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, October 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, October 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/@mscdpd

1.    BOA 2025-0094: JACKSON: Variance from Item 2.7.2D(1)(b) to allow an accessory dwelling unit larger than 1/3 the size of the principal structure and larger than 700 square feet located at 4111 Owen Ave. Staff Planner: Mahsan.Ostadnia@memphistn.gov

2.      BOA 2025-0098: CORE CITY: Variance from Paragraph 2.7.2A(1) to allow a rear yard and side yard encroachment for a garage located at 1618 Goodbar Ave. Staff Planner: Truus.Abuosi@memphistn.gov

3.      BOA 2025-0099: SOUTHEAST: Variance from Item 4.5.2C(1)(d) to allow a front yard parking pad located at 3734 Ironwood Dr. Staff Planner: Joseph.Colvert@memphistn.gov

4.   BOA 2025-0100: WESTWOOD: Variance from Items 2.6.2B(3)(a) and 2.6.2B(3)(b) to allow a childcare center on a lot less than 20,000 square feet and located in a residential district within 1,320 feet of another childcare center located at 577 E Raines Rd. Staff Planner: Chloe.Christion@memphistn.gov

5.      BOA 2025-0101: NORTH: Use variance from Section 7.3.11 to allow a music studio in the Moderate Density Residential (MDR) District located at 898 N Third St. Staff Planner: Truus.Abuosi@memphistn.gov

6.      BOA 2025-0102: UNINCORPORATED SHELBY COUNTY: Use variance from Section 2.5.2 to allow contractor’s storage in the Commercial Mixed Use – 2 (CMU-2) District located at 4670 Covington Pike. Staff Planner: Chloe.Christion@memphistn.gov

7.  BOA 2025-0103: WESTWOOD: Variance from Items 2.6.2B(3)(a) and 2.6.2B(3)(c) to allow a childcare center on a site of less than 20,000 square feet in a residential district and further than 200 feet from an intersecting arterial road located at 261 Blairmore Ave. Staff Planner: Travian.Smith@memphistn.gov

8.      BOA 2025-0104: CORE CITY: Use variance from Section 2.5.2 to allow a quadplex in the Residential Single Family – 6 (R-6) District located at 1016 Seattle St. Staff Planner: Stella.Adu@memphistn.gov

9.   BOA 2025-0105: SOUTH: Use variance from Section 2.5.2 to allow a development of transitional homes (social service institution) where the residences, office, and storage structures are container buildings in the Residential Urban – 3 (RU-3) District located at 2554 Hernando Rd. Staff Planner: Mahsan.Ostadnia@memphistn.gov

10.   BOA 2025-0107: RALEIGH: Use variance from Section 2.5.2 to allow a tattoo parlor in the Office General (OG) District located at 5541 Pleasant View Rd. Staff Planner: Alexis.Longstreet@memphistn.gov

11.  BOA 2025-0108: WHITEHAVEN: Variance from Item 2.6.2B(3)(c) to allow a childcare center further than 200 feet from an intersecting arterial road located at 1032 Hale Rd. Staff Planner: Nabanita.Nira@memphistn.gov