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Memphis committee moves to require special-use approval for correctional facilities in industrial zones

Memphis City Council (committee meetings) · September 23, 2025
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Summary

A Planning & Zoning committee ordinance amendment would require any detention center, jail or prison—public or private—located in specified industrial zoning districts to seek a special-use permit before siting, a change intended to prevent by-right placement without council review.

The Planning & Zoning Committee advanced an ordinance amendment that would revise the Memphis & Shelby County Unified Development Code to require special-use-permit review for correctional facilities—detention centers, jails and prisons—whether public or private, when proposed within the listed zoning districts.

Brett Ragsdale of the…

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