The Lookout Mountain Planning Commission has introduced a new zoning district that would accommodate the $3 million renovation of the town center and surrounding business area.
The move was the latest in the local government’s effort to renovate the space that would include a new city hall, fire station and police station close to where the current buildings stand. The city also hopes to sell property in front of city hall to one or two private companies interested in developing shops and restaurants.
On Tuesday, the planning commission agreed to create a new zoning district – officially named Town Center District – that would “promote the development of a Town Center on property in the center of the city that is largely vacant and unused,” the commission wrote to the city council in a letter dated Oct. 8.
It’s the latest step in an 11-year process to enliven the area around 1214 Lula Lake Road.
The ordinance – which will be voted on Wednesday by the Lookout Mountain City Council – would specify what types of businesses and uses could be permitted on the property, establish regulations for buildings and structures in the new district and other regulations.