Chattanooga

County Sets Hearings on University Drive Apison Auto Rezoning

Q: What is on the Sept. 2 and Sept. 16 University Drive hearings?

Zoning Committee on Sept. 2 and full Commission on Sept. 16, both at 5:00 p.m. at 625 Georgia Avenue, on an approximately 0.70-acre part of 4390 University Drive: Area 12 place type Suburban Residential to Maker District, and rezoning 2026-0078 (Benjamin A. Kyle with Apison Auto) from A-1 to C-2 with conditions.

Q: Does an A-1 to C-2 hearing reprice an East Brainerd or Apison-area house?

Not by itself. A noticed commercial rezoning on 0.70 acres is not a Greater Chattanooga Association of REALTORS MLS comparable. Disclose it if a buyer asks about 4390 University Drive. Price to closed comps. Freddie Mac's Aug. 27 30-year fixed was 6.66%.

Q: How is this different from East Ridge vape and Flat Top already live?

East Ridge is a municipal specialty-shop ordinance file. Flat Top is the County Commission manufactured-home appeal. This file is the University Drive plan amendment and Apison Auto rezoning 2026-0078 noticed for Sept. 2 and Sept. 16.

Q: What should Hamilton County owners do this week?

Keep the Sept. 2 and Sept. 16, 5:00 p.m. hearings at 625 Georgia Avenue for 4390 University Drive. Read the county Planning materials before inventing square footage. Price to closed comps. Start with a free home evaluation at kingsofrealestate.com/l/home-evaluation/ or ask about a cash offer. Call 865-365-2280.

Hamilton County Zoning Committee meets Sept. 2 and the full Commission holds a Sept. 16 public hearing on changing 0.70 acres at 4390 University Drive to Maker District and rezoning A-1 to C-2 with conditions for Apison Auto (2026-0078).

Tracy King

01 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

Hamilton County notices Sept. 2 and Sept. 16 hearings on a 0.70-acre Apison Auto rezoning at 4390 University Drive.

Hamilton County's Zoning Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., and the full Hamilton County Commission will hold the public hearing Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., both in the County Commission meeting room on the fourth floor of the Hamilton County Courthouse, 625 Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga. The county Planning Department notice — also reproduced on NoticeRegistry — lists two linked requests in Commission District 10: amend the White Oak Mountain Area 12 Plan (a component of Plan Hamilton) by changing the place type on an approximately 0.70-acre parcel at 4390 University Drive (part) from Suburban Residential to Maker District; and case 2026-0078 — Benjamin A. Kyle with Apison Auto — rezone that same part from A-1 Agricultural District to C-2 Local Business Commercial District with conditions. That is the locked Chattanooga-market tape for this desk. It is not the East Ridge vape ordinance already live, and it is not the Flat Top manufactured-home 5-4 appeal already live.

The Hamilton County Planning Department page opened today prints the same hearing dates, address, place-type change, and 2026-0078 caption. Questions go to PlanningDepartment@hamiltontn.gov. Do not invent a Planning Commission roll-call, a traffic study number, or a Sept. 2 committee vote that has not happened. The fact is the dual hearing calendar, the 0.70-acre slice, the Suburban Residential-to-Maker District plan amendment, and the A-1-to-C-2 ask with conditions for Apison Auto.

What is on the Sept. 2 and Sept. 16 University Drive hearings?

Two meetings on the same request stack. Sept. 2 is the Zoning Committee hearing at 5:00 p.m. Sept. 16 is the full Commission public hearing at 5:00 p.m. Location both nights: fourth-floor Commission room, 625 Georgia Avenue. Property: approximately 0.70 acres at 4390 University Drive (part), District 10. Plan amendment: White Oak Mountain Area 12 Plan place type from Suburban Residential to Maker District. Rezoning: 2026-0078, Benjamin A. Kyle with Apison Auto, A-1 Agricultural to C-2 Local Business Commercial with conditions. Materials: Hamilton County Planning website. That is the whole locked list. A committee hearing is not a final rezoning. A noticed C-2 ask is not an open business already operating under the new district.

Area 12 place-type maps are posted on the same Planning site as PDF layers for White Oak Mountain. Changing the label on seven-tenths of an acre is a consistency step for the commercial ask, not a rewrite of every Suburban Residential parcel in the sector.

Hamilton County 4390 University Drive tape	Figure	Source
Zoning Committee	Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, 5:00 p.m.	Hamilton County Planning public notice
Full Commission hearing	Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, 5:00 p.m.	Same notice
Location	4th floor Commission room, 625 Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga	Same notice
Acreage / address	~0.70 acre at 4390 University Drive (part), District 10	Same notice
Plan amendment	White Oak Mountain Area 12: Suburban Residential → Maker District	Same notice
Rezoning case	2026-0078 — Benjamin A. Kyle with Apison Auto; A-1 → C-2 with conditions	Same notice
30-year fixed (context)	6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026	Freddie Mac PMMS

Does an A-1 to C-2 hearing reprice an East Brainerd or Apison-area house?

Not by itself. A noticed commercial rezoning on seven-tenths of an acre is a land-use process, not a Greater Chattanooga Association of REALTORS MLS comparable. Disclose it if a buyer asks what is happening at 4390 University Drive. Price your house to closed comps, condition, and days on market. Do not mark an Ooltewah listing up because Maker District is on a plan-amendment line. Do not cut a neighboring ranch because Apison Auto is the named applicant. The live East Ridge vape / Ace Hardware border file and the Flat Top manufactured-home appeal stay separate. Freddie Mac's Aug. 27 survey has the 30-year fixed at 6.66%. A few basis points will not reprice a Hamilton County split-level the way a full point would.

Plan Hamilton's Area 12 place-type map is the long-range label. Changing Suburban Residential to Maker District on 0.70 acres is a plan consistency step tied to the C-2 ask. It is not a countywide rewrite of White Oak Mountain. Keep the scale honest when a neighbor forwards the notice.

Can I buy the next Chattanooga-area house before this one sells?

You can write the offer. 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 Zoning Committee night. 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. The two-house trap did not change because 2026-0078 landed on the Sept. 2 / Sept. 16 calendar: you cannot honor the next address until this one is settled, and you will not list until you know where you are going.

How is this different from East Ridge vape and Flat Top already live?

The live East Ridge post is the city's specialty-shop ordinance and Ace Hardware border-region discussion. The live Flat Top post is the County Commission 5-4 manufactured-home appeal. This file is Hamilton County Planning's noticed University Drive plan amendment and Apison Auto rezoning 2026-0078. One is a municipal retail-distance rule. One is a special-permit appeal. This is a 0.70-acre A-1-to-C-2 ask under Area 12. Do not mash them into one "county commercial crackdown" headline. Plan Chattanooga's delayed city adoption vote remains a city comprehensive-plan file, not this county parcel.

County Mayor Weston Wamp and the named countywide officers listed on the Planning page are courthouse context, not a roll-call on 2026-0078. The Aug. 19 Jones Gap Road manufactured-home appeal hearing on the same notices board is a different case — and that appeal outcome is already a live KORE URL. Do not recycle that 5-4 into this University Drive file. If Sept. 2 produces a committee recommendation, that becomes a new clip with a date and a verb. Until then, the dual hearing notice is the story.

What should Hamilton County owners do this week?

Keep the county notice: Sept. 2 Zoning Committee and Sept. 16 full Commission, both 5:00 p.m. at 625 Georgia Avenue, on 4390 University Drive (part).
If you own nearby, read the Area 12 / 2026-0078 materials on hamiltontn.gov before you invent a square-footage rumor.
Price to closed comps — not to a 0.70-acre hearing 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. Knoxville office: 121 Suburban Road, Suite 101. Licensed agents: $250/mo desk fee.

What's happening in Chattanooga this week

Hamilton County Zoning Committee — Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, 5:00 p.m., 625 Georgia Avenue, 4390 University Drive plan amendment and 2026-0078 (county Planning notice)
Hamilton County Commission public hearing — Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, 5:00 p.m., same room and request stack
East Ridge specialty-shop ordinance / Ace Hardware border file — already live on this desk (separate municipal story)

Sources: Hamilton County Planning Department public notice for Sept. 2 and Sept. 16, 2026 (hamiltontn.gov); NoticeRegistry reproduction of the same hearing text; Freddie Mac PMMS, 30-year 6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026.

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