Commercial compatibility overlay district.
Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 17.36.780
in effect17.36.780 - Commercial compatibility overlay district.
A. Application of the Commercial Compatibility Overlay District. Lots and parcels included in a district must have some portion of their frontage along one or more collector avenues as identified in the Major and Collector Street Plan or along one or more local streets, be contiguous, and be located within one hundred feet of a lot or parcel zoned RS, R, or RM. Each district shall consist of no more than fifty total acres.
B. Eligible Zoning Districts. Commercial compatibility overlay districts shall only be applicable in mixed use, office, commercial, and shopping center zoning districts. Commercial compatibility overlay districts shall not be applicable to the DTC zoning district.
C. Planning Commission Recommendation. The planning commission shall review a proposed commercial compatibility overlay district application for conformance with the General Plan. The planning commission shall act to recommend approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval of the application. Within ten working days of an action, the commission's resolution shall be transmitted in writing to the applicant, the metropolitan clerk, the zoning administrator, and all other appropriate governmental departments.
D. Council Consideration. The metropolitan council shall consider an ordinance establishing a commercial compatibility overlay district according to the procedures of Article III of Chapter 17.40 (Amendments). All property owners within and proximate to a proposed Commercial Compatibility Overlay district shall be notified according to the procedures of Article XV of Chapter 17.40.
E. Changes to a Commercial Compatibility Overlay District Boundary. A proposed change in the geographic boundary of a commercial compatibility overlay district on the official zoning map shall be considered by the Council according to the procedures of Article III of Chapter 17.40 (Amendments).
(Ord. BL2025-909 § 6, 2025)
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_ARTXVIIICOCOOV_17.36.780COCOOVDIFetched: 10/28/2026