Special Exception
Cases filed as SE. The Land Use Control Board has final authority on these unless appealed.
Special exception to Sub-Section 7.2.9F to allow a surface parking lot at a corner location
- Location
- 148 G.E. Patterson Street
- Heard
- April 9, 2026
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions
- Location
- 1925 Union Ave
- Heard
- June 13, 2024
- Staff recommendation
- Rejection. LUCB Agenda June 13, 2024 Page 4
Special exception to Sub-Section 8.4.8E to allow less than the required building frontage for a drive-thru restaurant
- Location
- 1925 Union Avenue
- Heard
- June 13, 2024
- Location
- 4866 Covington Pike
- Heard
- February 8, 2024
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions. The Board held this item in abeyance for a one- month period during its January 11, 2024 meeting
Special exception to allow Tractor-Trailer Parking in the Commercial Mixed Use – 3 (CMU-3) District
- Location
- 4866 Covington Pike
- Heard
- February 8, 2024
- Location
- 1162 Peabody Ave
- Heard
- September 14, 2023
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions
Special exception to the parking setback requirements of the Midtown Overlay District requesting a reduction in the 10-foot rear parking setback abutting a single-family use.
- Location
- 1162 Peabody Avenue OWNER: Cerpa Construction APPLICANT: CNCT. Design, PLLC
- Heard
- September 14, 2023
Special Exception to the frontage requirements of the Midtown Overlay District for Central BBQ
- Location
- 2231 – 2249 Central Avenue OWNER: CBBQ Properties LLC APPLICANT: CBBQ Properties – Craig Blondis
- Heard
- July 13, 2023
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions
- Location
- 34,40, 42, and 48 S. McLean Blvd
- Heard
- June 8, 2023
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions. The Board held this item in abeyance for a one-month period during its May 11, 2023 meeting
Special exception to Section 8.4.9 to allow four (4) stories in height
- Location
- 34, 40, 42, and 48 S. McLean Blvd. OWNER: City of Memphis APPLICANT: McLean Partners, LLC
- Heard
- June 8, 2023
- Location
- the northwest corner of Poplar and Highland
- Heard
- August 13, 2020
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions
- Location
- 389 Washington Ave
- Heard
- March 12, 2020
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions
- Heard
- May 9, 2019
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with conditions
Permit an increase in height to 9 stores (+/- 110’) where a maximum of 8 stores or 90’ is permitted under zoning
- Location
- Northwest corner of Madison Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard
- Heard
- February 9, 2017
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with Conditions
- Location
- 493 Dr. MLK Jr
- Heard
- June 9, 2016
- Staff recommendation
- Approval with Conditions
Expand business offices with paint storage warehouse within the South Downtown Business Park (SDBP)
- Location
- 710 South Third Street
- Heard
- July 11, 2013
Cold box tower, a maximum of 250' in height where 100' in height is permitted
- Location
- West side of Paul Lowry Road; +/- 5,062 Feet South of Henning Avenue
- Heard
- March 8, 2012
Height increase for Grain Terminal
- Location
- West side of Jack Carley Causeway; +/-1,396 feet west of Riverside Dirve OWNER OF RECORD/APPLICANT: SCF Real Estate, LLC
- Heard
- October 13, 2011
Special exception to Paragraph Section 3.2.6A to allow for an increase of the maximum building height within the CMU-1 district.
- Location
- 3485 Plaza Drive and 3486 Poplar Avenue OWNER: Finard Poplar Realty Limited Partnership APPLICANT: Finard Poplar Realty Limited Partnership
- Heard
- date not recorded
Special exception to Paragraph 8.2.8E(1) to permit superfluous parking spaces to be paved with impervious material, where pervious material is required
- Location
- 389 Washington Avenue OWNER: City of Memphis APPLICANT: Memphis Fire Services
- Heard
- date not recorded