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Resident asks why church converted to charter school without variance; planning director requests address to follow up

DeKalb County Planning Department · July 24, 2026
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Summary

A resident asked how a church became a charter school without a variance; Njoku asked for the address and offered a post-meeting follow-up to investigate the specific case and explain zoning requirements.

A resident raised a specific zoning concern about a church that became a charter school and said no variance appeared to have been required for the change of use. The questioner described the conversion as a "big change of use" with daily traffic impacts and said they had emailed staff but received no reply.

Njoku apologized for the communication lapse, asked the resident to provide the property address and offered to meet after the session to investigate the case. She noted she could not answer without the address and reiterated that staff would follow up to clarify whether the conversion complied with county zoning or fell under charter-school or municipal jurisdiction.