Collierville board approves zoning cleanup on second reading, delays final vote after developer and residents raise concerns

The Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a package of zoning and town-code changes on second reading Thursday but voted unanimously to postpone the third and final reading until a staff-led work session could address several contested sections.

Town planner Jamie Groves told the board the changes—assembled in exhibit 4—are principally a technical cleanup and alignment with state law, but include several substantive shifts: expanded neighborhood meeting requirements for rezonings and conditional use permits, a new alternative-equivalent compliance path for design standards, a requirement that drive‑through uses proceed through a conditional use permit (CUP) and earlier submission and review of traffic studies so construction drawings match mitigation measures.

“Most of the changes are to the zoning ordinance,”…