Memphis Civic Issue Tracker

Issue

Planning, zoning, and land use

Approved

Tracks Memphis City Council planning and zoning materials, including Memphis 3.0, future land-use strategy, and land-use cases.

This issue groups council materials tied to planning and zoning deliberations, Memphis 3.0 updates, comprehensive-plan implementation, future land-use strategy, small-area plans, and right-of-way or land-use case materials. It is meant to capture the recurring land-use pipeline rather than a single project.

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Start with the overview, open the anchor records, then use the timeline to see how the issue actually moved.

  • Status: Approved
  • Latest activity: Jul 7, 2026
  • Coverage: 34 events across 1 agency
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Issue overview

Understand the issue before the full record.

Tracks Memphis City Council planning and zoning materials, including Memphis 3.0, future land-use strategy, and land-use cases.

Approved: Posted records include an explicit approval signal for this issue.

Short summary

Tracks Memphis City Council planning and zoning materials, including Memphis 3.0, future land-use strategy, and land-use cases.

Why this matters

Land-use records shape what can be built, where it can be built, and which neighborhoods absorb the practical effects of zoning and planning decisions.

Strong inference from the public record

What happens next

The next thing to watch is whether later records move implementation, funding, or contract execution beyond LITTY PLACE street closure case SAC 25-06 on Apr 14, 2026.

Record coverage

34 timeline events are currently tied to this issue.

38 source documents from 1 agency are in the current record.

The captured record currently runs from Jan 13, 2026 to Jul 7, 2026.

Approved is currently anchored to LITTY PLACE street closure case SAC 25-06 from Apr 14, 2026.

The record shows an approval signal, but implementation and downstream effects may still land in later meetings or documents.

Open these records first

These are the fastest entry points into the current public record: the status anchor, the latest decision path, and the clearest recent movement.

  1. Status anchor

    Decision record
    LITTY PLACE street closure case SAC 25-06

    memphis-city-council · Apr 14, 2026 · minutes

    7. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5367 OF CODE OF ORDINANCE, CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ADOPTED ON AUGUST 10, 2010, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, TO AUTHORIZE A ZONING USE DISTRICT RECLASSIFICATION FOR LAND LOCATED ON TULLY STREET AND WOODLAWN STREET BY TAKING THE LAND OUT OF THE RESIDENTIAL URBAN — 1 (RU-1) USE DISTRICT AND INCLUDING IT IN THE MIXED USE (MU) DISTRICT, UP FOR S EC ON D READING. THIS ORDINANCE IS SPONSORED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. CASE NO. Z 26-01 ORDINANCE NO. 5970 APPROVED, on Second Reading ROLL CALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEM: MOTION: Carlisle SECOND: Spinosa AYES: Canale, Carlisle, Ford, Green, Spinosa, Smiley, and Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Coop

    Source documentMeeting page

  2. Latest decision record

    Decision record
    Unified Development Code amendment

    memphis-city-council · Mar 3, 2026 · minutes

    6. RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 9.6 OF THE MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE APPROVING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3021 EAST SHELBY DRIVE. THIS RESOLUTION IS SPONSORED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. (HELD FROM 12/16; 1/27; 2/3; 2/24) CASE NO. PD 25-02 Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington recognized the following person(s) who spoke from the audience: Glenda Hicks, Memphis, Tennessee 38104 MOTION: Spinosa SECOND: Warren AYES: Canale, Ford, Spinosa, Smiley, Warren, White, and Chairwoman Swearengen- Washington. NAYS: Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, and Walker ABSTAIN: Logan Easter-Thomas and Green were absent. APPROVED, as amended FISCAL CONSENT AGENDA — Items #8-#14 may be acted upon by one motion: 8. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS OF EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY- SEVEN

    Source documentMeeting page

  3. Latest vote surface

    Vote surface
    An ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 12 - STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC PLACES - OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TO ESTABLISH TH...

    memphis-city-council · Feb 24, 2026 · packet

    An ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 12 - STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC PLACES - OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TO ESTABLISH TH... was posted for Memphis City Council February 24, 2026 (2026-02-24).

    Source documentMeeting page

  4. Recent background record

    Background
    Special use permit for childcare center

    memphis-city-council · Jul 7, 2026 · packet

    Special use permit for childcare center was posted for Memphis City Council July 7, 2026 (2026-07-07).

    Source documentMeeting page

Planning framework

Supporting context

Memphis 3.0 is the citywide comprehensive-plan framework behind many zoning, corridor, housing, transit, and infrastructure decisions. It belongs here as a planning and land-use reference with a policy and public-narrative layer, not as a hot-button issue unless a specific Memphis 3.0 decision becomes publicly contested.

Memphis 3.0

Memphis 3.0 comprehensive plan

Use this as the baseline planning framework for land use, neighborhood anchors, growth priorities, and the city's broader build-up-not-out direction.

City of Memphis

Five-year update and zoning alignment

The five-year update is the active bridge between the original plan, future land-use strategy, comprehensive rezoning, and Unified Development Code updates.

Memphis 3.0 policy frame

Policy frame: build up, not out

The policy spine is to focus growth and public investment around existing neighborhoods, anchors, corridors, infrastructure, and land-use capacity instead of extending the city's footprint outward.

Memphis 3.0 data dashboard

Implementation test: plan consistency and rezoning

The practical test is whether zoning cases, Future Land Use designations, comprehensive rezonings, and UDC changes actually follow the plan when individual development decisions come forward.

Public narrative

Public narrative: growth without displacement

The public-facing question is not only whether Memphis grows inward. It is whether anchor-area investment, density, walkability, and mixed-use development improve neighborhoods without pushing existing residents out or overriding neighborhood character.

Memphis 3.0 public update

Current engagement lane: Future Land Use update

The five-year update makes the narrative live again because residents are being asked to react to Future Land Use map changes that can shape later zoning, development, housing, and corridor decisions.

Status
Approved
Issue events
34
Source documents
38
Agencies represented
1
Latest activity
Jul 7, 2026
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Timeline

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