A developer seeking to build a four-story hotel in East Brainerd was unanimously denied by planning commissioners Monday after planning staff said the proposal didn’t fit the area and neighbors adamantly opposed the idea.
Allen Jones of Stone Creek Consulting applied to rezone parcels near the intersection of Jenkins and Shallowford roads from a residential neighborhood to a commercial corridor for an 84-room hotel.
Jones represented property owner Tom Phung, who proposed hotel, retail and restaurant space on 4.7 acres on Grider Way, across from Grace Baptist Church, according to planning documents.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission denied the request, though Chair Ethan Collier said every development that comes before the panel gets pushback from neighbors. As chair, Collier only votes to break ties.
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