Doing Business

Start or grow a business

Permits and inspections, business licenses, the City's 18 zoning districts, and the 950-acre Border Region district at Exit One.

Ringgold Road at Wimberly Lane in late afternoon. A row of low brick and painted storefronts runs the length of the far side of the road, the wooded slope of the ridge rises directly behind them, and cars wait at a signal strung across the intersection. — Ringgold Road at Wimberly Lane East Ridge, Tennessee LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · cropped

Licenses, permits and development

Permits and Zoning Check permit requirements, apply online and find zoning rules. Border Region District The boundary, what the designation does, and the incentive it carries. Ordinances and Records Search ordinances, standards, forms and solicitations.

Apply for a permit

Permit applications, inspection requests, and code enforcement complaints are submitted online.

Open permit applications

Building
Demolition
Electrical
Fire prevention
Gas
Mechanical
Plat submittal
Plumbing
Rezone application
Short-term vacation rental
Sign
Street cut
Tree cutting
Use on review
Variance request
Yard sale
Zoning appeals
Zoning verification