Lupton City residents fight historic designation over cost, property-rights concerns

Why did the Historic Zoning Commission defer the Lupton City vote?

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Lupton City has more than a century of history behind it.

The question now is how much control homeowners should give up to preserve it.

A proposal to make the Chattanooga neighborhood a locally protected historic district drew opposition from residents at Thursday’s Chattanooga Historic Zoning Commission meeting, with some homeowners worried the designation could make repairing or changing their own homes more difficult or expensive…

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