December 12, 2022

December 12, 2022 - STVR Moratorium, New Fee Schedules, and More

DECEMBER 6 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The agenda session recording can be found here. The business meeting recording can be found here.
The meeting minutes can be found here.

At last week’s agenda session, the city council:

• discussed proposed changes to Short Term Vacation Rental regulations and the extension of the ongoing STVR moratorium until these regulations are finalized.

At last week’s business session, the city council:

• voted to allow an increase in billing and charges for district wreckers (second reading).
• voted to adopt the 2018 editions of the International Building Code, Fuel Gas, Mechanical Code, and Plumbing Code (second reading).
• a vote to amend a portion of the city code relating to sewer service lines (second reading).
• a vote to enter a lease agreement with Chattanooga Hockey Inc. (see agenda for full details).
• votes to authorize the appointment of several individuals as Special Police Officers (unarmed) in their capacity as code enforcement officials.
• a vote to authorize the hiring of an additional UTC graduate assistant to serve the Office of Community Health for the amount of ~$14k.
• a vote to approve a special exceptions permit for late night entertainment at 6924 Shallowford Road.
• approved 6 routine purchases, including a $650k for chemicals related to wastewater services.
• Five citizens addressed the council. You can view the full comments here.

DECEMBER 13 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The proposed meeting agenda can be found here.

The proposed city council agenda for this week includes:

• votes to amend various permit and rental fees (first reading – see agenda for full details).
• a vote to adopt to 2018 edition of the International Fire Code (first reading).
• a vote to extend the Short Term Vacation Rental moratorium. There are two versions, one extends the moratorium until July 10, 2023, the other until February 7, 2023 (first reading).
• votes on a number of rezoning cases (first reading - see agenda for full details).
• a vote to authorize an $500k contribution to the Homeless Coalition.

DECEMBER 20 CITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

The proposed meeting agenda can be found here.

The proposed city council agenda for next week includes:

• votes to amend various permit and rental fees (second reading – see agenda for full details).
• a vote to adopt to 2018 edition of the International Fire Code (second reading).
• a vote to extend the Short Term Vacation Rental moratorium. There are two versions, one extends the moratorium until July 10, 2023, the other until February 7, 2023 (second reading).
• votes on a number of rezoning cases (second reading - see agenda for full details).
• votes to authorize a number of lease agreements (see agenda for full details).
• a vote to authorize a donation agreement with AstroTurf Corporation to convert Jim Frost stadium to synthetic turf.
• a vote to authorize the transfer of ~$14M to the Tennessee Department of Transportation as the city’s contribution towards the replacement of the Wilcox Boulevard Bridge.