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Board discusses annual zoning text amendments, flags, signage and possible regulation of vape/smoke shops

5792927 · September 10, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff presented the city’s annual zoning text amendments — including updates on signage, temporary flags, wrecker-service uses and preferred street lighting — and asked whether the board wants further study to regulate vape and CBD retailers.

City planning staff presented the annual zoning ordinance update and a slate of text changes and rezonings at the Board of Mayor and Aldermen work session. The package would add new signage options (halo illumination, canopy signs, irregular hanging sign shapes), allow limited temporary flags on residential lots and add wrecker service as a permitted use in the Light Industrial (LI) district. Staff also proposed adding performance bonds as a surety option and listing preferred streetlight fixtures approved by Middle Tennessee Electric to reduce light pollution.

Planning staff described a technical sync…

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