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Chattanooga Sets Oct. 13 Hearing on Old Lee Highway RN-3 (2026-0113)

Chattanooga City Council’s Oct. 13, 2026, 3:30 p.m. zoning hearing includes case 2026-0113—MatCo Affordable Housing’s request to rezone 8022, 8026, and 8030 Old Lee Highway and an unaddressed 8000-block parcel to RN-3, with Planning recommending approval subject to conditions.

Tracy King

02 Oct 2026 • 5 min read

Chattanooga City Council posts a zoning public hearing for Monday, October 13, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. in the City Council Assembly Room at the John P. Franklin Sr. Council Building, 1000 Lindsay Street. Among petitions the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission recommended for approval is case 2026-0113: MatCo Affordable Housing c/o Chambliss Law c/o Hannah-Claire Boggess, for properties located at 8022, 8026, and 8030 Old Lee Highway and an unaddressed parcel in the 8000 block of Old Lee Highway, from RN-1-6 Residential Neighborhood Zone, RN-2 Residential Zone, and C-C Commercial Corridor Zone to RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone, subject to certain conditions.

For East Brainerd and Old Lee Highway sellers, RN-3 is a residential-neighborhood intensity story—not a regional commercial corridor rewrite. The notice’s approval recommendation is Planning’s advice to Council; final ordinance action still belongs to Council after the Oct. 13 hearing. Quote addresses 8022, 8026, and 8030 plus the unaddressed 8000-block parcel, and stop there on unit counts the notice does not publish. “Affordable” in the applicant name is not a published bedroom schedule.

The same hearing notice also carries other PC-recommended approvals, including 2026-0044 at 423 W. 20th Street (U-CX-4 to U-CC-3), 2026-0105 in the 1100 block of Old Pineville Road (RN-1-6 to RN-1-5), 2026-0106 at 400–405 Garden Road (to OS and A-1 with conditions), and 2026-0117 at 3935 Cromwell Road (RN-1-6 to C-N). Recommended denials include 2026-0109 at 2411 Awtry Street and 2026-0110 at 3920, 3976, 3998, and 4000 Hixson Pike (C-C to C-R). Sellers on Hixson Pike should not confuse a recommended denial of C-R with a closed final-reading C-NT file from September.

September finals already moved other corridor files. Chattanooga Approves Champion Road Condition Lifts on Final Reading, Chattanooga Approves 1307 Hixson Pike C-NT on Final Reading, and Chattanooga Approves 5502 Dayton Blvd C-NT on Final Reading are closed Council actions. Old Lee Highway 2026-0113 is still at the Oct. 13 hearing stage. Say “hearing,” not “approved,” until an ordinance number posts.

Old Lee Highway 2026-0113 at a glance

Field	Notice
Hearing	Oct. 13, 2026, 3:30 p.m., 1000 Lindsay Street
Case	2026-0113
Applicant	MatCo Affordable Housing c/o Chambliss Law c/o Hannah-Claire Boggess
Addresses	8022, 8026, and 8030 Old Lee Highway + unaddressed 8000-block parcel
From	RN-1-6, RN-2, and C-C
To	RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone, subject to certain conditions
PC recommendation	Approve (listed under petitions recommended for approval)

Bring the table to listing appointments along Old Lee Highway. If a buyer asks whether “affordable housing” means a specific LIHTC unit count, say the notice names MatCo Affordable Housing as applicant and states RN-3 with conditions—without guessing a bedroom mix Planning has not printed in this hearing notice. Conditions matter; they are not optional footnotes.

How Oct. 13 hearing items differ from Sept. 22 finals

Final-reading ordinances change the map now. Hearing notices change what Council will hear next. Sellers who conflate the two overstate certainty. For 2026-0113, the accurate line is: Planning recommended approval of RN-3 on the listed Old Lee parcels; Council hears the public on Oct. 13 at 3:30 p.m. Anything stronger belongs after the ordinance vote.

Plat inventory still moves on the Hamilton RPC track. Hamilton RPC Posts Pine Ridge 38-Lot Final Plat on McCallie Ferry is a subdivision story. Old Lee Highway is a rezoning-hearing story. Keep both on your market brief, labeled correctly, so a buyer does not think every “38 lots” headline is about Old Lee.

Denial-recommended files on the same notice also matter for talk tracks. If you list near Awtry Street or the Hixson Pike C-R ask, say Planning recommended denial and that Council still holds the hearing. A recommended denial is not a final denial until Council acts—or fails to adopt the ordinance.

Seller checklist before Oct. 13

Confirm whether your listing sits inside a notice radius that makes the Old Lee RN-3 ask relevant. If yes, add case 2026-0113 and the 3:30 p.m. hearing time to your disclosure packet. If your buyer is shopping Hixson Pike commercial, also flag 2026-0110’s recommended denial of C-R so they do not underwrite a regional commercial expansion that Planning opposed.

Do not use MatCo’s applicant name to promise rents, income limits, or tax-credit awards. Those facts require separate filings. Your lane is the zone change notice: RN-3, subject to conditions, PC recommended approval, Council hearing Oct. 13.

Keep your disclosure packet boring and accurate. Boring wins lawsuits; speculation loses listings. When a buyer’s agent asks for “the latest on this corridor,” hand them the Source links box and the case number. If they want architectural renderings, send them to the Civic Center or City Hall meeting—not to your marketing PDF.

Finally, calendar the next recorded action. An agenda ask is not an ordinance. An 8-0 Planning vote is not Council’s final stamp. A staff deny is not a Commission deny until the minutes say so. Sellers who wait for the recorded action sleep better than sellers who price on hallway optimism.

What’s happening in Chattanooga this cycle

Oct. 13, 2026, 3:30 p.m. — City Council zoning public hearing (2026-0113 Old Lee Highway RN-3 among PC-recommended approvals).
Same notice — Watch companion approvals and denials (W. 20th, Old Pineville, Garden Road, Cromwell, Awtry, Hixson Pike C-R ask).
After the hearing — Update CMAs only with Council’s recorded ordinance action.
Sept. 22 contrast — Champion Road, 1307 Hixson Pike, and 5502 Dayton Blvd finals are already closed files.

Practical next step: put Oct. 13, 3:30 p.m., on your East Brainerd calendar, save the hearing notice, and refuse any list-price change that assumes RN-3 is already law.

When is the Chattanooga zoning public hearing for these petitions?

City Council will hold the public hearing on October 13, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. in the City Council Assembly Room, John P. Franklin Sr. Council Building, 1000 Lindsay Street.

What does case 2026-0113 request on Old Lee Highway?

MatCo Affordable Housing c/o Chambliss Law c/o Hannah-Claire Boggess seeks to rezone properties at 8022, 8026, and 8030 Old Lee Highway and an unaddressed parcel in the 8000 block from RN-1-6, RN-2, and C-C to RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone, subject to certain conditions. Planning Commission recommended approval.

What other approval-recommended rezonings are on the same notice?

The notice also lists Planning Commission recommendations to approve 2026-0044 (W. 20th Street U-CX-4 to U-CC-3), 2026-0105 (Old Pineville Road RN-1-6 to RN-1-5), 2026-0106 (Garden Road to OS and A-1 with conditions), and 2026-0117 (3935 Cromwell Road RN-1-6 to C-N).

The notice lists recommended denials for 2026-0109 at 2411 Awtry Street (RN-1-5 to C-C) and 2026-0110 at 3920–4000 Hixson Pike (C-C to C-R), plus modified recommendations on other cases.

How should East Brainerd / Old Lee sellers talk about 2026-0113?

Quote the Oct. 13, 3:30 p.m. hearing, the RN-3 ask for 8022–8030 Old Lee Highway, Planning’s approval recommendation, and that Council has not yet taken final action. Skip any unit counts or affordability set-asides the notice does not state.

If you are selling near this file, start with a free home valuation or ask about a cash offer.