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Call for Community Input - DeKalb Zoning Code Update Underway
Posted: March 18th, 2009 @ 12:37pm
Source: DeKalb County - Planning / Zoning
DECATUR - March 17, 2009 http://www.co.dekalb.ga.us/planning/zoningCode.html
DeKalb County Planning and Development Department will hold a series of community input workshops for the DeKalb County Zoning Ordinance Update project. Citizens will have three opportunities to learn about the project and provide input. All workshops will offer the same information each evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Workshops will be held on the following dates:
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Porter Sanford Community Center
3181 Rainbow Drive
Decatur, GA 30034
Thursday, April 16, 2009
DeKalb Maloof Auditorium
1300 Commerce Drive
Decatur, GA 30030
Tuesday April 21, 2009
Montgomery Elementary School
3995 Ashford Dunwoody Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
This project will create a “user-friendly” zoning ordinance that will implement the policies of the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan, the Comprehensive Transportation Plan and the Livable Center’s Initiatives. At this second round of community workshops, the public will hear a presentation including an overview of zoning and the status of the project. Preliminary recommendations will also be provided. Citizens attending any one of the three workshops will be encouraged to give their feedback during the meetings.
The public involvement process, which includes a series of meetings, workshops, speaking engagements, and hearings to educate the public, has been a key component of the project. Generating public awareness and creating partnerships with residents, elected officials, local agencies, businesses, educational organizations and civic associations are critical to the success of the DeKalb County Zoning Update Project.
In early December 2008, approximately 120 people attended the first series of community input workshops designed to gather input from the public on the current zoning code for DeKalb County. The first of three workshops targeting land developers and property owners was held in mid-January 2009.
The workshop gathered input from more than 60 individuals regarding the residential and commercial aspects of the code, as well as issues with actual zoning and rezoning processes.
DeKalb County recently adopted a new Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that lays out a guide for the future development of the County. Zoning is an effective way to implement the Comprehensive Plan. A newly revised zoning ordinance will support the Comprehensive Plan by putting regulations into place that will make it easier to put plan recommendations into practice. The updated ordinance will also provide design controls and unique land development options for achieving the vision adopted by the county.
To learn more information the public is encouraged to view the project website at www.co.dekalb.ga.us/planning/zoningCode.html. Comments may also be submitted online, and citizens may join the project mailing list to receive mailings. For more information, please contact Arthur F. Duncan at afduncan@co.dekalb.ga.us.
The anticipated completion of the DeKalb County zoning ordinance update process is September 2009.
