About the Plan
The Green Hills-Midtown Community Plan was most recently updated in August 2017 as part of a scheduled review of the NashvilleNext long-range plan.
All of the Planning Department's fourteen Community Plans are guided by the Community Character Manual, a document which provides detailed policy guidance based on the look and feel of neighborhoods, centers, corridors and open spaces.
- The Green Hills-Midtown Community Plan
- Appendix A: 12th Avenue South Detailed Neighborhood Design Plan
- Appendix B: The Midtown Study
- Appendix C: Green Hills Transportation Plan
- Appendix D: Music Row Vision Plan
Urban Design Overlays (UDOs)
Green Hills / Midtown is home to 9 Urban Design Overlays, the most in any of our fourteen communities. If you have questions regarding one of the UDO's below, reach out to the respective UDO Staff Contact.
- Hillsboro Village UDO document, updated May 2017
- Music Row UDO document, Adopted August 27, 2001
- Green Hills UDO document, Adopted: August 6, 2002/amended 2003 and 2007
- Bedford Avenue UDO document, Adopted: June 17, 2003
- 31st Avenue/Long Boulevard UDO document, Adopted: March 16, 2004
- Harding Town Center UDO document, Adopted: May 17, 2005
- Harding Town Center Transportation Plan, Adopted: May 26, 2011
- Primrose UDO document, Adopted: May 26, 2011
- Beaman Automotive-Midtown UDO, Adopted: January 27, 2023
Institutional Overlays
The Green Hills / Midtown Community plan also holds two Institutional Overlays, which provide development rules for specific areas and work in cooperation with existing residential zoning.
- Lipscomb University Institutional Overlay document, Adopted: July 28, 2023.
- Belmont University Master Plan Institutional Overlay document, Adopted August 31, 2005.