Westmoreland City Council approves two zoning ordinance amendments to align language with state code

The Westmoreland City Council on Jan. 15 approved two zoning ordinance amendments on second reading intended to clean up language and align local zoning provisions with Tennessee law.

Council members unanimously passed what the meeting recorded as 'Ordinance 0102025-2,' described by the chair as an amendment to adjust rezoning timelines to reflect current Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) language. A motion to adopt the ordinance was seconded and carried on a roll-call vote with all members recorded as voting yes.

The council then held a second reading of a separate ordinance recorded in the transcript as 'Ordinance 01102025-3,' described by staff and members as changes to permitted and conditional uses in the R‑2 zoning district. Council members characterized the item as principally a "cleaning up" of language, including strike-through edits and attachments to make the local code match TCA references. That ordinance also passed unanimously on roll call.

Council members asked staff for copies of the ordinance text during the discussion and confirmed the changes were largely editorial and intended to prevent duplicate or conflicting provisions. No public comments were recorded and no amendments to either ordinance were proposed during the meeting.

The ordinances were entered into the record and recorded as passing unanimously. The council did not provide additional details about substantive policy changes to uses in R‑2 in the meeting record; the transcript indicates attendees were referred to the written copies provided to council members.