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File #: BL2025-996   
Type: bill Status: Passed
File created: 8/7/2025 In control: Planning and Zoning Committee
On agenda: 9/16/2025 Final action: 9/16/2025
Title: An ordinance authorizing the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), to construct, install, and maintain underground and aboveground encroachments along 2nd Avenue North, between Commerce Street and Church Street. (Proposal No. 2025M-033AG-001).
Sponsors: Jacob Kupin, Jennifer Gamble, Sean Parker
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A
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An ordinance authorizing the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), to construct, install, and maintain underground and aboveground encroachments along 2nd Avenue North, between Commerce Street and Church Street. (Proposal No. 2025M-033AG-001).
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WHEREAS, NDOT is working with the Metropolitan Development Housing Agency (MDHA) to implement the 2nd Avenue Rebuild project, following the 2020 Christmas Day bombing; and,
WHEREAS, to drive pedestrian traffic to 2nd Avenue North, and with implementation assistance from MDHA, NDOT plans to construct, install, and maintain retail kiosks, encroaching into the public right-of-way on 2nd Avenue North, between Commerce Street and Church Street; and,
WHEREAS, the design plans for the retail kiosks are attached hereto as "Exhibit A", and incorporated by reference herein; and,
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Code of Laws ? 13.08.030 allows the Council of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County to, by ordinance, grant encroachments, permits or privileges to construct, install, operate and/or maintain an encroachment in, on, over, or under any street, road, alley, sidewalk, or other public way.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), is hereby granted the privilege to construct, install, and maintain, underground and aboveground encroachments, as described in Proposal No. 2025M-033AG-001, in accordance with the plans on file in the office of the Director of the NDOT, and attached hereto as Exhibit A, and with the implementation assistance of the Metropolitan Development Housing Agency (MDHA).
Section 2. That the authority granted hereby for the construction, ...

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