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Commission refers proposed nonresidential building standards to committee after debate over cost and safety
Summary
Members debated proposed nonresidential commercial building standards—raising concerns about exposed metal panels, costs for small owners, grandfathering and rear-parking safety—and voted to send the proposal to a working committee for line-by-line review and public consideration.
A commission meeting in Dickson County on an agenda item about new nonresidential commercial building standards ended with members voting to refer the proposal to a working committee for a line-by-line review.
The move followed extended discussion about how the standards would affect existing small businesses. Commissioner Chase said there had been no study estimating how many existing buildings would meet the new rules and warned that "a high percentage would not," calling compliance potentially "very expensive for somebody." Counsel confirmed no study had been done.
Advocates for design standards said the rules were intended to improve building…
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