Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability
SUBJECT:
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 2 Super District 6
Application of Fariz Morani to rezone from NS (Neighborhood Shopping) zoning district to C-1 (Local Commercial) district within a Town Center (TC) Activity Center to use the existing building to create a drive-through coffee shop, at 3823 North Druid Hills Road.
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PETITION NO: D5-2023-1249 Z-23-1246698
PROPOSED USE: Drive-through coffee shop.
LOCATION: 3823 North Druid Hills Road, Decatur, Georgia 30033
PARCEL NO. : 18-100-04-006
INFO. CONTACT: John Reid, Sr. Planner
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155
PURPOSE:
Application of Fariz Morani to rezone from NS (Neighborhood Shopping) district to C-1 (Local Commercial) district within a Town Center (TC) Activity Center to use the existing building to create a drive-through coffee shop.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: (Feb. 13, 2024) Full Cycle Deferral. (Oct. 10, 2023) Denial.
PLANNING COMMISSION: (March 5, 2024) Approval with Conditions. (Nov. 2, 2023) Two-Cycle Deferral.
PLANNING STAFF: Approval with Conditions.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The rezoning request was deferred two cycles from the November 16th Board of Commissioners Zoning Meeting to allow the applicant sufficient time to provide a site plan which shows substantial compliance with zoning and transportation requirements. Since the November 16th Board of Commissioners Zoning Meeting, the applicant has revised the application from a drive-through urgent care facility to a drive-through coffee shop (see enclosed conceptual elevation). The applicant also submitted a site layout showing the drive-through queuing spaces around the building and a proposed outdoor patio in front of the building (See attached site layout). The subject site contains a vacant building which was previously operated as a drive-through, dry cleaners. The a...
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