County Offical Info
Kevin Rush
Kevin Rush
Planning Director
67 S. Elm Ave.
Cookeville, TN 38501
(931 )372-0070
(931) 372-0071
8:00 to 4:00
Monday-Friday

The Putnam County Regional Planning Commission meetings will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month, in the multi-purpose room of the Cookeville Community Center at 240 Carlen Dr in Cookeville.

Members

  • Jere Mason, Chairman
  • Terry Randolph, Vice-chairman
  • Dale Moss, Secretary
  • Adam Johnson
  • Jeff Jones
  • Jim Martin
  • David Mattson
  • Ted McWilliams
  • Phil Wilbourn

Planning Director

Kevin Rush is the Putnam County Director of Planning. His contact info can be found here, https://putnamcountytn.gov/departmentheads/planning-director.

Planning Commission Engineer

Patrick Rinks of Richard C. Rinks & Associates located at 30 North Jefferson Avenue in Cookeville. A contact number to reach our Planning Commission Engineer is 931-528-5543.

Commission Meetings

The Putnam County Regional Planning Commission meetings will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month, in the multi-purpose room of the Cookeville Community Center at 240 Carlen Dr in Cookeville, except when required to be conducted via electronic means due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

Important reminder for Developers, Surveyors and Property Owners:

The submittal deadline for plats and other items to be considered by the planning commission shall be 4:00 PM on the 15th day of the previous month, next business day if the 15th is a weekend or holiday.  The developer (owner, surveyor, or representative) shall bring five (5) full size copies of the plat to the planning commission meeting.  Plats must be sumbitted as a pdf to the plannning department. 

County Zoning Information

Currently Putnam County has no county-wide zoning regulations other than floodplain zoning (which is only enforced in the 100-year flood plains as identified by FEMA).  If/when land is to be subdivided, then the subdivision must comply with the Putnam County Subdivision regulations. 

 

Property located with the corporate limits of Algood, Baxter, Cookeville, or Monterey will have to comply with that city’s development codes (zoning, building codes, subdivision regulations, etc).

 

Putnam County has enacted building codes and cell tower regulations that are enforced within the unincorporated area of the county.  For information on building permits required and associated fees, please contact Putnam County Codes.  The contact information of the Putnam County Codes is  270 Carlen Ave, Cookeville, TN 38501, Phone (931) 526-2285, Fax (931) 526-2257, and E-Mail putnamcodes@putnamcountytn.gov.  The cell tower regulations can be found here: https://putnamcountytn.gov/sites/default/files/downloadable/CELL%20TOWER%20REGULATIONS%202017.pdf

 

Putnam County has adopted subdivision regulations but not zoning.  Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) are a special type of development within many zoning ordinances.   Because PUD’s are a construct of zoning, no development within the unincorporated areas of Putnam County can be developed as a PUD since the county has not adopted county-wide zoning.  Putnam County would only consider the development as a subdivision.