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Area 9 citizens present compromise for Plan Hamilton, urge commissioners to delay home‑builders’ amendments
Summary
A citizens committee representing Area 9 asked the Hamilton County Commission to adopt a compromise version of the Plan Hamilton Area 9 map that keeps low-density zoning and delays builder-driven amendments, while commissioners pressed county staff for a plan to fund and sequence infrastructure needed to support growth.
Don Johnson, an Ooltewah resident and member of an Area 9 citizens committee, presented a rewritten Area 9 section of Plan Hamilton to the Hamilton County Commission on June 11, asking commissioners to adopt the citizens’ compromise and to postpone several home‑builders’ amendments.
The committee’s compromise, Johnson said, keeps A‑1 zoning at roughly two houses per acre, allows limited 2.5 units-per‑acre in areas adjacent to sewer service, permits some suburban residential at about five units per acre, and does not include apartments. “We respectfully request that when it comes time to vote on the plan that Area 9 and all the other plans should be approved by the commission,” Johnson said.
Greg Lewis, also a presenter and an Area 9 resident, told commissioners the group benchmarked other fast‑growing Tennessee counties and found that Hamilton County’s allowed rural densities are higher than many…
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