The Atlanta Zoning Committee on a unanimous voice vote referred a package of 34 zoning ordinances and special-use permit requests to the full City Council and to the Zoning Review Board for additional review.

The package included 27 first-read items and seven items taken as a block for second reading. First-read items (Items 1–27 as read by Director Holmes) covered a range of rezones and overlays — including multifamily and single-family rezones, Westside Park affordable/workforce housing overlays, special-use permit requests for personal care homes, day-care centers, outdoor sales areas and an outdoor amusement enterprise, and multiple address-specific rezonings across Atlanta neighborhoods. Second-reading items (Items 28–34) included a proposed zoning-code amendment to require push-button-activated primary pedestrian entrances and a set of rezones and SPI (Special Public Interest) map changes sent forward as a block.

During the procedural discussion a committee member asked whether one second-reading item that already carried staff and ZRB recommendations would move directly to final council approval or return to the committee for a vote. A staff member replied that no additional information would be gathered in the interim and that the item was following the normal legislative process. "It's just going through that normal legislative process," the staff member said.

After the questions, Councilman Bakhtiari moved to refer the items and Councilmember Westmoreland seconded; the committee approved the referral by voice vote with all members present saying "Aye." The chair confirmed the items will be placed on the full council agenda and referred to the Zoning Review Board as appropriate.

Next steps: the matters will appear before the full Atlanta City Council and, where noted, the Zoning Review Board for further consideration and any final votes.