Memphis Zoning Watch

What’s being proposed near you, and where it stands.

SAC 15-611

Street & Alley Closure

To vacate four sections of public right-of-ways in the Campus Master Plan-1 (CMP- 1) district

AI-generatedPlain-English summary — always check the source document.

The University of Memphis wants to close four public streets and alleys—Echles Street, Loggins Avenue, and two alleys—within its campus district. Two of these right-of-ways are already paved over as a parking lot; if approved, the university would gain full control of all four sections while bike and pedestrian access would remain open to the public.

Read the staff report this summary came from

Case details

Location
SAC 15-611- Echles Street between Spottswood Avenue and Southern Avenue SAC 15-612- Loggins Avenue between Echles Street and Houston Street SAC 15-613- Alley ‘A’ between Loggins Avenue and Alley ‘B’ SAC 15-614- Alley ‘B’ between Echles street and Houston Street APPLICANT: University of Memphis
Jurisdiction
City of Memphis
Next step if approved
Proceeds to the Memphis City Council or Shelby County Board of Commissioners.

Where it stands

  1. November 12, 2015

    Land Use Control Board — hearing scheduled in the staff report

    Source document
  2. August 13, 2015

    Land Use Control Board — hearing scheduled in the staff report

    Source document

Sources

Every case detail on this page — dates, districts, parcels, staff recommendations — is read directly from the public documents below. The only exception is the summary at the top, which is AI-generated and labelled as such.