Velma Street church addition’s parking request set for Nov. 12 review

A proposed church addition at 1970 Velma Street SE is scheduled to return to Atlanta’s Board of Zoning Adjustment on Nov. 12, with requests to provide fewer parking spaces and increase the site’s allowed lot coverage.⁠[1][2]

The October agenda describes an application for 17 off-street parking spaces instead of the required 22—a five-space reduction—and maximum lot coverage of 55.7%. The requests address separate limits: how much parking the addition must provide and how much of the property development may cover.⁠[1]

The board assigned the November date when it deferred case V-26-134 on Oct. 8. Planning staff and Neighborhood Planning Unit Z also supported postponement. Their support was for more time, not approval of the parking or lot-coverage exceptions; the board’s recorded action likewise postponed the application rather than granting it.⁠[1][2]

The October agenda does not describe the size of the addition or explain why fewer parking spaces are needed. The records reviewed also do not establish whether the proposal has since changed, so the October terms remain the verified description—not confirmation of an unchanged November plan.⁠[1][2]

The city lists zoning-board hearings at noon in the second-floor Council Chambers at the City Hall annex, 55 Trinity Avenue. Residents may email documents for the official record to bza-hearings@atlantaga.gov by 10 a.m. the day before the hearing.⁠[3]