Zoning Overlays & Bonuses in Chattanooga, TN (2026)
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Downtown Design Guide
Downtown Chattanooga development follows a separate Form-Based Code, not the standard zoning chapter. Sec. 38-692 states its purpose is to guide development within eight named Downtown neighborhoods and to foster predictable results and a high-quality public realm by prescribing building form, facade relationships, massing and street and block scale, rather than regulating land use alone.
Chattanooga Downtown Form-Based Design Code
Some RestrictionsChattanooga City Code § 38-692(4)(A)-(B)
(4)Purpose A. This Downtown Code provides the means to guide implementation of the citizen-endorsed vision for property within the following five Downtown neighborhoods: 1. North Shore; 2. Riverfront (South Shore); 3. City Center; 4. ML King; 5. Southside; 6. The Bend; 7. Westside; and 8. Chestnut Street. B. This Downtown Code helps to foster predictable results and a high-quality public realm ...
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