Meeting agenda and GIVEAWAY, Feb 15

Here's a link to the meeting agenda for the upcoming February meeting:

http://bit.ly/NPUSagendaFeb2018

Remember, the meeting is held every third Thursday, 7pm, at VICARS, 850 Cascade Ave SW. This month's meeting will be on the February 15th, the earliest possible day of the month. Don't get caught flat-footed!

February's meeting will be have a number of highlights:

• Because this is the first meeting of the year,  the new officers will be sworn in.
• With the flu season in full swing, we invited the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness to come address the NPU.
• There is an extra-large proposed ordinance to discuss, Z-17-93. 
• And, to sweeten the pot, we have a pair of tickets to give away to the February 28 Hawks vs. Pacers game at the Philips Arena!

Hope to see you there!

February meeting item: Zoning "Quick Fixes" (Z-17-93)

This particular issue has been with us since November, but we didn't have a General Meeting in December, and January was canceled because of the weather. That brings us to the upcoming February meeting, where we get to vote on Z-17-9, "Zoning Ordinance Quick Fixes Phase 1.

Despite the name, the "Quick Fixes" proposal is very large - 14 separate changes put together in a single omnibus. The overall intent is to apply a group of easy-to-execute "patches" in the existing zoning code to bring the code more in line with the Comprehensive Development Plan. Many of the items won't affect NPU-S, but since it's a citywide ordinance change, we get to vote on it.

If we attempt to debate this ordinance in its point-by-point at the meeting, the meeting will run over. I therefore strongly encourage everyone to look over the ordinance, which is linked below. 

bit.ly/zoningATLquickFix2017

Here are the topics:

1.  Accessory structure height
2.  Accessory structure size
3.  Accessory uses in Residential (R) Districts
4.  Bike parking standards
5.  Deletion of unused districts
6.  Independent driveways
7.  Multi-Family / Residential General (MR/RG) single and two family minimum lot sizes
8.  Mixed Residential Commercial (MRC) building placement
9.  Unified development plans
10.  Non-conforming minimum façade heights
11.  Special Use Permit (SUP) transfers
12.  Sidewalk requirements
13.  Storage pods in R districts
14.  Non-conforming plats

If you have any questions or concerns about the ordinance, you can send an email to the chair (chair@npu-s.org) or the Land Use team, which covers zoning (land@npu-s.org).