(AMENDED 9/9/21) 21-O-0455 / CDP-21-043 (CDP Land Use Amendment)

For Review & Comment: 

  • Please see the original draft of the CDP Land Use Amendment to get an overview of the proposed legislation.

  • The amended version (received 9/9/21) was prepared in response to the community feedback received to date. As we continue to be in the Review & Comment phase this month, there may be additional amendments put forward prior to the final vote.

  • Updates include:

    • Clarifying that the changes apply to certain properties within a ½ mile of existing high-capacity transit stations.

    • Updating the land use designation change for these properties to be changed to low density residential rather than medium density residential. Community feedback had expressed concern that the medium density residential designation in the original draft of the CDP Land Use Amendment could potentially open those properties up to future development at a scale and density greater than the intended MR-MU category. The shift to low density residential would help protect and limit those properties to the MR-MU scale.

Josh Humphries, Director of the Office of Housing & Community Development for the Department of City Planning gave a presentation on the proposed legislation at the August NPU-N Meeting on 8/26/21.  He explained the background on how this legislation was developed and why it is important to Atlanta.  NPU-N representatives were able to provide feedback, comments, and express concerns.  The dialogue included suggestions for amendments which could improve the legislation, some of which are reflected in the amended version above.  To listen to the audio from that presentation, click on this link.  His presentation begins at approximately 1:15:05 and continues to 2:29:00.

We encourage everyone to learn more about the proposed legislation and to engage in the process at the neighborhood & NPU levels.  Questions and comments may also be submitted directly to Josh Humphries at the Office of Housing & Community Development in addition to Councilmember Amir Farokhi who has sponsored this legislation.

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