Portal for Feedback

Online portal to provide feedback to DPD

https://memphis-3-0-comp-plan-update-memegis.hub.arcgis.com/

This is the individual feedback form for the Memphis 3.0 plan. At present, the feedback for the 3rd workshop has not been posted. On the first two, there is nothing to alert you that the zoning in your neighborhood is likely to change, allowing either duplex or multi-family housing where only single-family has been allowed for the past 50 years. 

If you don't want your single family neighborhood destabilized, we encourage you to state that you'd rather keep the zoning that presently exists; if someone wants to bring duplex or multi-family to your neighborhood, they can do so presently but it requires public notice and approval of a variance, and public notice is good. You want to keep public notice required for this change and not allow it to be zoned by right

What do we consider Stable Neighborhoods?

• Longer residing residents
• More owner occupants
• Fewer blighted properties
• Fewer vacant lots and underutilized parcels
• Neighborhood associations are active
• Neighbors are engaged in local civic issues
• Trending down code violations
• Crime trends down
• Preserved historic character (if appropriate)
• Schools improved with higher percentage of students returning
• Homes, yards and buildings are better maintained

Unstable Neighborhoods:

• High tenant turnover
• Absentee ownership
• Vacant properties, blight
• Weakened community engagement
• Displacement of long-time residents.