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BL2026-1420 — Ordinance / Text Amendment in Nashville, TN
A Contextual Overlay District is requested for 68.2 acres along Cumberland Hills Drive and Northside Drive in Council District 10. The MPC disapproved this request, which would apply overlay zoning standards to residential properties currently zoned R20 and RS40.
Worth a closer look
- Staff recommends denial — this one is fighting uphill
- Continued 4 times — repeatedly pushed to a later hearing
| Case number | BL2026-1420 |
|---|---|
| Type | Ordinance / Text Amendment |
| Location | Cumberland Hills Drive and Northside Drive, south of Gallatin Pike |
| County | Davidson County |
| Acreage | 68.2 |
| Current zoning | R20 and RS40 |
| Petitioner | Councilmember Jennifer Frensley Webb |
| Owner | various owners |
| Hearing | 2026-07-23 |
| Hearing body | MPC |
| Staff recommendation | deny |
| Status | continued |
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Case history
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- Hearing scheduled — 2026-06-25: Hearing moved earlier, to 2026-06-25
- First seen — 2026-07-27: First seen on an agenda (backfilled from our archive) · Planning Commission
- Staff recommendation — 2026-07-23: Staff recommendation: deny · MPC (Metropolitan Planning Commission)
- Continued — 2026-07-23: Continued from 2026-06-25 to 2026-07-23 · Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC)
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