RESOLUTION NO. 25-22

Amending Hickman County Zoning Resolution relative to Section 7.090 Amendments

WHEREAS, on July 18, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners of Hickman County adopted Resolution No. 05-32 enacting a "Zoning Resolution" for the unincorporated areas of the county; and

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Hickman County have made changes to the Zoning Resolution from time to time that clarify and update these documents to more accurately reflect the will of the people of Hickman County; and

WHEREAS, the Hickman County Planning Commission met in regular session on June 3, 2025, voting to recommend these changes to the Hickman County Zoning Resolution; and

WHEREAS, the required Public Hearing on this resolution has taken place, and the Board of County Commissioners of Hickman County, Tennessee, are desirous of approving it in furtherance of the public interest.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners of Hickman County, Tennessee, assembled in regular session this June 23, 2025, that:

SECTION 1. Section 7.090.(1): The following sentence shall be added to:

The term "amendment", as used in Section 7.090 shall include requests by property owners for approval of change(s) in zoning classification of their property or properties.

SECTION 2. Section 7.090.(5): Shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Before finally adopting any such amendment, the County Commission shall hold two public hearings. The public hearings must be at least twenty-eight (28) days apart. There shall be at least fifteen (15) days notice of the time and place of each such hearing, which notice shall be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County for each hearing.

SECTION 3. The provisions of this resolution shall become effective upon its passage, the public welfare requiring it.

Sponsors: Claude Callicott, 1st District Commissioner; Danny Clark, 2nd District Commissioner

Commission action: 11 Aye, 1 Nay (Barnhill), 0 Pass, 2 Absent — Adopted.