City Council
Regular MeetingChattanooga, TN · January 13, 2026
Agenda
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2026
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
3:30 PM
I. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
II. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Davis).
III. Special Presentations.
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:
❖ Economic Development Committee
➢ Overview of Special Districts
❖ Community Development Committee
➢ Senior Center Update
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
VII. Ordinances – Final Reading:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
a. MR-2021-0187 Hopkins SurveyingGrouponbehalfofDonDuff/TravisHulseyCo.
Trustees(AbandonmentAmendment). AnordinancetoamendOrdinanceNo.13748
closing and abandoning two unopened alleyways in the 6000 block of
Ooltewah-Georgetown Road, as detailed on the attached map, subject to certain
conditions, and shall correct the scrivener’s error inOrdinanceNo.13748toreflect
thecorrectAlley#2legaldescriptionasbeingthealleythatseparatesLot16fromLot
17, Block A, Scoggins Addition to Ooltewah, instead of Lot 17 from Lot 18.
(District 6)
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POLICE
b. An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 24, Article XIV,
Section 24-502, Schedule II – Speed on Through Streets.
VIII. Ordinances - First Reading:
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Wastewater
a. MR-2025-0191ViewatMissionRidgePartnersLLC(Abandonment). Anordinance
closingandabandoningasanitarysewereasement,RecordNo.1214_15,beingaten
(10’)footwidesewereasementperPlatBook70,Page129,ROHC,beginningatthe
northwest corner of Tax Map No. 156K-E-008.01, thence southwestalongthewest
line of said property approximately fifty (50’) feet to a point, thence northwest
approximately one hundred forty-seven (147’) feet to a point in the eastern
right-of-way of the 2400 block of 15th Avenue, as detailed on the attached maps.
(District 9) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and
Wastewater)
PLANNING
b. 2025-0176 Amalia Jacinto Ramirez (I-HHeavyIndustrialZonetoC-CCommercial
CorridorZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,
ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat3014DoddsAvenue,fromI-H
Heavy Industrial Zone to C-C Commercial Corridor Zone. (District 8)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
c. 2025-0177 Blake Campbell (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat2420East
12th Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3 Residential
NeighborhoodZone,subjecttocertainconditions. (District9) (Recommendedfor
approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
2025-0177 Blake Campbell (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat2420East
12th Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3 Residential
Neighborhood Zone. (Applicant Version)
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d. 2025-0179 MarkRichmondc/oMMECJLLLCSeries1(I-HHeavyIndustrialZone
to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
5601 Tennessee Avenue, from I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to RN-1-3 Residential
Neighborhood Zone. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Staff)
e. 2025-0183 Wayne Williams c/o Workshop Architecture (RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-1 Traditional Neighborhood Residential Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
so as to rezone property located at 511 Rosewood Street, from RN-1-5 Residential
NeighborhoodZonetoTRN-1TraditionalNeighborhoodResidentialZone,subjectto
certain conditions. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and denial by Staff)
2025-0183 Wayne Williams c/o Workshop Architecture (RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-1 Traditional Neighborhood Residential Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
so as to rezone property located at 511 Rosewood Street, from RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-1 Traditional Neighborhood Residential Zone.
(Applicant Version)
f. 2025-0186 Honest Street Holdings (RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L
Industrial Light Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II,
Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, soastorezonepropertylocatedat5920PineGrove
Trail, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L Industrial Light Zone,
subject to certain conditions. (District 6) (Recommended for approval by
Planning Commission and Staff)
2025-0186 Honest Street Holdings (RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L
Industrial Light Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II,
Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, soastorezonepropertylocatedat5920PineGrove
Trail, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L Industrial Light Zone.
(Applicant Version)
g. 2025-0144 Joshua A. Murphy (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2
Zone). An ordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,Zoning
Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2802 Curtis Street, from RN-1-5
Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2 Zone. (District8) (Recommendedfor
approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 11-18-2025,
12-02-2025 & 01-06-2026)
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2025-0144 Joshua A. Murphy (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
2802 Curtis Street, from RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 8) (Applicant Version)
(Recommended for denial by Planning Commission and Staff)
h. 2025-0192JarodDotsonc/oSkapaDevelopment(RN-1-5ResidentialNeighborhood
Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend
Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone
property located at 1513 Chamberlain Avenue, from RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 9)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
i. 2025-0178 Clecia Joi Mason c/o Townsend Street Wine LLC (Lift Condition). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
so as to lift Condition No. 1 from Ordinance No. 14048 of previous Case No.
2023-0130, on property located at 2409 East Main Street, subject to certain
conditions. (District 9) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission
and Staff)
j. 2025-0182 Erlanger Health c/o Tripp Stephens (Lift Conditions). An ordinance to
amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so astolift
conditions from Ordinance Nos. 8943, 9649, and 10108 of previous Case Nos.
1988-0121,1991-0189,and1994-0170onpropertieslocatedat1747GunbarrelRoad
and 7233 Crane Road. (District 4) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Staff)
k. An ordinance amending Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning
Ordinance, as adopted by Ordinance No. 14137 on July23,2024,toamendArticle
XV, Application Process, Section 38-73, Vesting to Align with recent state law
changes per Tennessee Code Annotated Section 13-4-310.
l. An ordinance amending Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning
Ordinance,asadoptedbyOrdinanceNo.14137onJuly23,2024,toamendArticleII,
Definitions, Section 38-10, Rules of Measurement to add graphics for irregular
shaped lots and to amend Chapter 38, Article VI, Downtown Form-Based Code,
Division 3, Rules for all Zones, Section 38-698, MeasurementsandExceptions,(4)
Height and Mass, A. Building Height to replace the graphic for Item 2.
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IX. Resolutions:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
a. A resolution confirming the surplus and authorizingtheAdministratorofEconomic
DevelopmenttoenterintoaContractforSaleandPurchasewithFiftyOneBricksata
TimeProperties,LLC,insubstantiallytheformattached,fortheacquisitionof6954
Robinson Drive, further identified as Tax Map No. 148E-A-033, for the purchase
price of $40,000.00, and to execute all documents required to consummate the
transaction,withclosingfeesnottoexceed$5,000.00,foratotaltransactionalamount
not to exceed $45,000.00. (District 6)
b. A resolution authorizingtheacceptanceof$86,569.65fromHamiltonCountyasthe
City’sportionfromtheSeptember2025HamiltonCountysurpluspropertysalewith
$85,120.72 applied as the City’s profit, $169.80 applied to the City Attorney fees,
$1,279.13appliedtofeesoftheCityTreasurer,andauthorizingthetransferofallnet
proceeds to the Chattanooga Land Bank Authority.
MAYOR’S OFFICE
c. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s appointment of Robyn Stringfellow to the
ChattanoogaPublicArtCommission,foratermbeginningonJanuary14,2026,and
ending on January 13, 2029.
d. A resolution confirming Mayor Kelly’s appointment of Alexis D’Ambrosio to the
ChattanoogaPublicArtCommission,foratermbeginningonJanuary14,2026,and
ending on January 13, 2027.
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Parks & Outdoors
e. A resolution to accept the Carver Park Master Plan presentedbyHDLA,subjectto
revision,inanefforttoestablishapublicvisionforthefuturerevitalizationofCarver
Park.
Public Works
f. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
enter into a Development Agreement with Barry Payne Development LLC, in
substantiallytheformattached,inconnectionwiththeright-of-wayrequirementsfor
Tax Map Nos. 148N-A-002 and 148N-A-003, as related to thedevelopmentofTax
Map No. 148N-A-014 at 6745 Customer Delight Drive. (District 6)
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g. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
enter into a Permanent Right-of-Way Easement with Good Steward Management
LLConaportionofTaxMapNo.148N-A-003,insubstantiallytheformattached,for
BarryPayneDevelopmentLLCtocompletetherequiredimprovementsforthepublic
extension of Customer Delight Drive. (District 6)
h. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
enter into a Permanent Right-of-Way Easement with Tennessee Office Properties
LLConaportionofTaxMapNo.148N-A-002,insubstantiallytheformattached,for
BarryPayneDevelopmentLLCtocompletetherequiredimprovementsforthepublic
extension of Customer Delight Drive. (District 6)
i. A resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to erect commemorative
secondary street signsonOhlsAvenuefromtheWest38th StreettoWest45th Street,
designating such portions as “Rosemary Gantt-Porter Avenue”. (District 7)
j. A resolution authorizing the Administrator for the Department of Public Works to
award Contract No. S-25-008-100 for professional services for On-Call Watershed
ModelingandFloodplainAnalysistothefollowingseven(7)entities: (1)WSPUSA
Inc.; (2) Barge Design Solutions; (3) CDM Smith Inc.; (4) Stantec Consulting
Services, Inc.; (5) Aecom Technical Services, Inc.; (6) Rummel, Klepper & Kahl,
LLP; and (7) Neel-Schafer, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $1.5 million.
PLANNING
k. 2025-0193 Joseph Ingram c/o Ingram, Gore & Associates (Special Exceptions
Permit). A resolution approving a Special Exceptions Permit for a Residential
Planned Unit Development Amendment on properties located inthe1000and1100
blocks of Meroney Street and part of a property located in the 1400 block of
Hamilton Avenue. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Staff)
l. 58 TN Corporation (Special Exceptions Permit). A resolution approving a new
SpecialExceptionsPermitforanewliquorstorelocatedat4850Hwy.58,Suite130
and 140, Chattanooga, TN. (District 5) (Deferredfrom 01-06-2026)
X. Purchases.
XI. Committee Reports.
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XII. Other Business. (Items Listed Below):
a. Certificate of Compliance, 58TNCorporationd/b/aBobby’sWineandLiquor,
4850 Hwy. 58, Suite 130, Chattanooga, TN. (District 5) (Deferred from
01-06-2026)
b. CPD Report – Donation received from Ron Hart and the Chattanooga Police
Foundation to pay for holiday meals for all CPD employees totaling $5,015.40.
XIII. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
XIV. Adjournment.
Proposed Council Agenda for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AGENDA
3:30 PM
1. Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.
2. Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Harvey).
3. Special Presentations.
4. Minute Approval.
5. Discussion of Agenda.
❖ Next Week’s Proposed Agenda Items
❖ Purchasing Questions
❖ Future Considerations (3 Week Look Ahead)
6. Committee or Department Reports:
❖ None
RECESS
Order of Business for City Council
7. Ordinances - Final Reading:
PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER
Wastewater
a. MR-2025-0191ViewatMissionRidgePartnersLLC(Abandonment). Anordinance
closingandabandoningasanitarysewereasement,RecordNo.1214_15,beingaten
(10’)footwidesewereasementperPlatBook70,Page129,ROHC,beginningatthe
northwest corner of Tax Map No. 156K-E-008.01, thence southwestalongthewest
line of said property approximately fifty (50’) feet to a point, thence northwest
approximately one hundred forty-seven (147’) feet to a point in the eastern
right-of-way of the 2400 block of 15th Avenue, as detailed on the attached maps.
(District 9) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and
Wastewater)
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PLANNING
b. 2025-0176 Amalia Jacinto Ramirez (I-HHeavyIndustrialZonetoC-CCommercial
CorridorZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,
ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat3014DoddsAvenue,fromI-H
Heavy Industrial Zone to C-C Commercial Corridor Zone. (District 8)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
c. 2025-0177 Blake Campbell (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat2420East
12th Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3 Residential
NeighborhoodZone,subjecttocertainconditions. (District9) (Recommendedfor
approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
2025-0177 Blake Campbell (RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3
Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code,
PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat2420East
12th Street, from RN-2 Residential Neighborhood Zone to RN-3 Residential
Neighborhood Zone. (Applicant Version)
d. 2025-0179 MarkRichmondc/oMMECJLLLCSeries1(I-HHeavyIndustrialZone
to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
5601 Tennessee Avenue, from I-H Heavy Industrial Zone to RN-1-3 Residential
Neighborhood Zone. (District 7) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Staff)
e. 2025-0183 Wayne Williams c/o Workshop Architecture (RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-1 Traditional Neighborhood Residential Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
so as to rezone property located at 511 Rosewood Street, from RN-1-5 Residential
NeighborhoodZonetoTRN-1TraditionalNeighborhoodResidentialZone,subjectto
certain conditions. (District 2) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and denial by Staff)
2025-0183 Wayne Williams c/o Workshop Architecture (RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-1 Traditional Neighborhood Residential Zone). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
so as to rezone property located at 511 Rosewood Street, from RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to TRN-1 Traditional Neighborhood Residential Zone.
(Applicant Version)
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f. 2025-0186 Honest Street Holdings (RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L
Industrial Light Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II,
Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, soastorezonepropertylocatedat5920PineGrove
Trail, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L Industrial Light Zone,
subject to certain conditions. (District 6) (Recommended for approval by
Planning Commission and Staff)
2025-0186 Honest Street Holdings (RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L
Industrial Light Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II,
Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, soastorezonepropertylocatedat5920PineGrove
Trail, from RN-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone to I-L Industrial Light Zone.
(Applicant Version)
g. 2025-0144 Joshua A. Murphy (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2
Zone). An ordinancetoamendChattanoogaCityCode,PartII,Chapter38,Zoning
Ordinance, so as to rezone property located at 2802 Curtis Street, from RN-1-5
Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-2 Zone. (District8) (Recommendedfor
approval by Planning Commission and Staff) (Deferred from 11-18-2025,
12-02-2025 & 01-06-2026)
2025-0144 Joshua A. Murphy (RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend Chattanooga
CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat
2802 Curtis Street, from RN-1-5 Residential Neighborhood Zone to TRN-3
Traditional Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 8) (Applicant Version)
(Recommended for denial by Planning Commission and Staff)
h. 2025-0192JarodDotsonc/oSkapaDevelopment(RN-1-5ResidentialNeighborhood
Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone). An ordinance to amend
Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so as to rezone
property located at 1513 Chamberlain Avenue, from RN-1-5 Residential
Neighborhood Zone to RN-1-3 Residential Neighborhood Zone. (District 9)
(Recommended for approval by Planning Commission and Staff)
i. 2025-0178 Clecia Joi Mason c/o Townsend Street Wine LLC (Lift Condition). An
ordinance to amend Chattanooga CityCode,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,
so as to lift Condition No. 1 from Ordinance No. 14048 of previous Case No.
2023-0130, on property located at 2409 East Main Street, subject to certain
conditions. (District 9) (Recommended for approval by Planning Commission
and Staff)
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j. 2025-0182 Erlanger Health c/o Tripp Stephens (Lift Conditions). An ordinance to
amend Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning Ordinance, so astolift
conditions from Ordinance Nos. 8943, 9649, and 10108 of previous Case Nos.
1988-0121,1991-0189,and1994-0170onpropertieslocatedat1747GunbarrelRoad
and 7233 Crane Road. (District 4) (Recommended for approval by Planning
Commission and Staff)
k. An ordinance amending Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning
Ordinance, as adopted by Ordinance No. 14137 on July23,2024,toamendArticle
XV, Application Process, Section 38-73, Vesting to Align with recent state law
changes per Tennessee Code Annotated Section 13-4-310.
l. An ordinance amending Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter 38, Zoning
Ordinance,asadoptedbyOrdinanceNo.14137onJuly23,2024,toamendArticleII,
Definitions, Section 38-10, Rules of Measurement to add graphics for irregular
shaped lots and to amend Chapter 38, Article VI, Downtown Form-Based Code,
Division 3, Rules for all Zones, Section 38-698, MeasurementsandExceptions,(4)
Height and Mass, A. Building Height to replace the graphic for Item 2.
8. Ordinances - First Reading:
PLANNING
a. 2025-0119 Claudine Evans c/o One A Event Parlour (C-C- Commercial Corridor
ZonetoC-RRegionalCommercialZone). AnordinancetoamendChattanoogaCity
Code,PartII,Chapter38,ZoningOrdinance,soastorezonepropertylocatedat5813
Lee Highway, from C-C- Commercial Corridor Zone to C-R Regional Commercial
Zone. (District 6) (Applicant Version) (Recommended for denial by Planning
Commission and approval by Staff) (Deferred from 10-14-2025 and 12-16-2025)
9. Resolutions: (None)
10. Purchases.
11. Committee Reports.
12. Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.
13. Adjournment.
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