New to Nashville (Davidson County)

[Elijah House]

I'm new to the Nashville area and am looking to buy a multi-family property in Davidson County. How difficult is it to get permitted for a multi-family when the property is zoned RS40 land use description "single family"? I'm looking specifically in the southwest neighborhoods (37209, 37205, 37215, 37204, 37220, 37212)? 

In this particular case there are other multi-family houses on the block with the same RS40 zoning, but the land use description is "duplex".

Thanks in advance!

[Allan Smith]

The more dense the surrounding multi family land use is, the better your odds. Unless most if not all of the properties adjacent to this property are already zoned/land use for duplex, I would say it's not a battle worth fighting. Very slim odds.

However, other considerations would be what is the neighborhood policy (what direction is the community wanting to go, there's actually plans for this written down somewhere and accessible online), and what does the council member in favor of.