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Public Hearing: YES ☒ NO ☐ Department: Planning & Sustainability
SUBJECT:
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): County-wide
Application of the Director of Planning & Sustainability to amend the DeKalb County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27) and the Code of DeKalb County, Chapter 2 (Administration) to address Workforce Housing
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PETITION NO: TA-23-1246284
PROPOSED USE: N/A.
LOCATION: County-wide.
PARCEL NO. : N/A
INFO. CONTACT: Brandon White, Current Planning Manager
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155
PURPOSE:
Application of the Director of Planning & Sustainability to amend the DeKalb County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27) and the Code of DeKalb County, Chapter 2 (Administration) to address Workforce Housing.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: CC-1: Deferral; CC-2: No Vote; CC-3: Deferral; CC-4: No Vote; CC-5: No Vote.
PLANNING COMMISSION: 2-Cycle Deferral.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
PLANNING STAFF ANALYSIS: The DeKalb County 2050 Unified Plan identifies workforce housing as a housing policy goal to “[e]ncourage reinvestment or redevelopment of commercial corridors including the introduction of residential or other new uses to these areas” (pg. 9). This was preceded by the 5-Year Update of the 2021 Comprehensive Plan which recommended that the County facilitate a process by which the development community would “provide workforce housing in appropriate activity centers in the County” (pg. 55). This text amendment proposes to implement the promotion of workforce housing throughout the unincorporated areas of the County. Further details are provided in the enclosed ordinance proposal. Staff recommends approval.
PLANNING COMMISSION VOTE: 2-Cycle Deferral 9-0-0. Jana Johnson moved, Jon West seconded for a Two-Cycle Deferral to the July 2023 zoning agenda.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL VOTE/RECOMMENDATION: CC-1: Deferral 8-0-0; CC-2: No vote, discussion only; CC-3: Deferral 6-0-0; to allow appropriate time to review the text amendment; CC-4: No vote, discussion only; CC-5: No vote, discussion only.