Coffee County public hearing on I‑24 industrial-site rezoning closed with no public comment

A public hearing on an amendment to Coffee County’s zoning resolution to rezone four large parcels at the I‑24 Industrial Site from A‑1 (agricultural) to M‑1 (industrial) opened at 5 p.m. Central and drew no public speakers, a county commissioner said.

Commissioner (unnamed) read the hearing notice, saying, “This is a public hearing that starts at 5PM Central Time regarding an amendment to our zoning resolution that rezones Tennessee, it's 4 large parcels … changing it from its A1 designation to M 1.” After asking if anyone wished to speak, the commissioner said there were no comments and “I would declare the public hearing is now closed.”

The amendment was presented as a change affecting four large parcels at the site adjacent to Interstate 24. The transcript segment includes the commissioner’s statement that the hearing was set for 5 p.m. Central and the commissioner’s closing declaration; no public testimony appears in the record excerpts provided.

The transcript also records a separate remark that “TCA plainly says that,” referring to the Tennessee Code Annotated, but the excerpt does not link that statute citation to a specific provision or to the rezoning proposal. The record in the provided transcript does not show a formal vote on the zoning amendment during the excerpted portion.

The public hearing format followed usual procedure: a staff or commissioner read the amendment and invited public comment; with no speakers, the hearing was closed. The transcript indicates the presence of multiple commissioners at the meeting (a speaker states “we got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 commissioners out of 18”), but the excerpt does not identify which commissioners were present or whether the rezoning amendment subsequently advanced to a formal vote or further consideration later in the meeting.