126 North Main Street restaurant seeks rooftop-dining permission
The applicant says rooftop use is restricted to building tenants. The request would allow restaurant patrons upstairs without enlarging the building footprint.
In this report: proposed
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Land use
Zoning, development rules and consequential land-use decisions.
1425 Mayfield Road plan seeks six homes and a narrower subdivision street
The 4.57-acre gated-subdivision proposal asks to reduce the minimum local-street width from 50 feet to 44 feet and allow a sidewalk on only one side.
In this report: proposed
Wildhorse Hills home plan gets staff backing for 75-foot setback waiver
The report leaves the drainage feature’s buffer status unresolved and recommends a professional assessment; impervious coverage is already at the 35% limit.
In this report: recommended
Atlanta council votes to file medical-cannabis special-permit proposal
The citywide amendment received a 15–0 filing vote Sept. 8 after staff, neighborhood planning units and the zoning board recommended approval.
In this report: filed
Buckeye Street worship permit wins council approval as amended
The 14–0 Sept. 8 vote concerns a 3.14-acre site at 1775 Buckeye Street SW; the action entry does not provide the amendment details.
In this report: approved
Council votes to file outdoor-dining permit request at 4475 Roswell Road
The Sept. 8 filing vote was 15–0. Staff and the zoning board recommended filing, while NPU B recommended approval.
In this report: filed
Ardmore Road two-story accessory structure gets a 1.5-foot side setback
The zoning board approved reducing the west-side setback from seven feet. The approval letter is to accompany a building-permit application.
In this report: approved
Council approves sign-limit waiver at 2525 Piedmont Road
The substitute passed 14–0 Sept. 8, allowing the property to exceed limits on wall signs and building signs on corner lots.
In this report: approved
Rivermeade Drive second-story addition gets approval for a 49.63-foot front setback
The zoning board reduced the required setback from 60 feet. Its approval letter is to accompany a separate building-permit application.
In this report: approved
Davidson Avenue 10-foot rear-yard wall request denied, with reapplication allowed
The zoning board denied the six-to-ten-foot height exception without prejudice, allowing a new application for the same or a similar request.
In this report: denied
Windward Hall seeks parking exemption for 2,500-square-foot dining patio
The site plan proposes 83 parking spaces and shows about 1,200 square feet of patio extending into a stream's impervious setback.
In this report: recommended
Variance application seeks front-yard garage at 4290 Webb Bridge Road
The applicant wants to enclose an existing well and cites a rear-yard pool, septic field lines and side-yard trees as constraints on placement.
In this report: proposed
Rage room on Austell Powder Springs Road seeks special-use renewal
The request is on the Oct. 8 planning work-session agenda; the application proposes no change to its indoor recreation use.
In this report: scheduled
Chattahoochee Hills approves 2026 Comprehensive Plan with changes
Draft minutes record a unanimous vote. Planners had recommended retaining the 20-acre rule and adding hamlet-expansion and preservation work.
In this report: approved
Chattahoochee Hills approves agritourism amendment with planners’ farm-size and visitor limits
Draft minutes record unanimous approval with Planning Commission recommendations. A separately listed definition amendment failed for lack of a motion.
In this report: approved
Atlanta council adopts special-use permit requirement for self-storage facilities
The substitute passed 11–0. The minutes summarize the requirement but do not establish its district-by-district scope or effective date.
In this report: approved
Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard's 8.54-acre mixed-use rezoning wins council approval
The change replaces heavy-industrial and conditional multifamily zoning while retaining the Beltline and Upper Westside overlays.
In this report: approved
Council approves mixed-use rezoning for 1.76 acres at Ponce de Leon and Bonaventure
The amended zoning action retains the Beltline Overlay. A connected plan amendment changes 774 Ponce de Leon Avenue to High Density Mixed Use.
In this report: approved
Glenn Street's 4.56-acre site gets council approval for mixed-use zoning
The action replaces heavy-industrial zoning at two Glenn Street properties and a Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard property.
In this report: approved
Westhouse special-use permit clears Atlanta council on Collier Road
The permit concerns a nonresidential establishment exceeding 7,500 square feet where alcohol is sold or consumed on premises.
In this report: approved
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