Board of Zoning Appeals

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Purpose
The Board hears appeals regarding decisions of code inspectors or other administrative officials, interprets the official zoning map as to designations, considers uses on appeal for special uses in residential zoning districts and considers variances where exceptional practical difficulties or hardships are involved.

Meetings
Second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Germantown City Hall, 1930 South Germantown Road.

Members
The Board consists of seven voting members, including Chairman Jodie Bowden, Vice Chairman Frank Uhlhorn, Planning Commission Liaison Jim Jacobs, Andy Bland, Rick Towne, Laura Meanwell, and Alderman Mary Anne Gibson. Also present are: Assistant City Attorney Josh Whitehead and ECD Staff Liaisons Sarah Goralewski, Lillian Haddock, Sheila Pounder and Cameron Ross.

Contact
For more information, contact Sarah Goralewski, Planning Division Manager, at SGoralewski@Germantown-TN.gov or (901) 757-7295.

Planning Commission Meeting

Attention: Although the Agenda Packet Link may be available, the access to those Agenda Items will not be available until after 5pm on the Friday prior to the meeting.

Agenda Packet



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HOW TO ACCESS THE MEETING:

 

The public will have access to the Planning Commission meeting via television on Comcast Ch. 17 and AT&T U-Verse Ch. 99, as well as real-time live video. 

 

For real-time live video access of the meeting, click:  https://www.germantown-tn.gov/government/city-boards-commissions/watch-live-or-archived-meetings

 

The public will be able to view the video recording of the Planning Commission meeting within 48 hours of the meeting. To view the recording click https://www.germantown-tn.gov/government/city-boards-commissions/watch-live-or-archived-meetings .

 

PUBLIC COMMENT OPTIONS (SEE BELOW)

  

Email: 

The City of Germantown and the Planning Commission encourage active participation and engagement with governing by making available public commenting for each item as part of the meeting agenda. Please send your submittals, 500 words or less, to Sarah Goralewski at sgoralewski@germantown-tn.gov and must include your name, address and phone number. In the subject line, please write the agenda item number and project name (eg. 5A - Forest Hill Grill). All emails submitted by the scheduled meeting date, no later than 12 pm, will be included in the agenda packet.

In Person:

Individuals wishing to speak in person at the Planning Commission meeting about a specific item on the agenda may sign up in the lobby (called People Street) upon arrival. Per the Planning Commission By-Laws, all speakers in support of an agenda item may speak up to 15 minutes total (for all speakers combined), and all speakers in opposition of an agenda item may speak up to 15 minutes total (for all speakers combined).  

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