Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability
SUBJECT:
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): 3 and 6
Application of Safe Haven Transitional, Inc. c/o Battle Law, P.C. for a Special Land Use Permit (SLUP) to allow an office building in Tier 5 Corridor 1 of the Bouldercrest Overlay District and the C-1 (Local Commercial) zoning district, at 2001 River Road.
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PETITION NO: N7-2026-1266 SLUP-26-1248280
PROPOSED USE: Two-story office building.
LOCATION: 2001 River Road, Ellenwood, GA 30294
PARCEL NO. : 15 053 03 001
INFO. CONTACT: John Reid, Sr. Planner
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155
PURPOSE:
Application of Safe Haven Transitional, Inc. c/o Battle Law, P.C. for a Special Land Use Permit (SLUP) to allow an office building in Tier 5 Corridor 1 of the Bouldercrest Overlay District and the C-1 (Local Commercial) zoning district.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: (Oct. 2026) Full cycle deferral.
PLANNING COMMISSION: (Nov. 5, 2026) Pending.
PLANNING STAFF: Denial.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The Subject Property carries a Suburban (SUB) land use designation under the DeKalb County 2050 Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan’s Suburban character area expressly allows “limited nonresidential development, such as small mixed-use developments outside of existing, stable single-family neighborhoods, particularly in locations with high levels of pedestrian connectivity, to meet the needs of surrounding residents.” A two-story professional office at the intersection of Bouldercrest Road and River Road is precisely the type of limited, neighborhood-serving non-residential use envisioned by the Comprehensive Plan. The proposal also advances the Comprehensive Plan’s guiding principles of focusing development intensity in existing developed areas with infrastructure capacity and supporting activity centers and corridors. The Board of Commissioners approved a text amendment to allo...
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