Powder Springs grants density exception for Macedonia Road apartment plan
The proposal combines 242 apartments with ground-floor commercial space. Council attached 28 conditions, including buffers and lighting controls beside neighboring homes.

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The proposal combines 242 apartments with ground-floor commercial space. Council attached 28 conditions, including buffers and lighting controls beside neighboring homes.

The agreement names Rob Hosack of BH3, LLC and provides a separate travel allowance of up to $900 a month.
Winners will be announced Oct. 17 at 5:30 p.m. during Boo Bash, which recreation staff lists with more than 30 vendors.
Planners say the round-the-clock Fast Park & Relax proposal conflicts with investments meant to make the corridor more walkable, bikeable and transit-friendly.

Planners say the Kings Forest site has the public services it needs, but four buildings of attached homes would not fit the surrounding detached-house neighborhood.
Staff says the two proposed lots would be generally wider than existing lots along the block. NPU J recommends denial.
The proposal would also require awnings to stay free of damage, rust and debris. Installing either an awning or a canopy would still need separate zoning review before a building permit.
The applicant wants more time to work with the neighborhood planning unit on a proposed shift from light-industrial to mixed residential-commercial zoning.
Canvas Companies requested more time. NPU T recommends approval of the switch from single-family to Westview neighborhood-commercial zoning.
Staff opposes the broader development rights, saying the warehouse reuse and homes already fit current zoning. Neighborhood Planning Unit T recommends approval.
At 1422 Memorial Drive SE, planners say a sharp grade change leaves little room for shorter, tiered walls. The Oct. 8 report recommends a five-foot wall—not a recorded board approval.
The applicant wants more time for neighborhood negotiations. An Oct. 8 memo recommends deferral to Nov. 5—not approval of the wall, fence, pool or setback exceptions.
A 20-foot-wide drainage easement constrains the rear yard. Planners also support a street-adjacent pool exception, but the report gives conflicting figures for the existing setback requirement.
The proposed deck and sunroom would replace existing decks. Planners say the 35-foot front and 15-foot rear setbacks leave little or no conforming building area.
Awnings would have to stay free of damage, rust and debris. The proposal would leave the existing zoning-permit review in place.
An unpaved “paper street” affects the yard rule at 1079 Faith Avenue SE. Staff says the requested exception exceeds the need shown in the plans; the report does not record a board decision.
The proposed change would put 687 and 707 Angier Avenue NE under one mixed residential-commercial designation while retaining the Beltline Overlay.
The Oct. 8 memorandum recommends filing the request at 573 Amsterdam Avenue NE—not approving or rejecting the proposed zoning change.
The applicant requested more time. The proposed change would replace single-family zoning with Westview neighborhood-commercial zoning, retaining the Beltline Overlay.
The 12.5-acre warehouse-reuse proposal seeks zoning that would more than double maximum building intensity and remove an industrial-use requirement.

Five proposed homes would replace a parking lot. Planners say a 32-foot grade change and flag-shaped parcel justify more height and smaller yards beside single-family zoning.
The Oct. 8 report says pool size and design—not a site-specific hardship—drive the request to raise coverage from 40% to 43.01%.
The proposed change covers three Fox Street NW properties and would retain the Beltline and Westside Affordable Workforce Housing overlays.
Atlanta planning staff recommends denial without prejudice. The Oct. 8 memorandum does not record a board decision.
Council also increased the prior contract authorization by $198,518.18. That increase is distinct from the payment ceiling; the vote does not establish a completed payment.
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