Clarksville Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission

05/15/2026

The U.S. Census Bureau dropped its July 2025 Population Estimates today. Clarksville cooled off a bit this past year compared to the previous 4 years. Still amazing the growth we have seen. To put it in perspective the City of Clarksville has added an entire East Ridge, TN to the city in the past 5 years and the County has added a Bristol, TN or Hopkinsville, KY in the past 5 years.

Currently, Clarksville is the 140th biggest city in the country, having gained 19 spots in the past 5 years, and now sits only 5,406 residents behind Chattanooga.

05/05/2026

The RPC will host an open house May 11 at 5pm at the Regional Planning Commission (329 Main St) to discuss and answer questions regarding the proposed Downtown and Historic Guidelines and associated ordinance changes to adopt that. The Common Design Review Board will consider this in their June agenda.

The documents can be found on our Get Involved page here

Current Ongoing Projects Ways to Get Involved The Clarksville-Montgomery County Comprehensive Plan provided a terrific opportunity for residents and businesses, and other stakeholders to communicate their vision for the City and County and identify what issues are most important to address in the ne...

04/21/2026

The RPC will consider updates to the Subdivision Regulations this month. A tracked changes version of the Subdivision Regulations can be viewed here. Comments can be taken over the phone, email, or at the monthly meeting.

A list of the major changes are as follows:

1. Currently removed Chapter 7 (Bonding) and all references to bonding. We will rework this chapter and bring it back this summer.
2. Updated the final platting requirements to match the state law of no more than 25 lots or no more than 5 if it's a preliminary, straight to final with no infrastructure needs.
3. Updated the document to read "Clarksville-Montgomery County" instead of just "Montgomery County" we also abbreviated various versions of RPC into RPC throughout. This shortens the document over 2 pages.
4. Clarified what is needed for a variance application (Sec. 1.6)
5. Updated the definition of "lot depth"
6. Added a provision that the RPC, in consultation with city street or county highway dept, can require traffic calming on long straight roads in new subdivisions (4.1.2.11).
7. Section 4.1.2 updated the language to make it clear that private roads cannot cut off the connectivity of public roads. This affects new approvals from here out.

03/17/2026

Another upcoming public input session will be held on March 25 from 5:30 - 7:30 regarding the "General Development Standards". Stop by anytime during that window to view some charts and talk about the future of site design in our city and county.

All materials can be viewed here, the meeting will be specific to the "General Development Standards" chapters: https://clarksville-montgomery-zoning-code-rewrite-hlplanning.hub.arcgis.com/

02/12/2026

The Clarksville Urbanized Area Metropolitan Planning Organization in association with the RPC has great news to share.

February 24, 2026, is the 20-year mark of air quality maintenance for our region. Congratulations! Over the past twenty years, the Clarksville-Hopkinsville air quality maintenance area has provided long-term stability by consistently sustaining National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

The development and adherence to two 10-year maintenance plans allowed our area to demonstrate a robust track record for air quality control.
* Public Health Protection - The 20-year period ensures emissions control programs are fully integrated and effective, saving lives due to premature deaths and higher healthcare costs.
* Economic Certainty - Long-term maintenance fosters a predictable environment for industrial and infrastructure growth by moving away from restrictive nonattainment New Source Review (NSR) requirements.
* Environmental Integrity - Continued maintenance preserves ecosystem health by protecting water quality and the natural environment from particulate matter and the harmful effects of acid rain.

Keep up the great work, Clarksville and Montgomery County and celebrate this milestone with us!

01/29/2026

The RPC, Clarksville City, and Montgomery County offices are closed today. We are hopefull to open sometime tomorrow.

01/27/2026

The RPC will be closed tomorrow Wednesday January 28th. If you need assistance please contact the appropriate staff:

List of RPC staff and location of the office

01/25/2026

The Regional Planning Commission will be closed Monday and Tuesday (1/26-1/27) due to the snow and ice.

The Common Design Review Board agenda will be pushed to February 23rd and the RPC agenda will all be moved to February 24th.

Please stay safe and off the roads so the City, County, and State crews can get their work done.

We will update any further closings here.

01/23/2026

We are monitoring the weather and will make a decision on the status of the Monday Common Design Review Board meeting and Tuesday Planning Commission meeting by Sunday night. Stay tuned.

12/24/2025

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