Downtown Community Plan (Subarea 9)
The Downtown Code took effect February 10, 2010, and was amended May 26, 2011. Details are on our Downtown Code webpage.
Community Plan guides downtown growth and development
The Downtown Community Plan is one of fourteen community plans which guide growth and development in Davidson County. Each of those plans is updated every seven to ten years, and amended as necessary; the Downtown plan was adopted in February 2007. The certified copy posted below includes all amendments, appendices, and Detailed Neighborhood Design Plans previously posted on this page.
Certified copy of the entire plan
Cover, Amendment, Resolutions, and Table of Contents
Pages 1-36 Chapter 1, Executive Summary; Chapter 2, How to Use This Plan; Chapter 3, Downtown Current Conditions
Pages 37-47 First part of Chapter 4: Vision for the Future of Downtown: Guiding Principles, Concept Plan, Overarching Goals, and Structure Plan
Pages 48-58 Last part of Chapter 4: Vision for the Future of Downtown: Detailed Land Use Plan, Systems and Strategies, Transportation Plan, and Open Space Plan
Pages 59-66 Chapter 5: Downtown Neighborhoods: Special Policies, Special Policy: Integrating a New Convention Center into Downtown, and Special Policy: Entrances into Downtown
Pages 67-84 Chapter 5: Downtown Neighborhoods Land Use and Urban Design: Core, Second and Broadway, Upper Broadway, SoBro
Pages 85-100 Chapter 5: Downtown Neighborhoods Land Use and Urban Design: East Bank, East Bank Central, East Bank South, East Bank North
Pages 101-110 Chapter 5: Downtown Neighborhoods Land Use and Urban Design: Gulch, North Gulch
Pages 111-122 Chapter 5: Downtown Neighborhoods Land Use and Urban Design: Lafayette, Rutledge Hill, Rolling Mill Hill
Pages 123-137 Chapter 5: Downtown Neighborhoods Land Use and Urban Design: Hope Gardens, Bicentennial Mall, Sulphur Dell, James Robertson Parkway
Street Designation Maps and Appendices
Land use policies shown in the Community Plan and the DNDPs are contained in the Land Use Policy Application document, or "LUPA." On August 14, 2008, the Planning Commission approved a new land-use document, the Community Character Manual,which replaces the Land Use Policy Application. The CCM will be used as community plans and amendments are updated in Subarea 9.
For more information on the Downtown Community Plan:
Jennifer Carlat
Community Plans
Joni Priest (615)862-7165
Design Studio
Urban Design Overlays
- Gateway - adopted June 2006
For more information on the Gateway UDO, please contact Joni Priest (615) 862-7165.
Metropolitan Planning Department
800 2nd Avenue South
PO Box 193600
Nashville, TN 37219-6300
Please contact the Planning Department front counter at (615) 862-7190 or planningstaff@nashville.gov with questions about zoning and subdivisions.