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2026-10-26 - Zoning Committee Meeting

Summary

Built from the posted agenda and the committee minutes (marked draft on the portal); the video is on the city's meeting portal and was not transcribed.

  • Six of seven members present (Chair Mary Norwood absent); agenda and prior minutes adopted unanimously; four public speakers.
  • Sent forward to full Council: U-25-28 park-for-hire special use permit and Z-26-29 rezoning R-4/BL to R-5/BL (filed by committee, unanimous); Z-26-27 rezoning in the Northwest Atlanta Affordable Workforce Housing overlay (favorable as amended, unanimous); the Hillis and Boone ordinance on the post-moratorium rules (26-O-1595, favorable, unanimous).
  • Adversed: Z-26-54 Mechanicsville special public interest district amendment (unanimous) and Z-26-50 PD-H major site plan amendment (5-0).
  • Referred to committee (unanimous): Z-26-53 361 Paines Avenue (Paines Avenue Rezoning), Z-26-55 672 Cascade Avenue (Cascade Avenue Residential Rezoning), Z-26-56 992 North Highland Avenue (Virginia-Highland Commercial Rezoning), special use permits at 340 East Paces Ferry and 893 Peachtree Street, the microbrewery definition, the self-storage special use permit proposal (Self-Storage Facility Rules), and the Adamsville Village rezoning.
  • Held in committee: Z-25-85 (1607 Lakewood Avenue), Z-26-06 (SPI-21 amendment) and the new zoning ordinance proposed by Councilmember Norwood (26-O-1508).

Agenda

Items and actions are summarized in the bullet list above; the full agenda is linked under Sources.

Sources