City Council
Regular MeetingChattanooga, TN · May 20, 2025
Agenda
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TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
3:30 PM
I. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Elliott).
III. Special Presentations.
Public Hearing - FY26 Operations and Capital Budgets
IV. Minute Approval.
V. Discussion of Agenda.
● Next Week’s Proposed Agenda Items
● Purchasing Questions
● Future Considerations (3 Week Look Ahead)
VI. Committee or Department Reports:
● None
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
VII. Ordinances – Final Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2025-0067LukeBowlingc/oTemkinLandGroup(LiftConditions). Anordinanceto
amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so astolift
conditionsfrom OrdinanceNo.10358ofpreviousCaseNo.1995-0215onpartofa
property located at 3945 Cromwell Road. (District 5) (Recommended for
approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
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b. 2025-0063 Robert Franklin c/o Franklin Associates, Architects, Inc. (C-MU-1
Commercial Mixed-Use Zone to C-MU-2 Commercial Mixed-Use Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
soastorezonepropertylocatedat3210BroadStreetand3280WilliamsStreet,from
C-MU-1 Commercial Mixed-Use Zone to C-MU-2 Commercial Mixed-Use Zone.
(District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
c. 2025-0065 KH Property Group, Inc. (U-IX-4 Urban Industrial Zone to U-CX-6
CommercialMixed-UseZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,Part
II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 1823Reggie
White Boulevard, from U-IX-4 Urban Industrial Zone to U-CX-6 Commercial
Mixed-Use Zone. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Staff)
d. 2025-0036 Lee Helena (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
1500 East 14th Street, from RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone, subject to certainconditions. (District
9) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Tabled
from 04-29-2025, deferred from 04-01-2025 & 04-15-2025) (Planning Version #2)
e. AnordinanceamendingChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,theChattanooga
ZoningOrdinanceasadoptedbyOrdinanceNo.14137onJuly23,2024,betoclarify
multi-unit developments cannot exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of total unitsfor
ShortTermVacationRentals;correctresidentialzonesdimensionalheightlimitation;
clarify on-site tree requirements in setbacks; addInstitutionalZonestandardsinside
the Urban Overlay; and add permitted uses in the I-H Heavy Industrial Zone.
VIII. Ordinances - First Reading: None
IX. Resolutions:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
a. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Economic
Development to enter into an Interlocal Agreement for the maintenance and
management of surface parking lot,withChattanoogaAreaRegionalTransportation
Authority,insubstantiallytheformattached,forthesurfacelotunderneaththeOlgiati
Bridgetobeusedforbusandhandicapparkingatnocosttothepublic,fortheterm
through February 25, 2034.
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MAYOR’S OFFICE
b. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s appointment of Shelby Parris to the
Community Advisory Committee: Region 1 (Lookout Valley), foratermbeginning
on May 21, 2025, and ending on May 20, 2026.
c. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s appointment of Grace Buie to the Tree
Commission, for a term beginning on May 21, 2025, and ending on May 20, 2029.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Public Works
d. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
enter into a Joint Funding Agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to
operate three (3) continuous real-time precipitation gages and seven (7) continuous
real-time stream gages located on North Chickamauga Creek, South Chickamauga
Creek, Chattanooga Creek, Mountain Creek, Wolftever Creek, Lookout Creek, and
Friars Branch for emergency preparedness and flood response activities, for the
period beginning April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026, in the amount of
$118,339.00, and authorizing the City’s share of $107,464.00.
POLICE
e. A resolution authorizing the retirement of K-9 Anik as a service dog.
f. A resolution authorizing the retirement of K-9 Rex as a service dog.
g. AresolutionauthorizingtheChiefofPolicetodonatea1999FordE350Van(P752)
Vehicle Identification No. 1FSWE303L4XHC0993,ingoodconditiontoHabitatfor
Humanity, in community partnership, Speedpro has offered to wrap the van for
HabitatforHumanityatnocostasanassetthathasfullydepreciatedwiththeCityof
Chattanooga, for a value of $3,480.00.
X. Purchases.
XI. Committee Reports.
XII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
XIII. Adjournment.
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