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Planning staff says Memphis 3.0 map aims to add housing near commercial nodes to revive neighborhoods
Summary
Planning staff told Shelby County commissioners the draft Memphis 3.0 zoning map and Unified Development Code reduce code length by about 45% and introduce 20 districts; the RN1–RN3 bands are intended to add housing flexibility near commercial nodes to support downtown and combat vacancy. The Land Use Control Board will consider a recommendation May 14; final votes are expected later in June.
Brett Ragsdale, director of the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development, told commissioners on April 8 that a full draft of the Unified Development Code was published March 27 and that the draft zoning map breaks the city and county into 20 districts in order to streamline rules and encourage housing near commercial corridors.
Ragsdale and Nicholas Wardrop, who is managing coordination for the rewrite, said the revised code cuts the UDC's word count by roughly 45% and that the most-commented-on portions of the map are the…
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