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East Chattanooga rezoning for mixed-use Glass Street property tabled

Staff photo by Abby White / 2659 Glass Street, the site that is currently being considered for a zoning change. A rezoning meeting was held on Thursday, January 23, 2025 concerning changing 2659 Glass Street from an RN-1-5 Residential to a C-TMU, or commercial, zone. Monday, January 27, 2025. Staff photo by Abby White / 2659 Glass Street, the site that is currently being considered for a zoning change. A rezoning meeting was held on Thursday, January 23, 2025 concerning changing 2659 Glass Street from an RN-1-5 Residential to a C-TMU, or commercial, zone. Monday, January 27, 2025.

By Ellen Gerst January 28, 2025 7 min read

People filled an East Chattanooga juice bar last week to debate the future of an empty lot on Glass Street.

Developers submitted a proposal to turn the lot, at the corner of Frost Street just before Glass turns into Campbell Street, into a three-story live-work space with a business on the bottom and residence on top.

Neighbors who came to a city council hearing Tuesday said they worried that adding a commercial space in their residential side of Glass Street would bring traffic and threaten safety, especially for kids in the area.

Council member Demetrus Coonrod, of Eastdale, rattled off a list of about a dozen proposed conditions to place on the property — including limiting hours to 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and forbidding adult-oriented businesses or establishments that serve alcohol, day cares, animal care facilities, medical offices, domestic violence shelters or auto repair shops from moving in.