[0:04] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This
is the uh planning and zoning December
[0:09] 18th, 2025 meeting.
[0:15] We'd like to we'd like to uh start the
uh planning and zoning commissioners
[0:21] regular meeting and regular meeting and
public hearing. So, with that, we can go
[0:25] ahead and get started with the roll call
of commissioners.
[0:30] Thank you. Thank you, Vice Chair.
>> Commissioner Levit,
[0:37] » Commissioner Watson,
>> present.
[0:40] » Commissioner Styles,
>> present.
[0:43] » Commissioner Presley,
>> present.
[0:45] » Commissioner Mark Fields,
>> present.
[0:49] Commissioner Chapman,
>> Commissioner Anderson,
[0:54] » Commissioner Joseph Fields,
[1:00] » Vice Chair Miller, you have a quorum.
>> Thank you, Director Smith.
[1:08] At this time, excuse me, I'm sorry. At
this time, ladies and gentlemen, I would
[1:12] like to uh observe a moment of silence.
[1:31] Thank you. Now, I would like for us to
all stand and do the pledge of
[1:36] allegiance.
[1:40] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[1:45] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:51] justice for all.
[2:00] » Now, let's uh let's uh do a motion to
adopt the agenda.
[2:05] » Mr. Mr. Chair, we need a motion to adopt
the agenda with a with an amendment to
[2:12] item Roman numeral six, which currently
reads approval of October minutes. It
[2:18] should read approval of November
minutes.
[2:20] » Okay.
[2:25] » Co-chair, I make a motion to approve the
November minutes.
[2:29] » Second.
>> It's a motion to approve the agenda
[2:32] amendment
to number six. All right. I make a
[2:36] motion to approve the agenda with an
amendment to number six.
[2:41] » Second.
>> It has been moved and seconded that we
[2:46] uh adopt the agenda for uh the December
18th meeting with the um changes to
[2:52] amendment um number six or excuse me, is
it six?
[2:57] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[2:59] » Okay. Great. Thank you.
[3:05] Let it be noted that uh Commissioner
Fields has just joined us.
[3:13] » I'd like to make a
[3:20] » Yeah. Um,
[3:26] » favorites.
[3:31] » I did not.
>> All in favor say I.
[3:34] » I.
>> All opposed.
[3:37] Seeing none, the eyes have it.
[3:42] » Okay. I at this time I would like to uh
I would like to uh have a motion to
[3:48] approve the October minutes. Excuse me.
The November minutes.
[3:52] » Motion to approve.
>> Second.
[3:56] » It has been moved and seconded that we
approve the November minutes. All in
[4:00] favor say I.
>> I.
[4:02] » All opposed say nay.
The eyes have it.
[4:11] » Madam chair, do we have old business to
discuss tonight?
[4:15] » Yes, Mr. Chair. Um, your old business
number one that uh staff can sound.
[4:25] » Thank you. In reference to item number
one under old business, case number
[4:30] P2025U-
002-08,
[4:34] case number P2025VC-001-08,
[4:40] case number P2025U-
003-08,
[4:44] and case number P2025VC-002-8.
[4:49] The applicant is Henry Bailey Jr. The
location of the property is 1688 Empire
[4:54] Avenue and 1692 Empire Avenue, also
known as Zerwood Avenue. The applicant
[5:00] is requesting a use permit for
concurrent variances for the purpose of
[5:04] operating a concrete manufacturing
facility and the development and
[5:08] operations of a warehouse
use per section 10- uh 10-2079D
[5:18] and the associated concurrent variances
from sections 10-2150.6A1
[5:24] 6A1 to operate a warehouse within 5,280
ft of a residential property in the I1
[5:31] light industrial zoning district and a
variance to allow for some of the use to
[5:35] be located outside of the building in
accordance with section 10-2150.682.
[5:43] Case type is a use permit with
concurrent variances.
[5:49] For case number old business case number
P2025U-002-08
[5:55] and P2025VC-001-
[6:00] 08 P205U-003-
[6:05] 08
and P
[6:09] 2025VC-00208.
[6:14] Can I have a motion to open the public
hearing?
[6:16] » Acting u Mr. vice chair for giving um
staff um informed me that we had a
[6:21] public hearing on this case already in
October.
[6:24] » Okay.
>> Business and so it's not advertised
[6:27] today for another public hearing which
it didn't need to be.
[6:29] » Okay.
>> So it's just before you guys to hear
[6:32] staff's recommendation and um for there
to be a vote of this body.
[6:37] » Okay. Perfect. Thank you.
>> Staff, can I can we sign the
[6:41] recommendation for that please?
>> Thanks. In reference to uh item number
[6:46] one on the agenda, staff recommends to
accept the applicant's request to
[6:51] withdraw their application.
[6:55] » You've heard staff's recommend You've
heard staff's recommendation. Can I get
[6:59] a motion on that?
>> I move we um approve staff
[7:03] recommendation.
>> Can I get a second on that?
[7:06] » Second. It has been moved and uh
seconded that we accept staff's excuse
[7:11] me that we accept staff's recommendation
to for the item to be pulled. Thank you.
[7:18] » All in favor?
>> I.
[7:20] » All opposed.
[7:23] It has been moved and seconded that we
accept staff's recommendation.
[7:28] So it looks like now we've got new
business.
[7:35] staff, can you sound the case of the
first case? No, excuse me. I need to
[7:38] read the uh Sorry about that.
[7:43] » At this time, I'm going to read the uh
public hearing rules.
[7:47] » Motion to open public.
>> I'm read after.
[7:52] » The public rule public hearing rules are
as follows. People both favoring and
[7:58] opposing the uh the proposed case. Um,
people both favoring and opposing the
[8:03] the proposed case will be provided an
opportunity to address a commission. The
[8:09] applicant for the zoning case or the
applicant's designated representative,
[8:13] if any, will be entitled to speak first,
followed by other speakers in favor of
[8:18] the proposal for a total time of 15
minutes. Those who oppose the proposed
[8:24] zoning case will be will be permitted to
speak for a total of 15 minutes. By
[8:29] majority vote, the commission can
increase the total time of speakers
[8:34] provided that each side is given the
same amount of time. If there's more
[8:38] than one speaker for a side, the the
chair or the presiding officer may limit
[8:42] the time allotted to each speaker,
individual speaker other than the uh
[8:46] zoning applicant.
The zoning applicant may reserve a
[8:51] portion of his or her allotted time
and speakers must adhere to the rules of
[8:56] decorum. Prior to speaking, each speaker
shall identify him or herself and state
[9:02] his or hers current address. Each
speaker will speak only to the merits of
[9:06] the proposed zoning ordinance under
commi under consideration. shall address
[9:12] remarks only to the uh commission and
shall refrain from making personal
[9:16] attacks
on any other speaker. The pres the
[9:20] providing excuse me the presiding
officer may refuse the speaker the right
[9:24] to continue if any after being for if if
after being cautioned the speaker
[9:31] continues to violate the rules of
decorum.
[9:34] Ladies and gentlemen, you have heard our
rules for public speaker.
[9:39] Um, now I'm open the public hearing.
Right.
[9:44] » I'd like to have a motion to open the
public hearing.
[9:46] » I move we open the public hearing.
>> Second.
[9:49] » It has been moved and properly seconded
that we open the public hearing in case
[9:54] number
um P2025RZ-001-11.
[10:04] Is the applicant here?
>> Yes. Sir, would you come to the front?
[10:09] » All in favor say I. I.
>> All opposed.
[10:14] Sir,
if
[10:16] » you come up and um introduce yourself
and give us your address, please first.
[10:22] My name is
[10:28] Terrace,
Georgia.
[10:33] » Thanks for coming. Um you are welcome to
um you're welcome to speak and if you
[10:38] have any kind of visuals please let us
know.
[10:42] » Okay. Um I'll go ahead and talk through
it. My visuals support um what's also on
[10:50] the screen there. Just give me a quick
moment.
[10:56] Okay. So, uh, our application, um, is to
request zoning, um, reszoning from the
[11:06] existing RL residential limited to a R2
two family dis uh, two family dwelling
[11:15] district.
[11:19] the current zoning which is RL
Residential Limited. Um, one of the
[11:26] purposes of us looking to reszone as R2
is the RL does not support the current
[11:34] permitted does not support our current
land use. The current land use is a two
[11:40] family dwelling currently. Um, so in an
effort to be in line with the land use,
[11:48] we're looking to reszone as a R2.
Um, and that proposed reszoning, it is
[11:56] consistent with the 2022 city of East
Points comprehensive land use update.
[12:04] Um,
we've had this property for a few years
[12:08] now. It is fully occupied um on two
sides. Um
[12:16] as you can see from this visual here,
three other properties on the same
[12:21] street have gone ahead through this same
process and presented in front of this
[12:26] board and have been approved. So, our
property, which is highlighted in the
[12:31] blue, um we're looking to do a similar,
if not same process as the rest of the
[12:37] neighbors, and have our property also
reszoned as a R2. Um,
[12:46] that's generally it I believe, but happy
to answer any questions if that's how
[12:50] this works.
>> Thank you very much, sir.
[12:54] » Okay.
Do we have any other speakers tonight to
[12:58] speak in favor of this case?
[13:02] Do we have any speakers tonight speaking
in favor of this case?
[13:08] Do we have any speakers who might be
here to speak against this case?
[13:13] Do we have any speakers who are here to
speak against this case?
[13:19] Seeing no additional speakers, I would
like to make a motion, have somebody
[13:23] make a motion to close a public hearing.
[13:28] » It has been moved and properly seconded
that we close the public hearing. Staff,
[13:33] may we please?
>> Oh, excuse me. Sorry. All in favor say
[13:37] I.
>> I.
[13:39] » All oppose, nay.
It has been
[13:44] madam to We're closing the public
hearing. Madame chair, I mean madame um
[13:50] director, when would you would you
please do staff's recommendation?
[13:57] Thank you, vice chair. In reference to
item number one under new business, case
[14:01] number P2025RZ-001-11,
[14:05] the applicant, Mr. Darnell Delair, the
property is located at 2461 McAlpen
[14:11] Terrace. The applicant is requesting a
resoning from RL residential limited
[14:16] district to R2 to family district. Case
type is a resoning. Staff has
[14:23] recommended approval of this
application.
[14:30] Commissioners, you've heard the
applicant. We've had nobody else speak
[14:36] for or against. You heard staff's
recommendation.
[14:39] Um at this point um would somebody can I
have somebody make a motion?
[14:45] » Motion to accept staff recommendation.
>> Second.
[14:48] » It has been uh moved and properly
seconded that we accept staff's
[14:52] recommendation. All in is there any
discussion on this particular item among
[14:57] the commissioners?
[15:02] » Great. Um
>> all in favor?
[15:07] All opposed.
It has been it has been moved and
[15:12] approved that we accept staff's re
recommendation on this particular item.
[15:18] Seeing no additional new business, we do
we have any announcements to be made for
[15:23] the body.
[15:26] Um,
in reference to the zoning ordinance
[15:30] rewrite, um, the council did approve for
the city to go into contract with the,
[15:38] uh, planning firm. The name of the firm
is Inspire Placemaking Collective
[15:42] Incorporated. So, we will be moving um
into contract for that firm to start our
[15:50] complete zoning ordinance rewrite. and
we will keep you up to date and in tune
[15:55] with the um schedule moving forward into
the new year. So that's some semi
[16:01] exciting news coming for the new year.
>> Director Smith, what would be the
[16:07] turnaround time for this?
>> The contract is for 12 to 18 months and
[16:11] so they're going to provide a timeline
for us and we will keep you up to date
[16:15] on that timeline once we meet with them
and get it confirmed.
[16:20] » Okay, great. Thank you. Do we have any
other announcements from the body?
[16:23] » I do have a couple of questions and good
evening everyone and my apologies for
[16:28] being late but it could not be avoided.
Um, Director Smith,
[16:35] you may have told us and if so, do you
mind reminding us what the what the work
[16:42] is going to entail? And is that going to
be a review of all of the ordinances?
[16:49] The zoning ordinance rewrite is for a
complete rewrite of all of the zoning
[16:55] codes that um the city has to abide by
in reference to development and
[17:00] permitted uses in the city. Um, as far
as the pro process and what this body
[17:07] would um have entail, they're going to
be multiple meetings where they would
[17:12] check in with this body um for opinions,
recommendations, and feedback based on
[17:19] um sections of the code that they finish
um with drafts. So, it's going to come
[17:24] before this body for feedback and
recommendations multiple times because
[17:29] we have yet to meet with them. Um we're
unaware of the exact concise timeline of
[17:34] when it it's going to be, but the
planning commission that's one of its
[17:39] main functions is to um oversee and look
at and provide feedback and uh
[17:45] recommendations for not only our zoning
ordinance, but our comprehensive plan.
[17:51] And I know that you work through the
comprehensive plan rewrite. So, it's
[17:54] going to be similar to that, but I think
a little bit more detailed because it's
[17:58] dealing with all of the policies and
codes and ordinances for for zoning.
[18:02] » Thank you. And so, will the community
have an opportunity to have an input as
[18:06] well?
>> The community will also have the
[18:09] opportunity for input. We have actually
um thanks to our new project manager, we
[18:15] already have um a zoning uh steering
committee um in place. So, we are
[18:20] revving up and ready to go. And how
would that take place? The the input
[18:25] from the uh
>> the steering committee that's going to
[18:28] be embedded into the process. We're
going to be working handinhand with the
[18:31] consultants.
>> Okay. Thank you.
[18:34] » Thank you.
>> So, no more announcements.
[18:40] » Happy holidays.
>> Happy holidays to y'all. Merry
[18:42] Christmas. Can I please get a motion to
adjurnn?
[18:45] » I move we adjourn.
>> Second.
[18:47] » It has been moved and properly second
that we adjourn. and merry Christmas.
[18:53] » All in favor?
>> All in favor?
[18:55] » I I
>> All opposed.
[18:59] » Oh, excuse us. Excuse us.
>> Just one last announcement
[19:04] » in reference to um and I just wanted to
say thanks to to all of the all of your
[19:10] work for all of the year. We have a few
of the commissioners that are going out
[19:15] um three to be exact. And I just want to
be clear and provide clarity that your
[19:20] services are still needed
um until appointments have been made. So
[19:25] please continue to
>> Except Marilyn.
[19:28] » Oh, except me.
>> No, you can't do both.
[19:30] » Except
madame mayor. Yes.
[19:35] » But everybody else, you still got to
come.
[19:38] » So your appointment in unless you're,
you know, unless you're replaced by the
[19:42] council member
>> until we hear something. We'll see you
[19:45] in January. That's right.
>> Thank you.
[19:47] » Meeting is adjourned.