Commissioners decline to suspend rules to alter Rural Village Neighborhood resolution

Dec 8, 2020

A motion to suspend rules to make two technical corrections to the Rural Village Neighborhood Special Character District resolution failed Dec. 8, 2020; the proposed changes included removing a grandfather clause and deferring beer‑permit actions pending an Attorney General opinion.

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During the Dec. 8 meeting, Commissioner Jeff Sweeney moved to suspend the rules to consider two technical corrections to a Rural Village Neighborhood Special Character District resolution that the Planning Commission had recommended. Sweeney said the proposed corrections would strike language that grandfathered existing businesses into the overlay and defer licensing or submittal for beer permits until the county attorney had received the Tennessee Attorney General’s opinion and a stay was in place.

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