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Chattahoochee Hills growth-plan draft calls for city-led development-rights purchases
The draft says limited demand has held back the existing transfer program and calls for renewed partnerships to find conservation funding.
Current coverage updates this story. City-led development-rights purchases make the plan. The price is still TBD. →
Chattahoochee Hills' draft 2026 Comprehensive Plan calls for a city-led purchase program to advance permanent conservation and add development rights to the city's Transfer of Development Rights bank. The initiative also appears in the draft Community Work Program.[1]
The plan describes TDR as a way for landowners to sell development rights voluntarily while preserving their land, with buyers using those rights to increase density in designated growth areas. It says the city's program has seen limited use because development needed to generate demand has not materialized. The draft also calls for renewed partnerships with foundations and other philanthropic partners to identify additional TDR funding.[1]
Planning commissioners voted 5-0 on September 17 to recommend the comprehensive plan with changes. Council consideration of Item 26-045 is scheduled for October 6 at 6:30 p.m. The plan would guide future decisions; it does not itself constitute zoning regulations.[1]
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