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South
Planning District
About South
South District is a place where residents enjoy a sustainable and desirable community, where heritage assets are protected and used as catalysts for economic and cultural opportunities. The South planning district is supported by appropriate infrastructure, improved pedestrian facilities, quality housing, well connected parks, and community assets, and has innovative community spaces and entertainment.
South District Workshop #2 -
What We Heard
Future Land Use
Future Land Use Map: Connecting Places, People, and Activities
The Future Land Use Map is a vision for Memphis’s future. It’s not a set of strict rules, but rather a guide that reflects the kind of places and activities we want to see in our city as it grows. It’s about creating a community that works for everyone.
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What do the Letters and Numbers indicate?
The letters indicate Place Types, which makes Memphis unique. And the numbers indicate the highlighted places in the neighborhood.
Memphis 3.0 organizes the city into six Place Types—categories that help us understand and plan for the unique character of different areas. Each Place Type is designed to reflect how people live, work, and interact with their surroundings.
A : Anchors: Vibrant, walkable hubs at the heart of accessible, well-connected communities, filled with mixed-use spaces where people can live, work, and play.
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AN : Anchor Neighborhoods: Walkable, connected neighborhoods that support and complement the Anchors.
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CM : Communities: Residential areas that make up the majority of the city, where people live and build their lives.
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CR : Corridors: Auto-oriented commercial strips with retail and services designed for easy access by car.
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SP : Special Uses: Areas focused on industrial, logistical, or transportation activities, often with large blocks and fewer intersections.
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PC : Parks and Civic Spaces: Natural areas, parks, schools, and institutions that serve as gathering places for the community.
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Other Highlighted Places: Some topics or needs are specific to certain places, and that’s what makes them deserving of special attention.
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An extended explanation can be accessed here.
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
A
Anchor-Neighborhood Mix of Building Types
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Future: Anchor- Neighborhood Main Street (A-NMS): Walkable, mixed-use centers with house-scale buildings lining main streets, serving as moderate-intensity anchors for surrounding neighborhoods.
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Existing: Commercial properties surrounded by light industrial uses to the North and a primarily single-family neighborhood to the South. The neighborhood has a lot of vacancies
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Community members brought up the areas north of West McLemore and south of Crump, residents prefer a return to the previous mix of building types, like the Crump and Third Anchor.
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Additionally, they believe the parcels on either side of E.H. Crump should feature mixed-use developments, given the area’s significance as an entry point to the city via I-55.
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Zoning should limit new industrial uses from moving into the residential area.
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Zoning should promote a mix of building types.
1. THIRD AVE & CRUMP
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
A
Anchor Neighborhood – Mix of Building Types (AN-M)
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Future: Anchor Neighborhood Mix of Building Types: Walkable neighborhoods within a 5–10-minute walk of a Community Anchor, featuring a mix of single-unit and multi-unit housing, with potential for low-intensity commercial uses along corridors.
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Existing: Neighborhood Scale Commercial Buildings surrounded by primarily single family neighborhood with a large amount of vacancies.
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Community members want to expand the anchor neighborhood mix of building types designation surrounding this anchor to encourage infill development
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Zoning should promote residential infill development specifically around Walker Avenue
2. MISSISSIPPI & WALKER
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
CM
Community- Neighborhood Primarily Single- Unit
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Future: Primarily Single-Unit Neighborhoods (NS): Residential neighborhoods consisting primarily of single-unit houses located more than half a mile from any anchor destination.
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Existing: Primarily single Unit neighborhood with some commercial along Elvis Presley and vacancies west of Warren Street
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Neighbors expressed concern over the impact that an anchor neighborhood designation would have on the existing single-family housing.
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Community members were also very concerned that the anchor neighborhood single-unit did not fit well with, Prospect Park the older established single family neighborhood on the West of Interstate 240.
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*After Workshop one we asked if Elvis Presley and Alcy should be an anchor. If it is not an anchor, then there is no anchor neighborhood, and this becomes a primarily single unit designation which should work better for what the community wants to see we will need follow up conversations with the community to see if this is the right designation.
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Zoning should reflect the character of a primarily single unit neighborhood with the potential for infill.
3. ELVIS PRESLEY & ALCY
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
CR
Corridor- Commercial Services Low (Gateway)
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Future: Low Intensity Commercial & Services (CSL): Low-rise, auto-oriented commercial areas with house- or block-scale buildings, providing neighborhood-supporting retail and services.
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Gateway: The primary entry corridor into a place
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Existing: Commercial Services in a residential Community that has a lot of vacant lots.
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Community members expressed that they did not feel as if this is an anchor and did not want to promote people walking on Airways BLVD. Later community members in the Lamar Workshop shared the same sentiment and felt as if the area should be a gateway for people coming from the interstate.
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Zoning should reflect that this area is a gateway. It should tie the airport to the City of Memphis.
4. AIRWAYS & KETCHUM
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
CR
Corridor- Commercial Services Low (Gateway)
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Future: Low Intensity Commercial & Services (CSL): Low-rise, auto-oriented commercial areas with house- or block-scale buildings, providing neighborhood-supporting retail and services.
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Gateway: The primary entry corridor into a place
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Existing: Commercial Services in a residential Community that has a lot of vacant lots.
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This was identified as an important place in workshop 2 but community members felt like it was not an anchor just a place of importance. Specifically, the presence of the Funeral Home
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Zoning should reflect the desire for infill, and the community scale commercial uses.
5. SOUTH PARKWAY & FLORIDA
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
CR
Corridor- Commercial Services Low (Gateway)
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Future: Low Intensity Commercial & Services (CSL): Low-rise, auto-oriented commercial areas with house- or block-scale buildings, providing neighborhood-supporting retail and services.​​
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Existing: Historic and new Multifamily buildings some light industrial uses and some light commercial uses.
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Community members identified this as a community gateway as it is the exit off I-55 into South Memphis.
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Zoning should support the multifamily housing and commercial uses that area around the area.
6. KANSAS & CRUMP
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
PC
Parks and Civic Space
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Future: Public & Quasi-Public Buildings & Uses (PQP): Civic buildings, schools, religious institutions, and community facilities that contribute to the civic space framework.
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Existing: A school building surrounded by a primarily single-family neighborhood with a lot of vacancy.
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Community members wanted to highlight the school as an important place and encourage development in all the vacant lots surrounding the school to support the school and its attendance.
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Zoning should support the area surrounding the school with infill development.
7. AB HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
CR
Corridor- Commercial Services Low
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Future: Low Intensity Commercial & Services (CSL): Low-rise, auto-oriented commercial areas with house- or block-scale buildings, providing neighborhood-supporting retail and services.
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Existing: Commercial Corridor that bookend two single family residential communities that have vacancies.
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Community members want to see a mix of building types to encourage new developments.
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Zoning should reflect the desire for infill development. Limiting high intensity uses on South Bellevue.
8. SOUTH BELLEVUE & EAST MCLEMORE
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
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Anchor Neighborhood- Mix of Building Types
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Future: Anchor Neighborhood – Mix of Building Types (AN-M): Walkable neighborhoods within a 5–10-minute walk of a Community Anchor, featuring a mix of single-unit and multi-unit housing, with potential for low-intensity commercial uses along corridors.
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Existing: High intensity Commercial Uses, Light industrial uses. There is a railroad to the North and a Elementary school to the south. It is also located near Booker T. Washington High.
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Community members recommended the Metro shopping plaza as a place of importance. They also expressed concern about the number of vacancies that are in the area.
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Zoning should reflect the desire for infill development. Limiting high intensity uses on South Bellevue.
9. DANNY THOMAS & CRUMP
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
SP
Special Uses- Industrial Flex
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Future: Industrial Flex (IF): Lower-intensity industrial areas with mixed-use potential, compatible with nearby neighborhoods and suitable for light manufacturing and services.
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Existing: Some High Intensity Commercial but primarily Industrial uses. Some Heavy Industrial and Some lighter industrial Uses surrounded by a neighborhood to the North.
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Community members were pleased with the change to lower the heavy industrial uses that face West Mallory to Industrial Flex from industrial.
*See Workshop 1 Notes for Rational
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Zoning should set a barrier between the heavier industrial uses and the residential neighborhood to the North of West Mallory.
10. WEST MALLORY AVE & RIVERPORT AVE
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
PC
Parks and Civic Places
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Future: Parks & Recreational Facilities (PR): Public parks and active recreation facilities managed by government agencies or nonprofits, providing active and passive recreation opportunities.
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Existing: A larger community greenspace surrounded by primarily single-family neighborhood.​
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Community members highlighted that this is the most stable neighborhood in this area. Residents want to see more programs aimed at helping long term residents,
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Residents frustrated over lack of Communication with the city and want to see better Walkability around parks.
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Zoning should reflect a vibrant community and maintain the neighborhood character.
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*For Community Action See South Workshop 1 Notes.
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11. PINE HILL COMMUNITY CENTER & GOLF COURT
Land Use
Summary of Community Feedback
Staff Analysis
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Anchor Neighborhood Mainstreet
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Future: Anchor- Neighborhood Main Street (A-NMS): Walkable, mixed-use centers with house-scale buildings lining main streets, serving as moderate-intensity anchors for surrounding neighborhoods.
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Existing: Vacant and active Commercial Uses. Building brought close to the street.​
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Community members want to see an Anchor Neighborhood Mainstreet from Latham to South third Street.
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Residents believe that the areas existing business could be helpful for developing diverse housing options here.
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Zoning should encourage diverse housing types as well as strong commercial development. ​
12. MCLEMORE & LATHAM
Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning & Development
Comprehensive Planning Department
125 N Main Street, Ste 468
901-636-6601
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