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DeKalb County committee vets charter 'cleanup' that would require district commissioner vote on zoning
Summary
Operations Committee reviewed redlined charter changes that would make planning and zoning ordinances effective only with an affirmative vote from the district or super-district commissioner where the property lies, debated new language clarifying CEO responsibilities (which may require referendum), and discussed COO delegation and veto timing.
The DeKalb County Operations Committee spent the bulk of a special-called meeting reviewing redlined charter revisions proposed by the Charter Review Commission, including language that would require an affirmative vote from the district or super-district commissioner for planning and zoning ordinances to take effect.
John Manson, staff presenting the law department memo and redline draft, told commissioners they should start at the sections identified by the memo. "No planning or zoning ordinance shall become effective without an affirmative vote from either the district or super district commissioner in whose district the subject property is located," Matthew of the law department read into the record as the proposed revision. He said the change "can…
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