[Planning and Zoning Commission on December 18, 2025.]
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EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING DECEMBER 18TH, 2025 MEETING.
WE'D LIKE TO WE'D LIKE TO START THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING AND REGULAR MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE ROLL CALL OF COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER LEAVITT.
COMMISSIONER. WATSON, COMMISSIONER. STILES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. PRESLEY. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MARK FIELDS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. CHAPMAN. COMMISSIONER. ANDERSON.
COMMISSIONER. JOSEPH. FIELDS. VICE CHAIR. MILLER. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SMITH. AT THIS TIME. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. AT THIS TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. NOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ALL STAND AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW, LET'S LET'S DO A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. MR. CHAIR, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH A WITH AN AMENDMENT TO ITEM ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, WHICH CURRENTLY READS APPROVAL OF OCTOBER MINUTES. IT SHOULD READ APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER MINUTES.
OKAY. CO-CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER MINUTES. SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. ALRIGHT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH AN AMENDMENT TO NUMBER SIX. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR THE DECEMBER 18TH MEETING WITH THE CHANGES TO AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. EXCUSE ME, IS IT SIX? YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. LET IT BE NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER FIELDS HAS JUST JOINED US. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A. LET'S SEE. YEAH. THE. ALL IN FAVOR FOR THAT? I DO NOT.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SEEING NONE. THE AYES HAVE IT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER MINUTES. EXCUSE ME. THE THE NOVEMBER MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE NOVEMBER MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. MADAM CHAIR, DO WE HAVE ALL BUSINESS TO DISCUSS TONIGHT? YES, MR. CHAIR, YOUR OLD BUSINESS IS CASE NUMBER ONE. THAT STAFF CAN SOUND. THANK YOU. IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, UNDER OLD BUSINESS CASE NUMBER P2025. YOU. THAT'S 00208. CASE NUMBER P2025-00108. CASE NUMBER P2025. YOU DASH 00308 AND CASE NUMBER P202500208. THE APPLICANT IS HENRY BAILEY JR.
THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IS 1688 EMPIRE AVENUE AND 1692 EMPIRE AVENUE, ALSO KNOWN AS
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ZERO WOODBURY AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A USE PERMIT FOR CONCURRENT VARIANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING A CONCRETE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF A WAREHOUSE. USE PER SECTION TEN, DASH TEN, DASH 2079D AND THE ASSOCIATED CONCURRENT VARIANCES FROM SECTIONS TEN, 21, 50 POINT 6A1 TO OPERATE A WAREHOUSE WITHIN 5280FT OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AND A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE USE TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1021 50.682 CASE TYPE IS A USE PERMIT WITH CONCURRENT VARIANCES. FOR CASE NUMBER, O BUSINESS CASE NUMBER P2025, DASH 00208, AND P202500108, P2025. DASH 00308, AND P2025. DASH 00208. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MR. VICE CHAIR? FORGIVE ME. STAFF INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS CASE ALREADY IN OCTOBER.OKAY, BUT IT'S ONLY BUSINESS. AND SO IT WAS NOT ADVERTISED TODAY FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. BUT YOU DIDN'T NEED TO BE. OKAY. SO IT'S JUST BEFORE YOU GUYS TO HEAR A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND FOR THERE TO BE A VOTE OF THIS SIZE. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. STAFF, CAN I CAN WE SIGN THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT PLEASE? THANKS. IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO ACCEPT THE APPLICANTS REQUEST TO WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION. YOU'VE HEARD STAFF'S RECOMMEND. YOU'VE HEARD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THAT I MOVE WE APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. CAN I GET A SECOND ON THAT SECOND? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S EXCUSE ME, THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO FOR THE ITEM TO BE PULLED. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. SO IT LOOKS LIKE NOW WE'VE GOT NEW BUSINESS. STAFF. CAN YOU SOUND THE CASE OF THE FIRST CASE? OH, EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO READ THE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO READ THE PUBLIC HEARING RULES. MOTION TO OPEN. AFTER. HE READS AFTER. YES, MA'AM. THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS. PEOPLE BOTH FAVORING AND OPPOSING THE THE PROPOSED CASE.
PEOPLE BOTH FAVORING AND OPPOSING THE. THE PROPOSED CASE WILL BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. THE APPLICANT FOR THE ZONING CASE, OR THE APPLICANT'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE, IF ANY, WILL BE ENTITLED TO SPEAK FIRST, FOLLOWED BY OTHER SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A TOTAL TIME OF 15 MINUTES. THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ZONING CASE WILL BE WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK FOR A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES BY MAJORITY VOTE. THE COMMISSION CAN INCREASE THE TOTAL TIME OF SPEAKERS, PROVIDED THAT EACH SIDE IS GIVEN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. IF THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SPEAKER FOR A SIDE THAT THE CHAIR OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY LIMIT THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH SPEAKER. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER. OTHER THAN THE ZONING APPLICANT, THE ZONING APPLICANT MAY RESERVE A PORTION OF HIS OR HER ALLOTTED TIME, AND SPEAKERS MUST ADHERE TO THE RULES OF DECORUM PRIOR TO SPEAKING. EACH SPEAKER SHALL IDENTIFY HIM OR HERSELF AND STATE HIS OR HERS. CURRENT ADDRESS. EACH SPEAKER WILL SPEAK ONLY TO THE MERITS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE UNDER UNDER CONSIDERATION SHALL ADDRESS REMARKS ONLY TO THE COMMISSION, AND SHALL REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS ON ANY OTHER SPEAKER. THE THE PROVIDING. EXCUSE ME, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REFUSE THE SPEAKER THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE, IF ANY, AFTER BEING PUT FIRST. IF IF AFTER BEING CAUTIONED, THE SPEAKER CONTINUES TO VIOLATE THE RULES OF DECORUM. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE HEARD OUR RULES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKER. WHAT NOW? I'M OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT. NO MOTION. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IN CASE NUMBER. P2025-001. DASH ONE ONE. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR. WOULD
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YOU COME TO THE FRONT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SIR, YOU COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. FIRST MY NAME IS. THE ADDRESS IS 2461 MCALPINE TERRACE, GEORGIA. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR COMING. YOU ARE WELCOME TO. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF VISUALS, PLEASE LET US KNOW. OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK THROUGH IT. MY VISUALS SUPPORT WHAT'S ALSO ON THE SCREEN THERE. JUST GIVE ME A QUICK MOMENT. OKAY. SO OUR APPLICATION IS TO REQUEST ZONING REZONING FROM THE EXISTING RL RESIDENTIAL LIMITED TO A R-2 TWO FAMILY, TWO FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT. THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS RL RESIDENTIAL LIMITED. ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF US LOOKING TO REZONE AS R2 IS THE RL DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CURRENT PERMITTED, DOES NOT SUPPORT OUR CURRENT LAND USE.THE CURRENT LAND USE IS A TWO FAMILY DWELLING CURRENTLY. SO IN AN EFFORT TO BE IN LINE WITH THE LAND USE WE'RE LOOKING TO REZONE AS A R2. AND THAT PROPOSED REZONING, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 2022 CITY OF EASTPOINT COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE UPDATE. WE'VE HAD THIS PROPERTY FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. IT IS FULLY OCCUPIED ON TWO SIDES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS VISUAL HERE, THREE OTHER PROPERTIES ON THE SAME STREET HAVE GONE AHEAD THROUGH THIS SAME PROCESS AND PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED. SO OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BLUE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A SIMILAR, IF NOT SAME PROCESS AS THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS AND HAVE OUR PROPERTY ALSO REZONED AS A R-2. THAT'S GENERALLY IT I BELIEVE, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YOU MAY SIT DOWN. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS CASE? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THIS CASE? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS WHO MIGHT BE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS CASE? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS CASE? SEEING NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
HAVE SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING STAFF. MAY WE PLEASE. OH. EXCUSE ME. SORRY.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. IT HAS BEEN A MADAM. WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM CHAIR. I MEAN, MADAM DIRECTOR, WHEN WE WE. WOULD YOU PLEASE DO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER NEW BUSINESS CASE NUMBER P2025001-11, THE APPLICANT, MR. DARNELL DELAIRE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2461 MCALPIN TERRACE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONING FROM RL RESIDENTIAL LIMITED DISTRICT TO R-2 TWO FAMILY DISTRICT. CASE TYPE IS A REZONING. STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION. COMMISSIONERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE APPLICANT. WE'VE HAD NOBODY ELSE SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. YOU HEARD STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT. WOULD SOMEBODY CAN I HAVE SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. ALL IN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS? NO. GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED.
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ANY BEEN IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND APPROVED THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS. WE DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO BE MADE FOR THE BODY. IN REFERENCE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE REWRITE. THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE FOR THE CITY TO GO INTO CONTRACT WITH THE PLANNING FIRM. THE NAME OF THE FIRM IS INSPIRED PLACEMAKING COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED. SO WE WILL BE MOVING INTO CONTRACT FOR THAT FIRM TO START OUR COMPLETE ZONING ORDINANCE REWRITE, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AND IN TUNE WITH THE SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEW YEAR. SO THAT'S SEMI EXCITING NEWS COMING FOR THE NEW YEAR. DIRECTOR SMITH, WHAT WOULD BE THE TURNAROUND TIME FOR THIS? THE CONTRACT IS FOR 12 TO 18 MONTHS. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A TIMELINE FOR US. AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THAT TIMELINE ONCE WE MEET WITH THEM AND GET IT CONFIRMED OKAY.GREAT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE BODY? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE, BUT IT COULD NOT BE AVOIDED. DIRECTOR SMITH, YOU MAY HAVE TOLD US. AND IF SO, DO YOU MIND REMINDING US WHAT THE WHAT THE WORK IS GOING TO ENTAIL? AND IS THAT GOING TO BE A REVIEW OF ALL OF THE ORDINANCES? THE ZONING ORDINANCE REWRITE IS FOR A COMPLETE REWRITE OF ALL OF THE ZONING CODES THAT THE CITY HAS TO ABIDE BY, IN REFERENCE TO DEVELOPMENT AND PERMITTED USES IN THE CITY. AS FAR AS THE PROCESS AND WHAT THIS BODY WOULD HAVE ENTAIL, THERE GOING TO BE MULTIPLE MEETINGS WHERE THEY WOULD CHECK IN WITH THIS BODY FOR OPINIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND FEEDBACK BASED ON SECTIONS OF THE CODE THAT THEY FINISH WITH DRAFTS.
SO IT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY FOR FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS MULTIPLE TIMES, BECAUSE WE HAVE YET TO MEET WITH THEM. WE'RE UNAWARE OF THE EXACT CONCISE TIMELINE OF WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE, BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT'S ONE OF ITS MAIN FUNCTIONS IS TO OVERSEE AND LOOK AT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NOT ONLY OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND I KNOW THAT YOU WORK THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REWRITE, SO IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT. BUT I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL BECAUSE IT'S DEALING WITH ALL OF THE POLICIES AND CODES AND ORDINANCES FOR FOR ZONING. THANK YOU. AND SO WILL THE COMMUNITY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN INPUT AS WELL. THE COMMUNITY WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT. WE HAVE ACTUALLY, THANKS TO OUR NEW PROJECT MANAGER, WE ALREADY HAVE A ZONING STEERING COMMITTEE IN PLACE. SO WE ARE REVVING UP AND READY TO GO. AND HOW WOULD THAT TAKE PLACE? THE INPUT FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE EMBEDDED INTO THE PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE CONSULTANTS. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL. MERRY CHRISTMAS. CAN I PLEASE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ADJOURN. SECOND IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. WE ADJOURN AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? EXCUSE US, EXCUSE US.
JUST ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT IN REFERENCE TO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO, TO ALL OF THE ALL OF YOUR WORK FOR ALL OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE A FEW OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE GOING OUT, THREE TO BE EXACT. AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND PROVIDE CLARITY THAT YOUR SERVICES ARE STILL NEEDED UNTIL APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO. LET. EXCEPT ME KNOW YOU CAN'T DO BOTH EXCEPT MADAM MAYOR. YES. BUT EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU STILL GOTTA COME. SO YOUR APPOINTMENT IN, UNLESS YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU'RE REPLACED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER UNTIL WE HEAR SOMETHING. WE'LL SEE YOU IN JANUARY. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MEETING
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.