The 11 cases listed at the bottom of this email have been filed with the Division of Planning and Development for consideration before the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment during its regular meeting on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 2PM in the City Council Chambers of City Hall, 125 N. Main Street.

Please provide any written comments you may have to the staff planner indicated below by Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 8AM, so they can be incorporated into the staff report. (Note: Comments sent to anyone other than the staff planner will not be recognized or included in the staff report.) Comments received after this time will not be disseminated to the Board members. You may also attend the meeting to provide verbal testimony on any of these matters. The staff planners assigned to each case are listed below.

Full applications for these cases may be accessed from this website:

https://shelbycountytn.gov/Archive.aspx?AMID=91&Type=&ADID

You may view this meeting on YouTube at the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/c/divisionofplanninganddevelopment



1.   BOA 2024-0121: CORE CITY: Use variance from Section 2.5.2 to allow a mixed-use building including apartments in the Commercial Mixed Use – 3 (CMU-3) and Employment (EMP) Districts located at 2701 Union Ave Ext. Staff Planner: Mahsan.Ostadnia@memphistn.gov

2.    BOA 2024-0122: SOUTH: Correspondence to BOA 2023-034 to allow less than 18” foundation heights for four single family homes located at 1109, 1111, 1113 and 1115 Walker Ave. Staff Planner: Alexis.Longstreet@memphistn.gov

3.      BOA 2024-0123: EAST: Correspondence to BOA 2014-039 and use variance from Section 2.5.2 to allow a drive-thru restaurant in the Commercial Mixed Use – 1 (CMU-1) District with an existing nonconforming off-premise sign located at 5167 Poplar Ave. Staff Planner: Nicholas.Wardroup@memphistn.gov

4.      BOA 2024-0124: UNINCORPORATED SHELBY COUNTY: Use variance from Sub-Section 2.5.2 and variance from 4.8.3 to allow limited outdoor storage of one RV and one boat with trailer on a vacant lot located at 400 Fawn Lake Dr. Staff Planner: Alexis.Longstreet@memphistn.gov

5.      BOA 2024-0125: JACKSON: Variances from Sub-Sections 2.7.2C and 4.4.4A, and Item 4.5.2C(1)(d) to allow multiple detached structures totaling more than 75% of the total square footage of the principal structure along, a residential driveway wider than 16 feet at the right-of-way, and a front yard parking pad located at 1331 Russwood Rd. Staff Planner: Chloe.Christion@memphistn.gov

6.  BOA 2024-0126: OAKHAVEN/PARKWAY VILLAGE: Variance from Item 2.6.2B(3)(c) to allow a childcare center on a minor road located at 3640 Winplace Rd. Staff Planner: Mahsan.Ostadnia@memphistn.gov

7.    BOA 2024-0127: RALEIGH: Variance from Sub-Section 4.6.7E to allow a metal panel fence in the Commercial Mixed Use – 3 (CMU-3) District located at 4222 James Rd. Staff Planner: Nabanita.Nira@memphistn.gov

8.    BOA 2024-0128: SOUTH: Variance from Sub-Section 4.6.7E to allow an uncoated chain link fence with solid metal panels and barbed and/or concertina wire temporarily in the Commercial Mixed Use – 1 (CMU-1) District located at 1073 S Third St. Staff Planner: Nicholas.Wardroup@memphistn.gov

9.      BOA 2024-0129: UNIVERSITY: Variance from Paragraph 2.7.2A(1) to allow 2-foot setback encroachments for an accessory structure (carport being converted and enclosed into a home office) located at 3631 Charleswood Ave. Staff Planner: Travian.Smith@memphistn.gov

10.   BOA 2024-0131: UNIVERSITY: Variance from Items 2.6.3O(2)(b) and (c) to allow an expansion of a mini storage use without the required landscaping buffers located at 3929 Summer Ave. Staff Planner: Nabanita.Nira@memphistn.gov

11.   BOA 2024-0132: NORTH: Use variance from Section 2.5.2 and Variance from Sub-Section 3.6.1A to allow a large home in the Residential Single Family – 6 (R-6) District with a 5-foot and 0.9-foot side setback encroachments located at 816 N Willett St. Staff Planner: Chloe.Christion@memphistn.gov