City Council

​Last saved on 01/16/2026 1:52 PM​ ​TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026​ ​CITY COUNCIL AGENDA​ ​3:30 PM​ ​I.​ ​Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.​ ​II.​ ​Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Harvey).​ ​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:​ ​❖​ ​None​ ​RECESS​ ​Order of Business for City Council​ ​VII.​ ​Ordinances – Final Reading​:​ ​PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER​ ​Wastewater​ ​a.​ ​MR-2025-0191​​View​​at​​Mission​​Ridge​​Partners​​LLC​​(Abandonment).​ ​An​​ordinance​ ​closing​​and​​abandoning​​a​​sanitary​​sewer​​easement,​​Record​​No.​​1214_15,​​being​​a​​ten​ ​(10’)​​foot​​wide​​sewer​​easement​​per​​Plat​​Book​​70,​​Page​​129,​​ROHC,​​beginning​​at​​the​ ​northwest​ ​corner​ ​of​ ​Tax​ ​Map​ ​No.​ ​156K-E-008.01,​ ​thence​ ​southwest​​along​​the​​west​ ​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​ ​15​​th​ ​Avenue,​ ​as​ ​detailed​ ​on​ ​the​ ​attached​ ​maps.​ ​(District​ ​9)​ ​(Recommended​ ​for​ ​approval​ ​by​ ​Planning​ ​Commission​ ​and​ ​Wastewater)​ ​Agenda for Tuesday, January 20, 2026​ ​Page​​2​ ​PLANNING​ ​b.​ ​2025-0177​ ​Blake​ ​Campbell​ ​(RN-2​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​RN-3​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone).​ ​An​ ​ordinance​ ​to​ ​amend​ ​Chattanooga​ ​City​ ​Code,​ ​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​​Ordinance,​​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​2420​​East​ ​12​​th​ ​Street,​ ​from​ ​RN-2​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​RN-3​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​​Zone,​​subject​​to​​certain​​conditions.​ ​(District​​9)​ ​(Recommended​​for​ ​approval by Planning Commission and Staff)​ ​c.​ ​2025-0179​ ​Mark​​Richmond​​c/o​​MMECJL​​LLC​​Series​​1​​(I-H​​Heavy​​Industrial​​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​ ​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)​ ​d.​ ​2025-0192​​Jarod​​Dotson​​c/o​​Skapa​​Development​​(RN-1-5​​Residential​​Neighborhood​ ​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)​ ​e.​ ​2025-0178​ ​Clecia​ ​Joi​ ​Mason​ ​c/o​ ​Townsend​ ​Street​ ​Wine​ ​LLC​ ​(Lift​ ​Condition).​ ​An​ ​ordinance​ ​to​ ​amend​ ​Chattanooga​ ​City​​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​​Ordinance,​ ​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)​ ​f.​ ​2025-0182​ ​Erlanger​ ​Health​ ​c/o​ ​Tripp​ ​Stephens​ ​(Lift​ ​Conditions).​ ​An​ ​ordinance​ ​to​ ​amend​ ​Chattanooga​ ​City​ ​Code,​ ​Part​ ​II,​ ​Chapter​ ​38,​ ​Zoning​ ​Ordinance,​ ​so​ ​as​​to​​lift​ ​conditions​ ​from​ ​Ordinance​ ​Nos.​ ​8943,​ ​9649,​ ​and​ ​10108​ ​of​ ​previous​ ​Case​ ​Nos.​ ​1988-0121,​​1991-0189,​​and​​1994-0170​​on​​properties​​located​​at​​1747​​Gunbarrel​​Road​ ​and​ ​7233​ ​Crane​ ​Road.​ ​(District​ ​4)​ ​(Recommended​ ​for​ ​approval​ ​by​ ​Planning​ ​Commission and Staff)​ ​g.​ ​An​ ​ordinance​ ​amending​ ​Chattanooga​ ​City​ ​Code,​ ​Part​ ​II,​ ​Chapter​ ​38,​ ​Zoning​ ​Ordinance,​ ​as​ ​adopted​ ​by​ ​Ordinance​ ​No.​ ​14137​ ​on​ ​July​​23,​​2024,​​to​​amend​​Article​ ​XV,​ ​Application​ ​Process,​ ​Section​ ​38-73,​ ​Vesting​ ​to​ ​Align​ ​with​ ​recent​ ​state​ ​law​ ​changes per Tennessee Code Annotated Section 13-4-310.​ ​Agenda for Tuesday, January 20, 2026​ ​Page​​3​ ​h.​ ​An​ ​ordinance​ ​amending​ ​Chattanooga​ ​City​ ​Code,​ ​Part​ ​II,​ ​Chapter​ ​38,​ ​Zoning​ ​Ordinance,​​as​​adopted​​by​​Ordinance​​No.​​14137​​on​​July​​23,​​2024,​​to​​amend​​Article​​II,​ ​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,​ ​Measurements​​and​​Exceptions,​​(4)​ ​Height and Mass, A. Building Height to replace the graphic for Item 2.​ ​VIII.​ ​Ordinances - First Reading:​ ​PLANNING​ ​a.​ ​2025-0119​ ​Claudine​ ​Evans​ ​c/o​ ​One​ ​A​ ​Event​ ​Parlour​ ​(C-C-​ ​Commercial​ ​Corridor​ ​Zone​​to​​C-R​​Regional​​Commercial​​Zone).​ ​An​​ordinance​​to​​amend​​Chattanooga​​City​ ​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​​Ordinance,​​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​5813​ ​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)​ ​b.​ ​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,​ ​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​5920​​Pine​​Grove​ ​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) (Deferred from 01-13-2026)​ ​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,​ ​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​5920​​Pine​​Grove​ ​Trail,​ ​from​ ​RN-3​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​I-L​ ​Industrial​ ​Light​ ​Zone.​ ​(Applicant Version)​ ​IX.​ ​Resolutions:​ ​(None)​ ​X.​ ​Purchases.​ ​XI.​ ​Committee Reports.​ ​XII.​ ​Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.​ ​XIII.​ ​Adjournment.​ ​Proposed Council Agenda for Tuesday, January 27, 2026​ ​Page​​1​ ​TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2026​ ​CITY COUNCIL PROPOSED AGENDA​ ​3:30 PM​ ​1.​ ​Call to Order by Chairwoman Hill.​ ​2.​ ​Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation (Councilman Clark).​ ​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:​ ​❖​ ​Parks, Public Works, and Wastewater Committee​ ​➢​ ​Parks & Outdoors Annual Report - presented by April Furth​ ​➢​ ​Discussion​ ​of​ ​Landscape​ ​Architects​ ​Ordinance​ ​-​ ​Councilman​ ​Harvey​ ​❖​ ​Education Committee​ ​➢​ ​Head Start Program update​ ​➢​ ​311 update​ ​RECESS​ ​Order of Business for City Council​ ​7.​ ​Ordinances - Final Reading​:​ ​PLANNING​ ​a.​ ​2025-0119​ ​Claudine​ ​Evans​ ​c/o​ ​One​ ​A​ ​Event​ ​Parlour​ ​(C-C-​ ​Commercial​ ​Corridor​ ​Zone​​to​​C-R​​Regional​​Commercial​​Zone).​ ​An​​ordinance​​to​​amend​​Chattanooga​​City​ ​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​​Ordinance,​​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​5813​ ​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)​ ​Proposed Council Agenda for Tuesday, January 27, 2026​ ​Page​​2​ ​b.​ ​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,​ ​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​5920​​Pine​​Grove​ ​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) (Deferred from 01-13-2026)​ ​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,​ ​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​5920​​Pine​​Grove​ ​Trail,​ ​from​ ​RN-3​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​I-L​ ​Industrial​ ​Light​ ​Zone.​ ​(Applicant Version)​ ​8.​ ​Ordinances - First Reading​:​ ​PLANNING​ ​a.​ ​2025-0176​ ​Amalia​ ​Jacinto​ ​Ramirez​ ​(I-H​​Heavy​​Industrial​​Zone​​to​​C-C​​Commercial​ ​Corridor​​Zone).​ ​An​​ordinance​​to​​amend​​Chattanooga​​City​​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​ ​Zoning​​Ordinance,​​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​​3014​​Dodds​​Avenue,​​from​​I-H​ ​Heavy​ ​Industrial​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​C-C​ ​Commercial​ ​Corridor​ ​Zone.​ ​(District​ ​8)​ ​(Recommended​ ​for​ ​approval​ ​by​ ​Planning​ ​Commission​ ​and​ ​Staff)​ ​(Deferred​ ​from 01-13-2026)​ ​b.​ ​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​ ​City​​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​​Ordinance,​ ​so​ ​as​ ​to​ ​rezone​ ​property​ ​located​ ​at​ ​511​ ​Rosewood​ ​Street,​ ​from​ ​RN-1-5​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​​Zone​​to​​TRN-1​​Traditional​​Neighborhood​​Residential​​Zone,​​subject​​to​ ​certain​ ​conditions.​ ​(District​ ​2)​ ​(Recommended​ ​for​ ​approval​ ​by​ ​Planning​ ​Commission and denial by Staff) (Deferred from 01-13-2026)​ ​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​ ​City​​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​​Ordinance,​ ​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)​ ​Proposed Council Agenda for Tuesday, January 27, 2026​ ​Page​​3​ ​c.​ ​2025-0144​ ​Joshua​ ​A.​ ​Murphy​ ​(RN-1-5​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​TRN-2​ ​Zone).​ ​An​ ​ordinance​​to​​amend​​Chattanooga​​City​​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​ ​Ordinance,​ ​so​ ​as​ ​to​ ​rezone​ ​property​ ​located​ ​at​ ​2802​ ​Curtis​ ​Street,​ ​from​ ​RN-1-5​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​TRN-2​ ​Zone.​ ​(District​​8)​ ​(Recommended​​for​ ​approval​ ​by​ ​Planning​ ​Commission​ ​and​ ​Staff)​ ​(Deferred​ ​from​ ​11-18-2025,​ ​12-02-2025 & 01-06-2026) (Deferred from 01-13-2026)​ ​2025-0144​ ​Joshua​ ​A.​ ​Murphy​ ​(RN-1-5​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone​ ​to​ ​TRN-3​ ​Traditional​ ​Residential​ ​Neighborhood​ ​Zone).​ ​An​ ​ordinance​ ​to​ ​amend​ ​Chattanooga​ ​City​​Code,​​Part​​II,​​Chapter​​38,​​Zoning​​Ordinance,​​so​​as​​to​​rezone​​property​​located​​at​ ​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)​ ​9.​ ​Resolutions:​ ​ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT​ ​a.​ ​A​ ​resolution​ ​authorizing​ ​the​ ​Department​ ​of​ ​Economic​ ​Development​ ​to​ ​provide​ ​$150,000.00​ ​from​ ​the​ ​Economic​ ​Development​ ​Fund​ ​to​ ​the​ ​Chattanooga​ ​Airport​ ​as​ ​support​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Small​ ​Community​ ​Air​ ​Service​ ​Development​ ​Grant​ ​to​ ​facilitate​ ​non-stop​ ​service​ ​from​​United​​Airlines​​(operated​​by​​Skywest​​Airlines,​​Inc.)​​from​​the​ ​Chattanooga​ ​Airport​ ​(CHA)​ ​to​ ​Houston’s​ ​George​ ​Bush​ ​Intercontinental​ ​Airport​ ​(IAH) beginning on March 20, 2026.​ ​(District 6)​ ​OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY​ ​b.​ ​A​ ​resolution​ ​amending​ ​Resolution​ ​No.​ ​32678​ ​adopting​ ​a​ ​revised​ ​records​ ​retention​ ​schedule​​for​​the​​City​​of​​Chattanooga​​to​​include​​retention​​requirements​​for​​the​​Family​ ​Justice Center.​ ​PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WASTEWATER​ ​Public Works​ ​c.​ ​A​ ​resolution​ ​authorizing​ ​the​ ​Administrator​ ​for​ ​the​ ​Department​ ​of​ ​Public​ ​Works​ ​to​ ​enter​ ​into​ ​a​ ​three-year​ ​agreement​ ​with​ ​Waterways,​ ​a​ ​non-profit​ ​educational​ ​organization,​ ​to​ ​continue​ ​providing​ ​administration​ ​of​ ​the​​City’s​​rainsmart​​yards​​and​ ​adopt-a-waterway programs, for an amount not to exceed $192,000.00.​ ​Proposed Council Agenda for Tuesday, January 27, 2026​ ​Page​​4​ ​Wastewater​ ​d.​ ​A​ ​resolution​ ​of​ ​the​ ​City​ ​of​ ​Chattanooga,​ ​Tennessee,​ ​authorizing​ ​the​ ​use​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Construction​ ​Manager​ ​At-Risk​ ​(CMAR)​ ​contract​ ​delivery​ ​method​ ​under​ ​certain​ ​specified​ ​wastewater​ ​utility​ ​and​​public​​works​​infrastructure​​projects,​​consistent​​with​ ​Tennessee​ ​Code​ ​Annotated​ ​§​ ​12-4-107,​ ​and​ ​establishing​ ​implementation​ ​and​ ​oversight guidelines for such projects in the forms attached.​ ​10.​ ​Purchases.​ ​11.​ ​Committee Reports.​ ​12.​ ​Recognition of Persons Wishing to Address the Council.​ ​13.​ ​Adjournment.​