Metropolitan Code of Nashville and Davidson County § 17.36.010 Purpose and intent.
17.36.010 - Purpose and intent.
Overlay districts are established by this title as a means of addressing specific aspects of land use control or development design that transcend conventional zoning district provisions. Included is an overlay district that permits greater design flexibility than otherwise permitted by the conventional standards of this code; overlay districts intended to protect the historic attributes of the community; an overlay to promote the development and operation of a comprehensive greenway system; a special overlay to protect the operational integrity and safety of the Nashville International Airport; an overlay district designed to regulate the location of adult entertainment establishments; a special urban design overlay; an institutional overlay to allow colleges and universities to grow in a sensitive and planned manner; and an urban zoning overlay district intended to preserve and protect existing development patterns that predate the mid-1950's and ensure the compatibility of new development.
(Ord. BL2000-364 § 1 (part), 2000; Ord. 96-555 § 9.1(A), 1997)