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Council hears public hearings on comprehensive-plan revisions and short-term rental enforcement; no votes due to absences
Summary
Brookhaven staff presented proposed revisions to the 2024 comprehensive plan allowing duplexes by right in interior character areas and removing townhomes-by-right from interiors; staff also presented an amendment to tighten enforcement of short-term rentals by targeting third-party hosting platforms. Both items were presented in public hearings but the council took no action because of absent members.
Brookhaven city staff on Sept. 29 presented two land-use items at a City Council meeting: revisions to the 2024 comprehensive plan and an amendment to the city's short-term rental ordinance. Because two council members were absent, the council held public hearings but deferred votes to a later meeting.
Planning staff said the comprehensive-plan revision removes townhomes-by-right from the interior of character districts, allows duplexes by right in interiors, and makes a map change on Kendrick in District 3. Staff told the council the Planning Commission reviewed the changes and recommended approval. "Staff has removed all townhomes by right in the interiors of the characteristics, allowing it along the corridors of the character area districts," staff said during the presentation.
On short-term rentals, staff described Ordinance TA 25-04 as an amendment to Chapter 27 (lodging) focused on third-party hosting platforms. The presentation said the amendment is intended "to add a little more teeth to our ordinance to hold them accountable for making sure people using their sites in Brookhaven are following our regulations and rules." The Planning Commission had heard the amendment on Sept. 3 and recommended approval.
Both items were opened for public comment; no members of the public spoke during the hearings and the mayor closed public comment. Council members praised staff and the Planning Commission for their work and said the matters would return for action when a quorum is available.
What happens next: Both the comprehensive-plan amendments and the short-term rental code changes will return to the council for final consideration at a future meeting when the council can take formal votes.
