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Chattanooga Sets Sept. 15 Hearing on 1307 Hixson Pike C-NT

Chattanooga City Council will hold a Sept. 15, 2026, 3:30 p.m. public hearing on case 2026-0097 at 1307 Hixson Pike, INST Institutional to C-NT Neighborhood Transition Commercial, with Planning recommending approval.

Tracy King

03 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

North Chattanooga corridor context for the 1307 Hixson Pike C-NT hearing — illustrative only.

Chattanooga City Council posts Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the John P. Franklin Sr. City Council Building, 1000 Lindsay Street, for a public hearing on petition 2026-0097: Victoria Kenyon-Patton, 1307 Hixson Pike, from INST Institutional Zone to C-NT Neighborhood Transition Commercial Zone. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission recommended approval.

Clerk to Council Nicole S. Gwyn’s notice published mid-August lists the Hixson Pike file among several petitions. The verified record is the hearing night, the address, the INST-to-C-NT ask, the PC recommend-approve, and the Lindsay Street clock.

1307 Hixson Pike	Figure	Source
Council hearing	Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, 3:30 p.m.	City rezoning notice
Location	Assembly Room, 1000 Lindsay Street	Same
Case	2026-0097 — 1307 Hixson Pike — INST → C-NT	Same
Applicant on notice	Victoria Kenyon-Patton	Same
PC recommendation	Approve	Same
Companion same night (not lead)	5502 Dayton Blvd RN-2→C-NT; 1123 Mountain Creek RN-3 (deny rec.); Champion Rd conditions; drive-through text	City notices
30-year fixed (context)	6.66% (Freddie Mac PMMS as of Aug. 27, 2026)	Freddie Mac PMMS

What is case 2026-0097 at 1307 Hixson Pike?

Chattanooga City Council’s published notice for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. lists petition 2026-0097 — Victoria Kenyon-Patton — 1307 Hixson Pike, from INST Institutional Zone to C-NT Neighborhood Transition Commercial Zone. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission recommended approval. Hearing: Assembly Room, John P. Franklin Sr. City Council Building, 1000 Lindsay Street.

C-NT Neighborhood Transition Commercial is a zone change on the notice, not a certificate of occupancy and not a liquor license. A Planning Commission recommendation is not a final Council ordinance. Neighbors who want the record clear keep 1307 Hixson Pike and 2026-0097 in the file.

Does a C-NT recommendation reprice my Hixson or North Chattanooga house?

Not by itself. A noticed Council rezoning hearing is how the city takes a Planning Commission recommendation. It is not a Multiple Listing Service comparable. Disclose it if a buyer asks about 1307 Hixson Pike. Price to closed comps, condition, and days on market.

Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey has the 30-year fixed averaging 6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026. A few basis points will not reprice a Hixson, Northshore, or Hamilton County house the way a full point would. Waiting for that full point while other Chattanooga sellers list into the same dip is a different decision than the city noticed Hixson Pike for Sept. 15.

How is this different from Red Bank Easton Avenue and University Drive Apison Auto?

Red Bank’s Easton Avenue R-T/Z hearing is a separate Sept. 15 suburban file. University Drive / Apison Auto is a Hamilton County Commission track. This story is Chattanooga city case 2026-0097 at 1307 Hixson Pike, INST to C-NT.

Red Bank’s Easton Avenue hearing is R-1 to R-T/Z at 3118 Easton Avenue at 6:00 p.m. the same evening across the city line. University Drive / Apison Auto is a county A-1 to C-2 track. Hixson Pike is city INST to C-NT. Don’t blend three hearings into a fake countywide commercial ordinance.

What else is on Chattanooga’s Sept. 15 rezoning night?

The same notice lists 2026-0103 at 5502 Dayton Boulevard (RN-2 to C-NT with conditions, PC recommend approve), 2026-0100 at 1123 Mountain Creek Road (RN-1-7.5 to RN-3, PC recommend deny), and 2026-0098 on Champion Road condition lifts. A separate notice covers drive-through text amendments the same evening. Keep those in separate folders from the Hixson Pike lead.

You can write the offer on the next Chattanooga house. A contingent contract on a Hamilton County clock is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on a Council rezoning. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer.* If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer.

What should Chattanooga and Hixson owners do this week?

Keep Sept. 15, 3:30 p.m., 1000 Lindsay Street on the calendar. Read the Aug. 15 rezoning PDF. Price to closed comps. Start with a free home evaluation or ask about a cash offer. Call 865-365-2280.

If you own near 1307 Hixson Pike, keep Sept. 15, 3:30 p.m., 1000 Lindsay Street on the calendar.
Read the Aug. 15 rezoning PDF and the companion Dayton Boulevard / Mountain Creek / Champion Road lines so you speak to the right case.
Price your house to closed comps — not to a zoning notice.
Start with a home evaluation. Ask about a cash offer if timing is the problem.

Call Kings of Real Estate at 865-365-2280. Licensed agents: $250/mo desk fee.

North Chattanooga and Hixson owners who plan to speak on Sept. 15 should address case 2026-0097 by address and zone change — INST to C-NT — not by a neighbor’s guess about a future tenant. The city’s notice does not name a restaurant, clinic, or shop. A Planning Commission recommend-approve is still only a recommendation until Council votes.

The companion Dayton Boulevard C-NT file (2026-0103) and the Mountain Creek RN-3 file (2026-0100, PC recommend deny) will draw their own speakers. Keep your remarks on the Hixson Pike parcel if that is your issue. Mixing three petitions into one speech is how the clerk’s minutes blur the record you wanted clear.

Red Bank’s Easton Avenue hearing at 6:00 p.m. the same night is a different municipality and a different zone ask (R-1 to R-T/Z). Hamilton County’s University Drive / Apison Auto hearings are a different body. If you own in Red Bank or near Apison, see those posts. This story stays on 1307 Hixson Pike inside Chattanooga city limits.

Sellers along Hixson Pike who are already on the market should disclose the Sept. 15 hearing if a buyer asks what is happening at 1307. Do not reprice overnight because a notice PDF landed. Use closed comps, condition, and days on market, then note the hearing date in writing.

What's happening in Chattanooga this week

Chattanooga City Council rezoning hearing — Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, 3:30 p.m., 1000 Lindsay Street: 2026-0097 Hixson Pike INST→C-NT; Dayton Blvd; Mountain Creek; Champion Road (city notice)
Separate same-night text notice — drive-through use-matrix amendments (city notice run Aug. 20)
Red Bank — Sept. 15, 6:00 p.m., Easton Avenue R-T/Z (covered separately)

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