Adamsville’s mixed-use rezoning heads to a Dec. 3 public hearing

A proposal to make room for housing and businesses on selected Adamsville Village properties is scheduled for a Dec. 3 public hearing before Atlanta’s Zoning Review Board. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in the second-floor City Council chambers at Atlanta City Hall, 55 Trinity Avenue.⁠[1][2][3]

Listed as Z-26-67 on the board’s agenda, the proposal would change the properties from C-1 community-business zoning to conditional MRC-1 and MRC-2 mixed residential-commercial districts. Councilmembers Andrea L. Boone and Wayne Martin’s council ordinance, 26-O-1605, seeks to implement recommendations of the NPU H master plan.⁠[1][2]

Our earlier report detailed the proposal’s seven-part no-go list. The ordinance would prohibit automobile service stations; new and used vehicle sales, including mopeds and motorcycles; repair garages and paint and body shops; mixed-use storage facilities; small discount variety stores; data centers; and vape shops. The restrictions would cover both primary and accessory uses.⁠[2]

The stated goal goes beyond new housing: the ordinance also calls for reusing existing buildings, retaining existing businesses and attracting new ones. Those are planning goals, not commitments to construct particular buildings.⁠[2]

The hearing is not a rezoning approval. The Zoning Committee’s draft minutes record a unanimous referral on Oct. 26, rather than approval of the rezoning. Its November 16 draft agenda lists the ordinance among items pending a Zoning Review Board public hearing.⁠[1][3][4]

One important limit remains: the proposal covers selected properties, not an automatic change across Adamsville Village. The ordinance points to attachments A and B to define its coverage; this account does not establish the individual parcels or their boundaries.⁠[2]