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Planning board backs procedural change to remove $200 fee for citizen text-amendments

Town of Nashville Planning Board · August 27, 2025
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Summary

The board unanimously approved a staff-and-counsel-backed change to the text-amendment process: citizen requests would first go to Town Council (public comment at council) for referral to staff/TRC/planning board, eliminating the $200 direct application fee for citizens.

The Town of Nashville Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend a procedural change to how citizen-initiated text amendments are handled.

Under the proposed change, citizens who request text amendments to town ordinances would present their request and rationale at the Town Council public comment…

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