Atlanta council advances multiple rezoning and special-use items; several approved as amended or referred

The Atlanta City Council advanced a series of zoning and special-use items and handled routine procedural business during its legislative session. Council members approved minutes and then moved through 16 numbered zoning and ordinance items, adopting some measures, amending and approving others, and referring several items to the Zoning Review Board for further review.

The meeting opened with approval of the meeting agenda and minutes. Council members then proceeded to consider zoning committee recommendations, first-reading captions, rezoning petitions and special-use permit requests for properties across the city, including applications associated with the Metropolitan River Protection Act and multiple zoning-section citations referenced on the agenda.

Key actions included: the council placed Item 1 (MRPA 2406) on the record for captioning so it can be included on a future consent agenda; members approved two rezoning items (Items 2 and 3) as a block after staff and advisory body recommendations for approval; items 4 through 6 (special-use permits and an amendment to ordinance 201652) were amended to include stated conditions and then approved as amended; Item 7 (a special-use permit request for a personal care home) was filed/treated favorably following a motion to file; Items 8 through 15 (a set of rezoning and special-use items) were referred to the Zoning Review Board; and Item 16 (a change of conditions rezoning) was amended to add Councilmember Hillis' name and referred to the ZRB.

Several items contained property and applicant details listed on the agenda. Item 1 (2501048, MRPA 2406) requests a certificate under the Metropolitan River Protection Act to allow an addition, deck and rain garden at 2342 Bernard Road NW (0.229 acres); the owners are Adam and Sherry McGill and the applicant is Mission Builders LLC; the item was presented for captioning so it can be placed on the consent calendar. Items 2 (22401588z2481) and 3 (24017602486) were rezoning requests (including one by Councilmember Jason Winston to rezone a portion of 7 Melden Avenue SE from single-family residential to community business district) that staff and the relevant advisory bodies recommended for approval and that the council approved as a block. Items 4 (2401647 U2432), 5 (2401648 U2433) and 6 (2401665 U2445) were special-use permit items presented with conditional approvals recommended by staff and advisory bodies; the council voted first to amend to include the conditions attached to each item and then approved the items as amended.

On Item 7 (2401713 U2438), a zoning-committee special-use permit for a personal care home at 2341 Daniel Road SW, the council moved to file the matter; a second was recorded and the motion carried. Items 8–15 (including rezoning proposals and special-use permit requests for properties on Monroe Drive NE, 5th Street SW, Pier Street SW, Maple Drive NE, Elliott Street, DeSoto Street NW, Austin Drive SE and Joseph V. Lara Boulevard NW) were referred to the Zoning Review Board following a motion to refer. Item 16 (162501042), a councilmember-sponsored change-of-conditions rezoning for property at 2030 Bolton Road NW, was amended to add Councilmember Hillis' name and then referred to the ZRB.

Votes were unanimous on recorded roll-call tallies reported on the floor (where tallies were announced, they read 6 yays, 0 nays). The agenda summary and recorded votes in the session indicate unanimous support for motions to adopt the agenda, approve minutes, approve multiple rezoning and special-use items (including those amended), and to refer multiple items to ZRB.

The meeting concluded with the chair noting draft goals and objectives will be circulated before a February 10 committee meeting and then adjourning after no general remarks were offered.

Votes at a glance

- Agenda adoption — approved (vote announced as 6 yays, 0 nays). - Minutes approval — approved (vote announced as 6 yays, 0 nays). - Item 1 (2501048, MRPA 2406) — captioning for consent calendar; no final council vote recorded at this meeting (first-reading/captioning only). - Items 2 (22401588z2481) & 3 (24017602486) — rezoning requests; staff/NPU/CRB/ZRB recommendations for approval noted; approved as a block (vote announced as 6 yays, 0 nays). - Items 4 (2401647 U2432), 5 (2401648 U2433) & 6 (2401665 U2445) — special-use permits and an amendment to ordinance 201652; council amended to include the conditions attached to each item, then approved as amended (vote announced as 6 yays, 0 nays). - Item 7 (2401713 U2438) — special-use permit for a personal care home; motion to file carried (vote announced as 6 yays, 0 nays). - Items 8–15 (various rezoning and special-use items, agenda numbers 825010z2489; 2501020Z2493; 2501021 Z2494; 2501022 U2440; 2501023 U2442; 2501024 U2443; 2501025 U2444; 2501026 U2446) — referred to Zoning Review Board (vote announced as 6 a, 0 nays). - Item 16 (162501042) — amendment to add Councilmember Hillis' name, then referred to ZRB (vote announced as 6 yea, 0 nays).

Procedural notes and clarifications

- Item 1 was read for captioning under the Metropolitan River Protection Act to allow later placement on a consent agenda; the council did not take a final substantive vote on that item at this meeting. - Several items were taken in blocks to expedite the legislative agenda, per council practice noted on the floor. - Where only aggregate tallies were announced in the transcript, individual roll-call votes were not read into the record in the provided transcript excerpt; tallies were reported by the meeting moderator or clerk as shown above.