By CHRISTOPHER BUTLER

The owner of a doggie daycare facility once threatened with jail because he could not afford to comply with a Nashville zoning requirement over parking will have an official grand opening for his business tomorrow.

The Dog Spot will have its formal ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 7) at 1004 Gallatin Avenue.

Chad Baker, at work in his Nashville business

As Tennessee Watchdog reported in November, Nashville authorities had sentenced Dog Spot owner Chad Baker to five consecutive nights in jail for not complying with the Gallatin Pike Improvement District Specific Plan. Metro officials told Baker that he had to move the parking from the front of his doggie day care facility to the back.

After a long, protracted fight, members of the Metro Planning Commission told Baker in December that they would approve his revised site plan for his business. The revised plan allowed for parking in the front.

“The Dog Spot is now officially open for business and 100 percent legal,” Baker said.

Christopher Butler is the editor of Tennessee Watchdog and the Director of Government Accountability for the Beacon Center of Tennessee. Contact him at chris@beacontn.org

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