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Zoning Committee approves multiple rezones, holds several items and refers data-center rules to review
Summary
The Atlanta Zoning Committee voted on multiple rezoning and special-use items, held several matters for further review, and referred proposed rules for data centers to a subsequent review body.
Council member Westmoreland, chair of the Atlanta Zoning Committee, led votes that approved committee business, amended and adopted several ordinances as amended, held multiple items for further review and referred a proposed data-center special-use-permit amendment to a later review.
The committee first adopted the meeting agenda and approved the minutes of its prior meeting by voice votes (agenda: 6 ayes, 0 nays; minutes: 6 ayes, 0 nays). The committee then unanimously adopted its draft 2025 Zoning Committee goals and objectives (6 ayes, 0 nays).
The committee took the following final actions on ordinances and agenda items during the session (tallies are from the meeting record):
- Item 6 (25-01048 / MRPA 24-06): Motion to hold this Metropolitan River Protection Act certificate request to allow construction of an addition, deck and rain garden on property at 2342 Bernard Road. Motion to hold carried; item is held (vote recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Item 7 (24-01136 Z 24-05): Rezoning from single-family residential to single-family residential for property at 2036 Phillips Drive South. Committee vote recorded as favorable (7 ayes, 0 nays); item approved.
- Item 8 (24-01018 Z 23-72): Proposed rezoning for 533 Griffin Street; staff, NPU and CRB recommended approval with conditions and the committee moved to hold the item (vote recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays); item held.
- Items 9 (24-01679 substitute), 12 (24-01641 Z 24-75), and 13 (24-01644 Z 24-78): The committee moved to attach recommended conditions and approved the three items as amended. The motions to amend and to approve as amended passed by voice vote (recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays); items adopted as amended.
- Item 10 (24-01619 Z 20-4902): Ordinance introduced by Council member Amir Faroque to amend downtown special public interest district regulations to allow sales and leasing agencies for new and used cars and motorcycles in Sub Area 7 with conditions. The committee approved the ordinance as amended (final vote recorded as approved as amended; tally recorded in meeting as 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Item 11 (24-01638 Z 24-65): Rezoning request for property at 3520 North Camp Creek Parkway SW. Committee voted to hold the item (7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Item 14 (24-01140 Z 24-09): Rezoning request for property at 934972 Avon Avenue / 1244 Higgins Street SW. Committee voted to hold the item (recorded as 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Item 15 (24-01640 Z 24-73): Rezoning from single-family to two-family residential for 582 Hope Street SW. Despite staff and ZRB recommendation of denial and MP recommendation of approval, the committee voted to approve the item (recorded tally 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Items 16 (25-01057), 17 (25-01061), and 18 (25-01063): The committee referred three ordinances (including zoning for parcels in Brighton Village and a proposed amendment requiring special-use permits for data centers addressing water and energy consumption) to the next review body (recorded vote to refer: 7 ayes, 0 nays).
Ending: The committee chair closed the meeting after noting that the first public comment related to an item that will eventually come before the committee and that state law limits public comment once an item has been introduced and is before the Zoning Review Board.
Votes and motions in this summary use the tallies and motions as recorded on the meeting transcript; where individual mover/second names were given in the transcript, those names are listed in the provenance and actions array.
