Neighborhood Planning Unit – E

Department of City Planning - Office of Zoning & Development | Atlanta City Hall - 55 Trinity Avenue Atlanta, GA 30303 - Suite 3350 | (404) 330-6145 - [email protected]

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING UNIT – E

MEETING INFO Date & Time: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 – 6:30 PM Location: Peachtree Christian Church 1580 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30309

CONTACT INFO Nabil Hammam, NPU-E, Chairperson – (404) 886-8448 or [email protected] Penelope Cheroff, NPU-E, Vice Chairperson – (404) 229-9409 or [email protected] Rodney Milton, City of Atlanta, Planner – (404) 335-1944 or [email protected] Erica Pines, City of Atlanta, Asst. Director – (404) 546-0159 or [email protected] Keyetta Holmes, City of Atlanta, Interim Director – (404) 546-0166 or [email protected]

AGENDA 1. Opening Remarks/Introductions 2. Approval of Minutes 3. Announcements 4. Reports from City Departmental Representatives 5. Comments from Elected Officials 6. Presentation(s) 7. Planner’s Report 8. Committee Reports 9. Matters for Voting

Special Event Application(s) – MOSE Event Organizer Event Name Event Location Event Date Atlanta Pride Festival October 13-14, Jamie Fergerson Midtown: Piedmont Park (Vote Required) 2018 AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K October 21, Jon Santos Midtown: Piedmont Park Festival 2018 (Vote Required)

Liquor License Application(s) – LRB Name of Type of Applicant Property Address Request Business Business Courtyard by Change of Marriott Hotel Heidi J. Brau 1132 Techwood Drive Agent (Vote Required) (Georgia Tech)

1820 Peachtree Road NW Saltyard Restaurant Lee K. Change of (Vote Required) Schulman (Brookwood Hills & Ownership Ardmore Park)

Fresh to Order Restaurant Pierre Panos 860 Peachtree Street Change of (Vote Required) (Midtown) License

Eclectic Bistro & 1425 Piedmont Avenue Change of Restaurant David W. Hess Bar NE Ownership (Vote Required) (Midtown) Watershed on Peachtree Restaurant Matthew B. 1820 Peachtree Road Change of (Vote Required) Marcus (Ardmore Park) Ownership New Flik International Jwan Jacques 1180 Peachtree Street NE Restaurant Business (Vote Required) (Midtown) Center Station New INC Gas Station Nilesh L. Khetia 1145 Center Street NW Business (Vote Required) (Home Park)

Board of Zoning Adjustment Application(s) – BZA Application Property Address Public Hearing Date V-18-270 (Vote Required) Applicant, Brad & Melissa Merriwethr, seeks a 425 Hascall Road November 1, 2018 variance from the zoning regulation to reduce the NW required western side yard setback from 7 feet to 5 (Loring Heights) feet for a single-family addition. V-18-276 (Vote Required) 500 Northside Applicant, Kim Wakefield, seeks a variance from Circle NW November 1, 2018 the zoning regulation to reduce the sign setback (Loring Heights) from 30 feet from the street property line to 0 feet. V-18-288 (Review and Comment Only) 1150 Spring Street Applicant, Steve Baile, seeks to appeal the NW November 8, 2018 decision of SAP-18-14. (Midtown)

V-18-289 (Vote Required) Applicant, Reese Meyer, seeks a special exception 973 Marietta Street from the zoning regulation to reduce the required NW November 8, 2018 on-site loading spaces from one 12’x35’ loading (Marietta Street spaces to 0 loading spaces. (Pending re-plat). Artery) V-18-293 (Review and Comment Only) Applicant, Nazar Holdings 8 LLC, seeks a special 551 Ponce De exception from the zoning regulations to reduce November 8, 2018 the required onsite parking from 123 parking Leon Avenue NE spaces to 20 parking spaces to allow for a 112 room hotel.

Zoning Review Board Application(s) – ZRB Application Property Address Public Hearing Date

U-18-03 (Vote Required) 0 Tenth Street NE/

Applicant, Bloom LLC, seeks a special use 1029A Peachtree October 4 or 11, permit (SUP) to operate a nightclub or Street NE 2018 lounge. SITE PLAN (Midtown) U-18-18 (Vote Required) 2045 Peachtree Road Applicant, Caddis Acquisitions Partners LLC, October 11, 2018 seeks a special use permit to operate an NE assisted living facility. SITE PLAN (Brookwood Hills) Z-18-61 (Vote Required)

Applicant, BC Trabert LLC, seeks to rezone the property from the R-4 (Single-family residential, minimum lot size .21 acres) 556 Trabert Avenue zoning designation to the MR-4B (Multi-family NW October 11, 2018 residential [townhouses], maximum floor area (Loring Heights) ratio of 1.49) zoning designation to be incorporated in adjoining townhome development to the west. SITE PLAN Z-18-109 (Vote Required) Applicant, Reese Meyer at Eighth Street, seeks to rezone the .06 acre property from the I-1 (light industrial) zoning designation to November 1 or 8, 973 Marietta Street NW the MRC-3 (mixed residential and 2018 (Loring Heights) commercial, maximum floor area ratio of 7.2) zoning designation to allow an existing service alley to be added to a proposed mixed use development. SITE PLAN 1, 2

Text Amendment(s) – Zoning Ordinance Legislation Public Hearing Z-18-100 (Vote Required) An Ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Atlanta (Part 16), as amended, by amending and clarifying various provisions of the text of the Zoning Ordinance, including individual zoning district regulations, with regard to the subject areas and provisions that follow: Accessory Dwellings (Section 1 below); Zoning Review Board Definitions (Section 2 below); Uses in Industrial – City Hall Council November 1 or 8, Districts (Section 3 below); Loading Chambers 2018 Requirements (Section 4 below); MRC Residential Density (Section 5 below); New Multi-Unit Housing Zoning District and Regulations (Section 6 below); Parking (Section 7 below); Neighborhood Design Standards (Section 8 below); Telecommunications (Section 9 below); Transitional Height Planes (Section 10 below); and Quality of Life Districts (Section 11 below); to amend multiple sections of the Zoning Ordinance related to bicycle parking

Please visit the City of Atlanta Website at: www.AtlantaGa.Gov Department of City Planning - Office of Zoning & Development | Atlanta City Hall - 55 Trinity Avenue Atlanta, GA 30303 - Suite 3350 | (404) 330-6145 - [email protected] requirements so as to coordinate with certain cross references in Ordinance number 18-O- 1023 (Z-17-93) and correct certain scrivener’s errors therein (Section 12); to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. FACT SHEET, INFORMATIONAL BOOKLET Z-18-113 (Vote Required) An Ordinance by Zoning Committee to amend the 1982 Atlanta Zoning Ordinance as Zoning Review Board November 1 or 8, amended, by amending section 16-18A.008 – City Hall Council 2018 SPI-1 Downtown Development Controls Table Chambers to change the allowable residential maximum floor area ratio without workforce housing bonus; and for other purposes. FACT SHEET

Text Amendment(s) – Comprehensive Development Plan Legislation Property Address Public Hearing Date CDP-18-37 (Vote Required)

An ordinance to amend the Land Use

element of the 2016 Atlanta Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) so as to 556 Trabert Avenue, NW October 8, 2018 redesignate property located at 556 Trabert (Loring Heights) 6:00 PM Avenue, NW from the Single Family Residential land use designation to the High Density Residential land use designation and for other purposes (Z-18-61).

10. Old Business 11. New Business 12. Adjournment

City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances (Campaigning by Elected Officials & Candidates) As we prepare for 2018 Elections please allow this message to serve as a reminder of the City of Atlanta’s Code of Ordinances. Voting will involve municipal, county and state elections. The Guidelines for campaigning by elected officials at NPU and APAB meetings is strictly prohibited by the City of Atlanta‘s Code of Ordinances. Please note the following code section:

SEC. 6-3019 Prohibition of Political Forums Part 1, Chapter 6, Article 1, Section 6-1: “It shall be unlawful for any person to use the interior of city hall, its rooms or offices in any type of advertisement of commercial products and political campaigns without first obtaining express permission from the city council. This prohibition shall apply to the filming or photographing of the interior of city hall for use in such advertisements; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the filming or photographing of the interior of city hall for news coverage purposes by newspapers, magazines and television.”

Part 6, Chapter 3, Article B, Section 6-3010: “Neighborhood Planning Unit meetings shall not be used for political forums or campaigning for city, county, state, or federal elections.”

Examples of campaigning could include, but not be limited to: Introduction of elected officials as political candidates in upcoming elections; Passing out campaigning materials and literature; and Conducting either of the above in city hall, its rooms or offices.

If there are any questions or concerns, please contact: Erica Pines at (404) 546-0159 or [email protected] .

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN NPU-E Ansley Park Civic Association Home Park Community Improvement Association Ardmore Park Neighborhood Association Loring Heights Civic Association Atlantic Station Civic Association Midtown Neighborhood Association Brookwood Civic Association Sherwood Forest Civic Association Brookwood Hills Community Club, Inc. Marietta Street Artery Association Georgia Tech

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