Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: BL2022-1509

• File #: BL2022-1509
• Type: Bill (Ordinance)
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/11/2022
• In control: Planning and Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 2/21/2023
• Final action: 2/21/2023
• Title: An ordinance amending Chapters 17.36 and 17.40 of the Metropolitan Code to create a Two-Story Residential Overlay district (Proposal No. 2022Z-018TX-001).
• Sponsors: Jeff Syracuse

Date	Action By	Action
3/3/2023	Metropolitan Council	effective
2/23/2023	Mayor	approved
2/21/2023	Metropolitan Council	passed on third reading as amended
2/21/2023	Metropolitan Council	amended
2/21/2023	Planning and Zoning Committee	approved with an amendment
2/7/2023	Metropolitan Council	passed on second reading
2/7/2023	Metropolitan Council	public hearing
1/12/2023	Planning Commission	approved
1/6/2023	Metropolitan Council	advertised
10/18/2022	Metropolitan Council	deferred
10/18/2022	Metropolitan Council	passed on first reading
10/11/2022	Metropolitan Council	filed

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An ordinance amending Chapters 17.36 and 17.40 of the Metropolitan Code to create a Two-Story Residential Overlay district (Proposal No. 2022Z-018TX-001).

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That Chapter 17.36 of the Metropolitan Code is hereby amended by creating Article XVI - Two-Story Residential Overlay, as follows:

17.36.630 Purpose and intent.

The two-story residential overlay district provides appropriate building height standards in residential areas necessary to maintain and reinforce the established form and character of residential development in a particular area.

17.36.640 - Overlay designation.

A Two-Story Residential Overlay district shall be created according to the procedures of Chapter 17.40, Article III and depicted as a geographical area on the official zoning map.

17.36.650 - Guidelines.

A. Principal Structures. Principal structures shall not exceed two stories in 35 feet in height as measured from the finished grade.

B. Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall not exceed one story or sixteen feet in height as measured from the finished grade, whichever is less. The top elevation of an accessory structure shall not exceed the top elevation of the principal structure.

17.36.660 - Permitted land uses.

The range of land uses permitted within a two-story residential overlay district shall be those permitted by the underlying zoning district(s) as established by the zoning district land use table of Section 17.08.030.

17.36.670 - Variation of conventional standards.

The two-story residential overlay district varies the conventional standards of the underlying zoning district(s) as established in Chapter 17.12, Sections 17.12.020 and 17.12.060.

17.36.675 - Two-Story Residential Overlay District.

A. Application for a Two-Story Residential Overlay District. Lots included in a district must be contiguous.

B. Historic Overlay District. A two-story...