File #: 2023-0185    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Public Hearing
File created: 1/26/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 8/22/2023 Final action:
Title: 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
Attachments: 1. Substitute 2023 08.22 Item 2023-0185, 2. Substitute 2023 07.25 Item 2023-0185, 3. TA-23-1246284 Workforce Housing Draft Ord 1.24.23 March 2023 Staff Report

Substitute

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                                   Department: Planning & Sustainability                                     

 

SUBJECT:

Title
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.