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Collierville adopts zoning amendments and raises false-alarm penalty to $50; pool-permit seal requirement removed
Summary
On separate readings the board adopted an amended zoning/definitions ordinance (Chapter 151) that narrows drive-through conditional-use review, adjusts traffic-study timing, adds vesting/inactivity rules and limits commercial drone delivery; it also removed a proposed licensed-professional seal requirement for residential pool permits. Separately, the board advanced an ordinance to raise false-alarm fees to $50 per occurrence after three false alarms within 12 months.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved multiple ordinance actions May 11 affecting land-use review, swimming-pool permits and false-alarm penalties.
Planning Director Jamie Gross summarized the Chapter 151 revisions on third reading. Key changes included narrowing the conditional-use permit requirement for drive-through facilities so it applies only to restaurants and coffee shops (other uses would be subject to site-circulation standards but not automatic conditional-use review), moving site-circulation standards out of the conditional-use section into administrative review, revising traffic-study timing to require a draft 30 days ahead of an application with a final study submitted with the application, and adding inactivity/vesting timelines (3–5 years depending on plan activity). Gross also noted new language aimed at discouraging commercial drone-delivery operations from operating into Collierville’s airspace for retail deliveries.
During the public comment period Steven Williams, speaking as a Collierville resident, said he appreciated staff outreach and expressed caution about drive-through conditional-use impacts on business attraction. Mark Allen, a local pool-builder and resident, asked the board to reconsider a proposed requirement that pool-permit applications include a sealed, signed plot plan from a Tennessee-licensed professional, warning that the added cost and limited availability of licensed professionals could burden homeowners and local small businesses. Staff and board members agreed on compromise language: the board removed the licensed-professional seal requirement for the pool section while retaining the information required on the plan and a homeowner acknowledgment about state laws preventing adverse drainage impacts to neighbors. The board approved the ordinance on third reading with that change.
Police Chief Dale Lane presented the second-reading public hearing on amendments to Collierville Code Section 91-25 to increase penalties for repeat false alarms. Chief Lane said the town had averaged more than 2,000 false alarms a year over the last four years and that the current $25 penalty had limited effect; the proposed amendment raises the penalty to $50 per occurrence for alarm users who have three or more false alarms within a 12-month period (the change reflects the maximum allowed under Tennessee law). There was no public comment on the false-alarm change and the board voted to adopt it on the reading presented.
Each ordinance change was approved by roll-call vote at the meeting.
