Aging in place in Lenoir City

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Permits, utilities and local rules for Aging in Place work in Lenoir City

Lenoir City is its own city in Loudon County, so it permits its own work through its building inspection and permits office, and the Lenoir City Utilities Board supplies water, wastewater, electricity, gas and broadband - a city, a county and a utility that are all different from the Knox County entries on this list. That means a homeowner here deals with the city for the permit and LCUB for the utility account, and the inspection record stays with the city. The housing runs from the older grid to the water. The streets around the old downtown and along Broadway carry 1940s to 1960s single-storey houses, usually one bathroom with a tub combination behind a 28 to 30 inch door, on small lots with raised porches. The newer streets and subdivisions off the highway carry 1970s to 1990s ranches with 30 to 32 inch doors and larger baths. And on the lakefront lots toward Fort Loudoun and Tellico the houses sit on ground that falls to the water, which puts the entry on a slope.

Municipal reference: Lenoir City Utilities Board (LCUB)

Getting an accessibility contractor out to Lenoir City

Lenoir City is reached from Knoxville on I-75 south to the Lenoir City exits, or on US-321, Lamar Alexander Parkway, which runs from Maryville and the interstate junction into the city and on toward the mountains. Inside, Broadway and Kingston Street carry the old grid, and Simpson Road, Town Creek Road and the highway frontage serve the newer end of town. The city sits just east of the I-40 and I-75 split and between Fort Loudoun Lake and Tellico Lake, so water is the local grade story on both sides: lots that back onto the lakes fall away to the shoreline, and the streets that run down to them pitch enough that a driveway or a walk can carry a real slope. Traffic on I-75 and US-321 is heavy with trucks through the day, but the city streets themselves are quiet, so staging is rarely the problem. The clay soil holds spring rain, which matters at the bottom of a ramp or walk.

What Lenoir City's housing stock means for aging in place

Lenoir City is small-town stock, and that makes it predictable to price once the house has been seen. Most of the older houses are single storey, modest in floor area, with one bathroom, and in the original plans that bathroom is a tub and shower combination in a five-by-eight layout behind a door that measures around 28 inches; the floors are hardwood, tile or vinyl, and the front porch is usually two or three steps above grade. The newer streets off the highway bring 1970s to 1990s ranches on slabs or crawlspaces with 30 to 32 inch interior doors, a hall bath and a master bath, and a garage or carport with a step between it and the living floor. On the lakefront lots the ground falls toward the water, so the entry is where the rise is and the ramp has to meet the slope at both ends rather than sitting on flat ground. Because the older plans are compact, widening the bathroom door usually means reworking the wall into the adjacent space, and the decision is made on the actual measurement rather than from the year the house was built.

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