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DeKalb commissioners defer vote on zoning change to allow smaller single‑family homes
Summary
After hours of public comment and commissioner debate over housing affordability and neighborhood process, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 9 deferred a text amendment that would reduce minimum single‑family house sizes in some zoning districts. The item was postponed for two weeks for a decision-only vote.
Presiding Officer Michelle Long Spears and the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 9 deferred action for two weeks on a proposed change to Chapter 27 that would reduce minimum single‑family dwelling sizes in two residential zoning categories.
The proposal would lower the minimum home size in R‑75 zoning from 1,600 to 1,400 square feet and in R‑85 zoning from 1,800 to 1,400 square feet, allowing certain infill homes to be built “by right” without a variance. Planning staff and several affordable‑housing builders urged the board to approve the change; others urged caution and suggested conditions requiring income‑restricted sales.
Proponents said the change is a narrow tool to increase housing supply on small infill lots and accelerate…
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