Recently, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp and the County Commission have agreed to create a separate group that oversees and determines development within Hamilton County’s unincorporated areas versus that of the City of Chattanooga that has previously been a shared task in the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency (CHRPA).
One example of the concerns that have been brewing within the CHRPA for the last year or more has been the heavy representation of developers on this appointed board that approves growth through zoning changes and development approvals, some of which they profit and gain from personally.
Look no further than the parking issue pitting Battle Academy School and the Southside Cowart Place neighborhoods and retail store fronts for parking spaces…