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Loganville council split on rezoning motion; approves variance for beauty-strip installations
Summary
At its June 12 meeting the Loganville City Council debated a rezoning request for RM4 housing and voted on a separate variance to waive landscape "beauty strips" for a set of lots; a motion to deny the rezoning failed on a 3–3 split while the variance passed 4–2 after confusion over lot numbers.
The Loganville City Council on Thursday considered two land-use items: a rezoning request (R25-00003) and a variance (V25-017) tied to front-yard landscaping. Councilmember Lisa Newbury moved to deny the rezoning request; the motion to deny failed on a 3–3 split. Separately, the council approved a limited variance to allow omission of certain "beauty strip" installations by a 4–2 vote.
Newbury, speaking as Planning and Development Committee lead, urged the council to deny R25-00003, arguing the applicant's request for an RM4 zoning classification is not appropriate for the Highway 78 commercial corridor and, she said, the proposal conflicted with provisions of the city's zoning ordinance tied to proximity to the downtown core. "The applicant is requesting an RM4 zoning classification that is not appropriate for this area, specifically the commercial corridor of Highway 78," Newbury said as she moved to deny.
Council members then took a hand vote. The count recorded three members in favor of the denial and three opposed, producing a tie; the motion to deny did not carry. Council members expressed procedural confusion during the roll call and counting process before the outcome was recorded.
On variance V25-017, councilors debated whether the waiver should apply to lots 12–40 or lots 12–46; after clarifying the lot numbers the council voted to grant a limited variance allowing the waiver of beauty-strip installations in front of the identified lots. The council approved that motion by a 4–2 vote.
The meeting record shows the variance motion limited the relief to the beauty-strip installations on the identified lots; the motion’s mover and seconder were not clearly recorded by name in the transcript. The council did not take executive session and adjourned at the end of the meeting.
What happens next: The transcript does not record any immediate follow-up actions such as conditional approvals, appeals, or final ordinance language for R25-00003; the outcome for the rezoning motion is limited to the failed motion to deny. The variance passed and will be implemented according to the motion as stated in the meeting record.
