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Chattanooga Posts Cowboy Ridge Dayton Blvd Withdrawal on Sept. 15

Chattanooga’s revised Sept. 15, 2026, Council agenda puts case 2026-0095 (Cowboy Ridge, LLC) on first reading to rezone 6411, 6511, and 6611 Dayton Boulevard from RN-1-6 to RN-1-3 — marked deferred from Aug. 11, 2026, with a Request for Withdrawal.

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Knox Planning Approves Sylvan St RN-2; Council Set for Oct. 13

Planning’s consent calendar approved Manuel Hudson’s 9-C-26-RZ at 1204 Sylvan Street from RN-1/HP to RN-2/HP. Staff sends the file to Knoxville City Council on Oct. 13 and Oct. 27, 2026.

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Sevierville Posts Apple Ln Rural Commercial Rezoning on Sept. 3

Sevierville Planning’s Sept. 3 agenda lists Roy Austin McCarter’s Apple Lane request from Country R-1 to County C-1 on Tax Map 38 Parcel 066.00 — while the packet’s draft county resolution says A-1 to C-1 on 18.56 acres at 1028 Apple Ln.

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Chattanooga Sets Sept. 15 on Champion Road Condition Lifts

Case 2026-0098 puts Champion Road condition lifts from Ordinance 13479 on Chattanooga City Council's Sept. 15, 3:30 p.m. hearing calendar with a narrowed RPC recommendation.

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Metro Passes Vanderbilt Innovation SP on Final Votes

Metropolitan Council on Sept. 1, 2026, took final votes on BL2026-1446 — rezoning 43.16 acres along West End Avenue and 30th/31st Avenue South to a Specific Plan for Vanderbilt’s mixed-use innovation neighborhood (Proposal 2026SP-004-001).

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Chattanooga Approves Kirkman-Tyner 94-Unit Rezoning

City Council approved case 2026-0075 on Aug. 18, rezoning Kirkman and Tyner Road parcels RN-1-6 to TRN-3 for 94 homes after Planning Commission support.

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Neighbors Seek 375-Foot Cap on Vanderbilt Innovation SP

Ahead of Sept. 1 final reading of BL2026-1446, Fox 17 reports neighbors seeking a 375-foot height cap and about 5 million sq ft versus Vanderbilt’s ~6.1 million / 475-foot plan.

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Bristol TN Approves Recreational-Substance Shop Zoning

Bristol, Tennessee, City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, gave final reading to a recreational-substance retail ordinance, the Herald Courier reported. New shops must stay 1,000 feet from schools, parks, libraries, churches, and other protected uses. About 16 existing businesses may continue as leg

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Metro Council OKs Twin Hills Overlay 29-3 Over Planning Commission

Metro Council this week approved contextual overlays for Twin Hills and Shepherd Hills 29-3 with one abstention and Cumberland and North Hills 30-3, Fox 17 reported Aug. 21, despite Metro Planning's unanimous disapproval.

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Sevierville Passes Town Center Rezoning on Cedar, Joy, and Parkway

Sevierville's Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed Ordinance O-2026-008 on third and final reading Aug. 3, 2026, rezoning four downtown parcels totaling about 1.23 acres from Intermediate Commercial to Town Center. Helton, McCroskey, Ohman, and Rader voted yes; Koester abstained.

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Chattanooga Planners Keep South Broad Drive-Through Ban — For Now

On Monday, Aug. 10, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission kept the ban on new drive-throughs in South Broad's commercial mixed-use zone. Staff will return next month with a path for former drive-through sites — and City Council takes up Plan Chattanooga on Aug. 25.

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Knox Planning Commission Recommends a Data Center Freeze Through June 2027

On Aug. 13 the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission recommended a data center moratorium through June 30, 2027. Case 8-B-26-OB is a recommendation — Knox County Commission still has the final vote. The City of Knoxville freeze is already live.

Rural Knox County farmland along a two-lane road, the kind of Agricultural-zoned acreage still governed by today's rules after the Aug. 14 UDO pause

Knox County Pauses Its Zoning Overhaul — What Rural Landowners and Home Buyers Should Do Now

Mayor Glenn Jacobs paused Knox County's Unified Development Ordinance on Aug. 14 until Mayor-Elect Betsy Henderson takes office Sept. 1. The July 29 draft that would have made Rural Residential the default for farmland is not law — and the current rules still govern every deal on the table.

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