Urban Zoning Overlay District

Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County tit. 17, ch. 17.36, art. XII

in effect

Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 17.36.430 Purpose and intent.

17.36.430 - Purpose and intent. The primary intent of the urban zoning overlay district is to preserve and protect existing development patterns that predate the mid-1950's in portions of metro Nashville that were originally developed before that time and to ensure the compatibility of new development in those older portions of the city. In addition, the urban zoning overlay district is intended to promote reinvestment in areas of metro Nashville originally developed before the mid-1950s by modifying development standards that could add unnecessary expense without improving the safety or compatibility of resulting development. The urban zoning overlay district is also intended to implement provisions of adopted plans that call for particular areas to evolve to a development pattern characterized predominantly by lot sizes, street patterns, and alley systems commonly used before the mid-1950s. (Ord. BL2000-364 § 1, 2000)

Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 17.36.440 Applicability.

17.36.440 - Applicability. The provisions of the urban zoning overlay district shall apply to all properties located within a mapped area indicated on a zoning overlay map adopted pursuant to the provisions of Article III of Section 17.40, excluding planned unit developments adopted prior to the effective date of the establishment of the urban zoning overlay district and properties zoned DTC district. However, the UZO District maximum parking space standard shall apply within the DTC. Petitions should contain a minimum of one hundred sixty acres of land in order to avoid piecemeal application of the district and should be for areas characterized predominantly by lot sizes, street patterns, and alley systems commonly used before the mid-1950s or for areas where an adopted plan calls for the evolution of such a development pattern. When properties included in a petition are within the area defined by the 1956 limits of the City of Nashville, they should be contiguous to a previously adopted urban zoning overlay district. For purposes of determining applicability of the urban zoning overlay district provisions within any other overlay district, the urban zoning overlay district provisions shall be treated as base zoning district provisions. (Ord. BL2022-1412 § 4, 2022; Ord. BL2009-586 § 1(Exh. A, § 44), 2010; Amdt. 10 with Ord. BL2000-364 § 1, 2000)

Source: Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/metro_government_of_nashville_and_davidson_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CD_TIT17ZO_CH17.36OVDI_ARTXIIURZOOVDIFetched: 10/28/2026