Kimball, Tenn., Mayor David Jackson is seen in this file photo.KIMBALL, Tenn. – City leaders are tired of people requesting meetings with Kimball’s Board of Zoning Appeals, and then not showing up.
The Kimball Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted unanimously last week to approve an ordinance on first reading that sets a $50 non-refundable application fee to make such a request.
City Attorney Billy Gouger said the ordinance amends the city’s existing zoning ordinance and addresses a recurring situation where people have requested appeal meetings, then don’t show or cancel just before the meeting.
Mayor David Jackson said the city’s planning commission recommended the application fee.
“The last two times we’ve had some folks request a [zoning appeals] meeting, we went through the whole process of setting the meeting date and advertising it, and they called two or three days before it and canceled,” he said in August.