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Planners propose mural alternative to glazed windows for Buford Highway-facing storage facility

Planning Commission · March 1, 2026
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Summary

Staff recommended allowing murals on interstate-facing facades of a storage facility as an alternative to transparent glazing, subject to Arts and Culture Commission review. The proposal mirrors language used in a nearby overlay and cites precedent in Chamblee where a mural reduced window requirements.

Staff presented a recommended condition for a storage-facility permit that would relax transparency/glazing requirements on facades that face Interstate 85 and the planned flyover bridge. As an alternative to transparent glazing, staff proposed allowing artistic murals on the street- and interstate-facing panels, subject to review and approval by the Arts and Culture Commission and the community development director.

The option was framed as a mitigation measure to avoid installing transparent windows that would otherwise…

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