Nashville Small Business Ordinance Tracker
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The resolution establishes a grant program that offers energy‑saving equipment incentives, helping a broad range of Nashville businesses reduce costs and energy use.
medium impactSmall Business
The amendment changes the zoning of two parcels from residential RS15 to commercial‑service (CS), potentially allowing a range of businesses to operate there.
medium impactSmall Business
The resolution establishes a grant program that provides energy‑saving equipment incentives to all businesses, helping them cut costs and improve efficiency.
medium impactSmall Business
The ordinance tightens door‑to‑door solicitation rules, adds regular reviews of the no‑solicitation registry, and allows permits to be suspended or revoked for repeat violators, impacting any small business that relies on door‑to‑door sales.
high impactSmall Business
Driving schools and traffic safety education providers will face higher enrollment fees under the amended ordinance.
medium impactSmall Business
The grant program offers energy‑saving equipment incentives to city businesses, helping them lower costs and energy consumption.
low impactSmall Business
The resolution creates the Rivergate Infrastructure Development District and imposes a special property assessment on all parcels, adding a new fee that will increase costs for small businesses that own property within the district.
high impactSmall Business
The ordinance would change the city’s small‑business incentive grant program, affecting any small business that seeks or receives grant funding.
medium impactSmall Business
Businesses that generate solid waste and send it out of Davidson County will face clarified fee requirements, affecting their waste disposal costs.
low impactSmall Business
The ordinance tightens door‑to‑door solicitation rules by adding permit suspension or revocation for repeat violators, affecting businesses that rely on door‑to‑door sales.
high impactSmall Business
The ordinance tightens door‑to‑door solicitation rules by requiring permits, maintaining a no‑solicitation registry, and allowing suspension or revocation for repeat violations, directly affecting small businesses that rely on in‑person sales.
high impactSmall Business
The resolution creates the Rivergate Infrastructure Development District and levies a special property assessment on owners, including small businesses, to fund infrastructure, raising their ongoing costs.
high impactSmall Business
The resolution creates the Rivergate Infrastructure Development District and imposes a special property assessment on parcels within the district, adding a tax‑like fee for up to 30 years that will increase costs for small businesses that own property there.
high impactSmall Business
The zoning amendment would rezone 14.03 acres to allow commercial uses, enabling new businesses such as retail or food establishments to be built on the site.
high impactSmall Business
The ordinance would round ad valorem property tax and CBD special assessment amounts to the nearest dollar, affecting all businesses that pay those taxes with only a minor change.
low impactSmall Business
The ordinance changes the city’s small‑business incentive grant program, affecting all small businesses by altering the availability or terms of grant funding.
high impactSmall Business
Businesses that rely on door‑to‑door sales must follow tighter solicitation permit rules and face suspension or revocation for repeat violations, limiting their ability to market directly to residents.
high impactSmall Business
All businesses that pay cash fees or taxes to the city will have those payments rounded to the nearest five cents because the penny is no longer produced.
low impactSmall Business
The ordinance amends the city’s small‑business incentive grant program, directly affecting all small businesses that seek or receive those grants.
high impactSmall Business
Small businesses that generate waste will have clarified fees for disposing out‑of‑county waste in Davidson County.
low impactSmall Business
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