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Landscape architecture committee weighs CLARB alignment and flags Chattanooga zoning change
Summary
The committee compared Tennessee licensure pathways to CLARB recommendations and agreed to further study possible statutory changes; members also warned that a proposed Chattanooga zoning amendment could strip landscape-design requirements and said the board will monitor the matter and consider advisory guidance.
The board’s landscape architecture committee reviewed a written comparison Dec. 4, 2025, between Tennessee’s current licensure pathways and recommendations from the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), and agreed to continue study and return to the topic in February.
Blair Parker presented a spreadsheet and a written summary of differences, telling the committee he analyzed where Tennessee diverges from CLARB’s model. He noted a key distinction: CLARB’s model emphasizes reciprocity, whereas Tennessee uses comity and…
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