NoogaSignalhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studioChattanooga news from the public recordPlanning Commission takes up 10 zoning cases Monday, three of them for 72 new homeshttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/city-planning-commission-november-2026-11-08/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/city-planning-commission-november-2026-11-08/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500The November docket also carries five subdivision plats totaling 214 lots and two East Brainerd Road requests to rezone for commercial use.Chattanooga 311 closes pothole requests faster than last year, but one in six now closes as unresolvedhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-9a31869807cd/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-9a31869807cd/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga 311 received 825 pothole requests from May through October 2026, down from 1,206 in the same months of 2025.Two riverfront shells, a new deli and a rebuilt kitchen: what the permit office says is cominghttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/food-permits-2026-11-08/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/food-permits-2026-11-08/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500Restaurant-related building permits filed with the city since mid-September, read one by one. A permit is paperwork, not an opening date.Wine shelves coming to Favored Daughter Market on Main Street, and a liquor store moveshttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/food-wine-liquor-certificates-2026-11-08/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/food-wine-liquor-certificates-2026-11-08/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500Two alcohol certificates on recent City Council agendas, the local step before Tennessee issues a wine-in-grocery or package store license.October 2026 in Chattanooga, by the numbershttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/report-2026-10/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/report-2026-10/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500Crashes hit their highest month since at least July 2024, inspection failures fell, police took fewer DUI and drug cases, and 311 got faster while closing more requests as unresolved.Chattanooga had more traffic crashes in October 2026 than in any month since at least July 2024https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-a86666b21a15/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-a86666b21a15/Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga had 1,139 reported traffic crashes in October 2026, the most of any month in the city's crash data, which begins in July 2024.Traffic signal requests to Chattanooga 311 met their deadline three times in four this summer, down from nearly every time a year earlierhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-2347930894bd/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-2347930894bd/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga 311 received 263 requests about traffic signals in July-September 2026.Garbage container repairs in Chattanooga met their deadline one time in five this summer, down from four in five a year earlierhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-635f620d96c4/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-635f620d96c4/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga 311 received 956 requests to repair a city garbage container in July and August 2026.Chattanooga police field interviews doubled overnight this year while daytime interviews fellhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-c750fa059422/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-c750fa059422/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 1,074 field interviews between 10 p.m.Simple assault cases in Chattanooga rose 14% this year, back to their 2021-2023 level, while other crime stayed downhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-a952af75b03d/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-a952af75b03d/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 1,580 simple assault cases from April through September 2026, up from 1,381 in the same months of 2025 (+14.4%) and 1,331 in 2024 (+18.7%).Forgery and counterfeiting cases in Chattanooga have fallen 83% since 2019, to a twelve-year lowhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-dab34d28aafc/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-dab34d28aafc/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 27 forgery or counterfeiting cases from April through September 2026, the fewest for that window in the twelve years the dataset covers (2015 to 2026).Credit card and ATM fraud cases in Chattanooga have fallen 61% since 2019, to a twelve-year lowhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-dcd9ea812d47/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-dcd9ea812d47/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 89 cases of credit card or ATM fraud from April through September 2026, the fewest for that window in the twelve years the dataset covers (2015 to 2026).Reports of gunfire where police found nothing have fallen by about half since 2021https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-ecdb2ee5dbea/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-ecdb2ee5dbea/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 231 incidents classified as 'Shots Fired with Nothing Located' from April through September 2026.Thefts of car parts in Chattanooga have fallen 80% since 2022 and stayed downhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-6bbb7d71328b/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-6bbb7d71328b/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 86 cases of theft of motor vehicle parts or accessories from April through September 2026.Shoplifting cases in Chattanooga are at their lowest level in twelve yearshttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-7c2b25e583ee/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-7c2b25e583ee/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 797 shoplifting cases from April through September 2026, the fewest for that window in the twelve years the dataset covers (2015 to 2026).Residential demolition permits in Chattanooga have fallen by almost half since 2024https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-258d123ff4c4/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-258d123ff4c4/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500From January through September 2026 the city received 101 applications for residential demolition permits, down from 186 in the same months of 2024 and 163 in 2025.Burglaries in Chattanooga dropped by a third in 2024 and have stayed downhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-475173b4be51/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-475173b4be51/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 367 burglary cases from April through September 2026.Robberies in Chattanooga have fallen by half since 2020, to the lowest level in twelve yearshttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-73781c1914fb/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-73781c1914fb/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 69 robbery cases from April through September 2026.Litter citations fell by half this spring and summer while overgrowth citations rosehttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-6213dce8bf17/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-6213dce8bf17/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Code enforcement cases citing Chattanooga's litter ordinance (21-133, litter on occupied or vacant property) fell to 834 in April-August 2026, down from 1,737 in the same months of 2025 (-52%).Code enforcement opened its fewest August-September cases since 2014https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-6b94a8abb493/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-6b94a8abb493/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga code enforcement opened 1,780 new cases in August and September 2026 (counted by each case's first logged activity).Car break-ins in Chattanooga have fallen by more than half since 2020https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-495182f46d3f/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-495182f46d3f/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 630 theft-from-motor-vehicle cases (car break-ins) from April through September 2026, down 53.5% from 1,354 in the same months of 2020 and the lowest count for that windowVandalism cases in Chattanooga are at their lowest level since at least 2015https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-7414d1c3561e/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-7414d1c3561e/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 802 vandalism cases (Destructive/Damage/Vandalism Of Property) from April through September 2026, down 21.7% from 1,024 in the same months of 2025 and 42% below 1,389 in 2023.Trespassing cases in Chattanooga are up 44% this year while other crime held flat or fellhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-efdb90517b7e/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-efdb90517b7e/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 983 trespass-of-real-property cases from April through September 2026, up 44.3% from 681 in the same months of 2025 and 691 in 2024.Home solar permits in Chattanooga have fallen below their pre-2020 levelhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-72133a55d5cf/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-72133a55d5cf/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga's All Permits file lists 1,862 residential electrical permits applied for in 2025, in line with the 1,760-2,160 a year since 2018.Reported car thefts in Chattanooga have fallen by more than half since 2024https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-29338c03b182/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-29338c03b182/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga police recorded 245 motor vehicle theft cases from April through August 2026.Chattanooga's Fire Department budget grew 30% in two years, about twice the pace of the rest of the General Fundhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-b6670a9db26d/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-b6670a9db26d/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500In the city's Open Budget - Expenses file (57,015 General Fund line items, FY2015 to FY2027), the Fire Department's approved budget rose from $65.2M in FY2025 to $84.6M in FY2027, an increase of 29.7%.One in five Chattanooga crashes is a hit-and-run, and nine in ten are never solvedhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-b653dcca28fc/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-b653dcca28fc/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500Across 23,886 crash reports in the Chattanooga Traffic Crashes dataset, covering 1 July 2024 through 25 September 2026, 5,127 crashes — 21.5% — are flagged as hit-and-run.Aggravated assault cases cleared by arrest fell from half to a thirdhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-a5cc98555567/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-a5cc98555567/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500In the Police Incidents dataset, aggravated assault cases closed with an arrest dropped from 49.7% of founded cases in 2015-2019 (2,817 of 5,668) to 33.4% in 2022-2026 (1,969 of 5,901).Police mental health calls have nearly tripled since 2019https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-e5ffd8dd8b9f/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-e5ffd8dd8b9f/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500Calls coded Mental Health Call in the Police Incidents dataset rose from 803 in 2019 to 2,243 in 2025, a 2.8-fold increase.Mechanical inspection failures have more than doubled since 2021 while the citywide failure rate stayed flathttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-1def1dbe9e8d/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-1def1dbe9e8d/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500Mechanical Rough and Mechanical Final inspections failed 9.8% of the time in 2021 (299 failures in 3,059 graded inspections) and 22.0% of the time so far in 2026 (621 in 2,829), a more than twofold rise.Chattanooga 311 missed its own deadline on two-thirds of September requests, up from four in ten in Mayhttps://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-49875e58e79c/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-49875e58e79c/Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500Across 68,572 service requests filed between 2025-04-15 and 2025-10-28, the share closed after the due date the city itself set rose steadily through the summer: 41.8% for requests opened in May, 52.1Pothole repairs ran late 36% of the time in 2020 and 2% of the time in 2024https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-29ca8afddf0c/https://noogasignal.amplifi.studio/stories/data-29ca8afddf0c/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0500Chattanooga holds pothole requests to a 5-working-day target, and the pothole_data_feed dataset records for each request whether it was finished by its due date.