norris Watershed:
5:00 pm, Thursday, May 26
• Community Development Board:
6:00 pm, Thursday, May 26
• Norris Tree Commission:
5:30 pm, Monday,
May 23
• Water Commission Weekly Workshops
Every Wednesday at 12 Noon
Public Hearings and Special Called Meeting• Ordinance
625 Adoption of Criminal Trespass Statute
Second Reading May 4,
2022
• Ordinance 626 Adoption of State Traffic Offenses
and Rules of the Road
Second Reading May 4, 2022
• Ordinance 628 BZA Membership Change
Second Reading May 4, 2022
• TDEC
Directors Order 90 Day Letter Review
May 4, 2022
• City Manager’s Role supporting Water Commission
May 4, 2022 • Budget
Workshop May 13, 2022 6p • Budget Workshop
May 20, 2022 6p
VACANCIES
– Submit letters of interest to the Mayor and City Manager
➢ Community Development Board
Scott Hackler Norris City Manager R3 5-16-22
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