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City planning presents Plan A, says zoning testing will guide next steps; committee holds adoption for public hearing
Summary
City Planning described the Comprehensive Development Plan (Plan A) and the schedule to test the zoning rewrite; the committee held adoption to a public hearing and requested coordination with the zoning process.
City Planning staff summarized the city’s 2025 comprehensive development plan (Plan A) and told the Community Development & Human Services Committee on May 13 that the department will test the zoning rewrite against the plan before adoption.
“After 15 months of work on this group project, we are well on our way to adoption,” Commissioner Janae Prince said during a briefing that highlighted outreach. Doug Young, director of the Office of Design, told the committee the process included more than 1,000 outreach events and more than 7,300 participants and that staff received more than 4,200 comments on draft maps and materials.
City staff said Plan A updates the development patterns used for land‑use guidance and that the zoning rewrite (“Zoning 2”) is the legal tool that will give the plan effect. Because the rewrite remains in testing, the department asked the committee to hold adoption and route the matter through a scheduled public hearing on June 4 so staff can incorporate feedback and complete required tests.
Committee members supported the hold. The clerk recorded a motion to hold for the public hearing and the item will return after the hearing; the committee did not vote on final adoption during the May 13 meeting.
City staff emphasized priorities the plan advances: more coordinated affordable‑housing efforts, fresh‑food access mapping, and neighborhood empowerment via small area planning. Commissioner Prince flagged dedicated staffing for affordable‑housing permit review and a planned testing schedule for the zoning rewrite beginning June 2; Doug Young reiterated that the plan must align with zoning and other citywide initiatives.
The committee asked staff to provide continued briefings and to make plan materials available for council members and neighborhoods prior to the June hearing. The Department of Community Affairs and the state review body have indicated support for the Plan A process; city staff noted Plan A is also required to maintain the city’s qualified local government status under Georgia law.
