A plan for a new pizza restaurant off Lee Highway in the Tyner area has won approval from a Chattanooga panel even after a neighbor worried about the eatery’s proximity to her residence.
Hot Rocks Pizza is slated to open in October at Lee Highway and Tyner Road, said John Smotherman, who plans to put up the restaurant in a more than $1 million investment.
What’s next
The proposed restaurant project is to go before the Chattanooga City Council on April 9.
“We’ll build a nice dining establishment,” he told the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission earlier this week. “There’s nothing like this around this area.”
The city panel recommended to grant Smotherman’s request to rezone the tract at 7445 Lee Highway from R-1 Residential to C-2 Commercial with conditions. The city council is expected to take up the matter on April 9.