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Douglasville council denies special‑use permit for personal care home after applicant’s plea
Summary
After planning staff presented a facilities packet and an applicant identified as Dalia read an email pleading for mercy for an elderly resident, the council voted to deny a special land use permit for a proposed personal care home at 6339 Cornelia Drive (item 26‑155). Council members clarified that denial would not force an immediate eviction of current occupants.
The Douglasville City Council voted on May 18, 2026, to deny a special land use permit (item 26‑155) for a proposed personal care home at 6339 Cornelia Drive, an application submitted by Honor Senior’s Personal Care Home.
Planning staff provided council members with a packet listing existing senior living, assisted living and personal care facilities in the city, noting nine active facilities and several in development. Staff also reported that code compliance confirmed the facility at the subject address contains five bedrooms. During public comment the applicant, who identified herself as Dalia, described operating the business for nearly two years, said she serves residents enrolled in a CCPS waiver program, and read an emailed plea from Dr. Barbara Campbell asking the council to allow a current resident who suffered a stroke to remain in the home.
A council member explained at the meeting that a denial of the SLUP would not equate to the city evicting any current occupant of private property; rather, it would mean the property could not be classified and operate as a personal care home under city code if that is the will of council. After a motion to deny (made by the chair and seconded as recorded), the council voted to deny item 26‑155.
The transcript records substantive testimony from the applicant and planning staff clarifications about code requirements, but it does not provide a numeric rollcall tally in all cases; the transcript states the motion to deny passed. The denial leaves the property’s current occupancy status unchanged as a private residence, pending any separate enforcement or code actions not described at the meeting.
