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Council updates zoning notice rules and backs TDOT planning grant to study Southern Bypass alternatives

Jackson City Council · November 4, 2025
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Summary

Council amended the zoning ordinance to align notice requirements with state law (increasing hearing notice to 21 days and clarifying when map changes from text edits do not require property‑owner notices) and unanimously backed a $100,000 TDOT planning grant to reassess the Southern Bypass extension.

Council considered an ordinance amending the City of Jackson’s official zoning ordinance (Article 8, administration and enforcement, Section 3) and a resolution to support a TDOT planning grant for the Southern Bypass extension.

City planner/attorney (Speaker 12, Mr. Pollitt) said the ordinance change is intended to align the city code with state law by increasing the required governing‑body hearing notice from 15 to 21 days and to clarify that text…

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