City Council Regular Session - September 03, 2026

The City Council of Clarksville, Tennessee, held a regular session on September 3, 2026, where several zoning ordinances were discussed, including applications for zone changes from single-family mobile home residential districts to single-family residential districts. Notably, two such ordinances (12 and 13) were presented but ultimately failed to pass after council votes. Another ordinance concerning smoke shops and design guidelines (ordinance 14) was approved, introducing restrictions on the location of future smoke shops near schools and limiting their commercial zoning. The council also addressed a commercial driveway access ordinance (ordinance 6) related to road realignment and access points, which passed. Additionally, the council approved an ordinance authorizing negotiations and potential eminent domain for property acquisition for a sidewalks project (ordinance 8), and an ordinance amending drainage regulations (ordinance 9). A resolution was adopted to keep certain cybersecurity vendor identities confidential (resolution 10), and another authorized a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Secret Service for cyber-enabled financial crimes task force cooperation (resolution 11). The council also passed an amendment to sidewalk requirements (ordinance 10) to allow the Transportation Streets and Garage Committee to approve waivers rather than the street department director alone. Several committee reports were presented, including updates on transportation, parks and recreation, and public safety. The meeting concluded with the approval of a resolution to designate a street in honor of Sergeant John W. Hunt.