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Atlanta moves to require push-button door activators at new public and commercial entrances

Atlanta City Council · January 17, 2026
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Summary

Council member Liliana Bakhtiari introduced an amendment to the 1982 Atlanta zoning ordinance to require push-button or motion-activated door openers at main entrances of newly constructed commercial and publicly accessible buildings; it passed the zoning committee Jan. 12 and is scheduled for a Jan. 20 full council vote.

Council member Liliana Bakhtiari introduced an amendment to Atlanta’s 1982 zoning ordinance that would require push-button or motion-activated door openers at the main entrances of all newly constructed commercial and publicly accessible buildings, a podcast summary of the council’s zoning committee meeting said.

The change, supported in the recording by council member Kelsey Bond and traced to work by former District 2 council member Carden Wyckoff, passed the City Council…

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