Kennesaw council adopts 2025 zoning map, approves two rezonings

Kennesaw City Council on Feb. 17 adopted an ordinance approving the city’s official 2025 zoning map, including two specific rezonings that city staff said reflect actions taken since the last map adoption in 2024.

City planning staff told the council the annual map update incorporates two rezonings: a change from light industrial to central business district for a vacant structure at 2573 Summer Street to allow a Sharon Williams paint store, and a change from R‑15 single‑family residential to central business district at 3045 Cherokee Street for a proposed mixed‑use development. “This case was properly advertised in the MDJ on January 17,” said City planning staff during the public hearing.

The item came as the meeting’s single public hearing. After the presentation the council opened and closed the floor for public comment, heard none, and voted. The motion to adopt the ordinance and the second were not recorded by name in the transcript; the council approved the measure by a 5‑0 voice/hand vote.

Adopting the official zoning map formalizes the city’s record of zoning changes and is required to reflect rezonings approved since the last adoption. City planning staff identified two rezonings in this year’s update; no additional conditions or effective date for the ordinance were specified during the meeting.

The council’s approval followed standard public‑hearing procedure for map adoptions. The planning presentation noted the required advertisement took place on Jan. 17 in the Marietta Daily Journal (MDJ). No members of the public spoke on the zoning map during the hearing.