DeKalb County Government - File #: 2019-3557

• File #: 2019-3557
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Preliminary Item
• File created: 4/3/2019
• In control: Board of Commissioners - Zoning Meeting
• On agenda: 7/23/2019
• Title: COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): ALL Application by the Director of Planning and Sustainability for a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27, Table 4.1 and Article 4.2.23 Drive-through facilities to allow a drive through facility, for a use other than a restaurant, to be allowed in the C-1 (Local Commercial) and C-2 (Commercial) districts located in Activity Centers.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/23/2019	1	Board of Commissioners - Zoning Meeting	approved substitute submitted from the floor	Pass
7/9/2019	1	Planning Commission	Adopted per staff recommendation	Pass
5/28/2019	1	Board of Commissioners - Zoning Meeting	Full cycle deferral	Pass
5/16/2019	1	PECS-Planning, Economic Development & Community Services Committee	recommended holding in committee
5/7/2019	1	Planning Commission	Adopted per staff recommendation	Pass

Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability

SUBJECT:
Title
COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): ALL
Application by the Director of Planning and Sustainability for a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27, Table 4.1 and Article 4.2.23 Drive-through facilities to allow a drive through facility, for a use other than a restaurant, to be allowed in the C-1 (Local Commercial) and C-2 (Commercial) districts located in Activity Centers.
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PETITION NO: D1. TA 19 1243216
PROPOSED USE: Drive-through facility
LOCATION: All of DeKalb County
PARCEL NO. : N/A
INFO. CONTACT: Marian Eisenberg
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-4922

PURPOSE:
Application by the Director of Planning and Sustainability for a text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 27, Table 4.1 and Article 4.2.23 Drive-through facilities to allow a drive through facility, for a use other than a restaurant, to be allowed in Commercial districts. This amendment is to allow, with a Special Land Use Permit (SLUP), drive throughs for banks, dry cleaners, drugstores, and other non-restaurant businesses that are currently prohibited in a commercial district if located in an Activity Center designation. Pursuant to the PECS meeting held July 9, 2019, staff removed the use permit exceptions for restaurant drive-throughs and added a prohibition for all drive-through facilities within 500 feet of an elementary, middle, and high school.

RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: (April 2019) CC-1 APPROVAL; CC-2 APPROVAL; CC-3 APPROVAL; CC-4 APPROVAL; CC-5 APPROVAL.

PLANNING COMMISSION: (7/9/2019) - APPROVAL; (5/7/2019) - APPROVAL

PLANNING STAFF: (July 2019) APPROVAL; (May 2019) APPROVAL

STAFF ANALYSIS: The current code allows, with a Special Land Use Permit (SLUP), drive throughs only in the mixed-use districts, if located within an activity center. This text amendment seeks to allow property zoned commercially to permit ...