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Council adopts updated City comprehensive development plan with small technical amendments
Summary
The City Council adopted the 2025 Comprehensive Development Plan (Plan A) as a substitute and approved three amendments referencing a recently adopted tree protection ordinance, Trails ATL master plan and adding Forsyth County to an ARC graphic.
The City Council approved a substitute ordinance adopting the city’s 2025 Comprehensive Development Plan (Plan A) and passed three amendments to align the plan’s text with recently adopted measures on tree protection and trails.
Council member Matt Westmoreland moved three amendments and described them as technical updates to reflect actions the council took earlier in the month. The amendments changed policy language in the plan so references to “adopt a new tree protection ordinance” read instead as to “implement the new tree protection ordinance adopted in June 2025,” and a reference to creating a citywide trail plan was changed to “implementing Trails ATL, the new citywide trails master plan adopted in June 2025.” The third amendment added Forsyth County to a graphic listing Atlanta Regional Commission jurisdictions.
The substitute ordinance and amendments passed in committee votes and were approved by the council. The committee voted to send the substitute forward, and the council completed final action with recorded votes in favor.
Council members praised the planning and outreach process. A planning official told members the update incorporated more than a year of community engagement and that all 25 NPUs voted in favor of the plan.
Ending: Staff said the zoning ordinance that implements the plan will finish next year and that small-area planning (for example, at Ashby MARTA station) will follow the plan’s adoption.
