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Council approves administrative zoning setback variance to preserve mature trees
Summary
The council approved a substitute ordinance creating an administrative zoning setback variance and other variances for the preservation of mature trees, adopting the zoning committee substitute by a 4-0 vote.
The Atlanta City Council approved a substitute ordinance establishing an administrative zoning setback variance intended to preserve mature trees, the council recorded during the zoning portion of the meeting. The substitute passed on a 4-0 vote.
The item, introduced by Council Member Michael Julian Bond as substituted by the zoning committee, proposed to amend the 1982 Atlanta zoning ordinance by creating a new section (16‑26‑0008) establishing an administrative zoning setback variance for preservation of mature trees and adding related variance language (new section 16‑20‑0003(f)). The meeting record notes the substitute was brought forward and the clerk recorded the substitute as before the body.
A motion to approve the substitute was made and seconded by Council Member Shook. The clerk reported the final vote as 4 yays, 0 nays, and the item was approved as substituted. The transcript does not include the full text of the new sections, the specific standards for granting the administrative variance, or any implementation timeline.
The council completed the vote and adjourned after other business.
