2017 Local Ordinances

Ordinances / Resolutions of Note

  1. Temporary Halt to Downtown Development
  2. Consultant Selection for Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
  3. TSPLOST Project List and Referendum
  4. Mitchell Street Development

Temporary Halt to Downtown Development

Some commissioners felt that a moratorium on downtown development was necessary to provide time to tackle some public health concerns. You can read a good description of the issue here.

Voting yes on the moratorium: Hamby, Bell, Herod, Dickerson, Sims, Wright, Link, Girtz
Voting no: NeSmith, Bailey

Proposal made by: Link

Passed on February 7, 2017

Consultant Selection for Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan

The commission selected a consultant for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan with this vote.

Voting yes on the moratorium: Hamby, Bell, Dickerson, Sims, Link, Girtz, NeSmith, Bailey
Voting no: none
Absent: Herod, Wright

Proposal made by: Sims

Passed on March 7, 2017

TSPLOST Project List and Referendum

This vote approved the 2018 TSPLOST project list and a referendum, put to the people which passed in November of 2017.

Voting yes on the project list: Hamby, Bell, Dickerson, Sims, Link, Girtz, NeSmith, Bailey, Herod, Wright
Voting no: none
Absent: none

Passed on August 1, 2017

Mitchell Street Development

The Mitchell Street development was a contentious one because some felt it was massively over-scale to the surrounding buildings and contained no provisions for affordable housing. The commission allowed the development to go forward in a 7-3 vote.

Voting yes on re-zoning Mitchell Street: Hamby, Bell, Dickerson, Sims, NeSmith, Herod, Wright
Voting no:  Link, Girtz, Bailey
Absent: none

Passed on September 5, 2017