Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board, November 5, 2026
Approved: 6-lot subdivision on Berry Hill Road, Cordova, unanimous
What happened
On November 5, 2026, Memphis approved 6-lot subdivision on Berry Hill Road, Cordova (unanimous).
The Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board approved SUP 2026023, a special use permit for a 194-foot Vertical Bridge cell tower (first tenant Verizon) at 10605 Bishop Dozier Drive in the CA district, on a 7-0 roll call.
- Jurisdiction
- Memphis, TN
- Date
- November 5, 2026
- Decisions
- 11 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 11
Cell tower SUP at 10605 Bishop Dozier Drive
The board approved a special use permit for a 194-foot cell tower by Vertical Bridge, with Verizon as the first tenant, at 10605 Bishop Dozier Drive. The site is zoned Conservation Agriculture (CA) and is the Villa Vianney retired priests' residence on Catholic Diocese land. Staff recommended approval with five conditions. Neighbors opposed the tower, and the board amended the motion to require a monopine design. The roll call was 7-0.
- staff's five conditions
- file final plat
- monopine (pine tree) style tower
The other decisions are listed below. Available full write-ups and conditions are included with Pro.
Get every Memphis meeting with full decisions, votes, and zoning details, within hours of each session.
Memphis access in Pro, $39/month.
Key Decisions (11)
Cell tower SUP at 10605 Bishop Dozier Drive
Two-lot resubdivision at 1798 Faxon Avenue
Drive-thru restaurant SUP at 1525 Airways Boulevard
UDC text amendment related to data centers
60-lot subdivision at Millington-Arlington Road
Raleigh 35-lot single-family PD on Egypt Central Road
Used vehicle sales SUP at 5435 Fox Plaza Drive
Grading and fill SUP, Westwood
10-lot subdivision at 1925 Union Avenue
6-lot subdivision on Berry Hill Road, Cordova
Supportive living facility SUP at 3397 Southern Avenue
Full write-ups and conditions for all 11 decisions in Pro.
Development Activity (7)
Vertical Bridge cell tower at Villa Vianney
Infrastructure
1798 Faxon Avenue cottage resubdivision
Residential
Drive-thru restaurant at 1525 Airways Boulevard
Commercial
4 additional development records with full detail in Pro.
Market Signals (3)
Infrastructure
Memphis and Shelby County are drafting a UDC text amendment…
Housing Demand
Rising construction costs are driving Midtown infill lot splits into…
Infrastructure
Wireless capacity congestion in east Shelby County is prompting new…
Who spoke
20 distinct speakers; 9 identified names.
All speaker roles: 7 Public, 4 Staff, 2 Applicant Rep, 2 Applicant, 4 Board Member, 1 Chair.
Identified name roles: 2 Applicant Rep, 2 Applicant, 3 Staff, 2 Board Member.
Speaker sample: Renaldo Taylor, Applicant.
8 more identified names in Pro: 2 Applicant Rep, 3 Staff, 2 Board Member, 1 Applicant.
Full speaker roster in Pro
Meeting audio
Listen to the recording and select a timestamp with Pro.
Audio in Pro
Zoning terms (15)
115 recorded timestamps
- land use (5 timestamps)
- public hearing (7 timestamps)
- approved (3 timestamps)
- residential (30 timestamps)
- subdivision (13 timestamps)
- special use permit (12 timestamps)
Decision moments (11)
Ask this meeting anything
The transcript is ready. Ask questions with answers cited to this meeting in Pro.
Meeting Q&A in Pro
Questions you can ask
- What conditions were attached to the decisions?
- What were the recorded votes?
- Who spoke, and what did they discuss?
Go deeper on this meeting
11 recorded decisions, 7 conditions across 3 decisions. Available full write-ups are included with Pro for Memphis.
Full write-up and conditions in Pro
Follow Memphis
Get the agenda when a meeting is posted, plus decision and analysis alerts.
We'll email you a 6-digit code, no password.