CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The City Council approved the first reading of an overlay district on Tiny Town Road and Fort Campbell Boulevard on Tuesday. Several council members had their concerns, but the proposal was approved in a narrow vote.
At the end of 2024, the City Council asked the Regional Planning Commission (RPC) to study and return design overlays along Tiny Town Road and along Fort Campbell Boulevard. The RPC ended up combining the two efforts since they are similar in the review process, materials and signage. They were returned to the council as one ordinance, according to RPC Director Jeffery Tyndall at the council’s executive session meeting on June 26.
Councilperson Deanna McLaughlin, who proposed the original study on Fort Campbell Boulevard back in December, continued to show support for the overlay zoning but spoke on concerns regarding parking regulations.
“On the bottom section about parking, it does not require parking in the side and rear across all corridors,” McLaughlin said. “There are two corridors that will allow for it, one of which is Dover Crossing, and then also in transition zones where you have collector roads, it would also be permitted. So, it’s not eliminating parking in the front across all the corridors.”…