Motorists entering Brookhaven on its major roads will soon be greeted by towering gateway monument signs that mark the city’s borders. Construction began last month of the 20-foot-tall stacked stone signs on Johnson Ferry Road, Windsor Parkway and Ashford-Dunwoody Road. The signs are slated to be finished this month.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Sep. 17, 2018
A zoning code amendment made last year by the City Council specifically for Children’s Healthcare for its new Brookhaven hospital could bring 20-story highrises to certain portions of Buford Highway without a public review process.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Sep. 17, 2018
The City Council at its Aug. 28 meeting voted to accept the $200,000 in EPA funding to be used specifically to restore the stream bank on the north fork of Nancy Creek, south of Murphey Candler dam and the park’s baseball and softball fields.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Sep. 14, 2018
Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst was selected in a Sept. 10 mayoral caucus to help elect a board member to “The ATL,” the new umbrella transit authority for the metro area.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Sep. 12, 2018
The massive Brookhaven zoning rewrite was stalled for one month after Planning Commission members decided Sept. 5 they needed more time to tweak and understand final changes before voting on the proposed ordinance. The commission will take up the zoning rewrite again at its Oct. 3 meeting.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Sep. 7, 2018
Brookhaven’s Community Development Department is recommending denial of a plan to annex property at the intersection of Briarcliff and Clairmont roads, which would also prevent a controversial development from moving forward.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Posted: Sep. 5, 2018
The proposed Buford Highway Overlay included in the city’s rewrite of its zoning ordinance will require developers to set aside 10 percent of units in a residential project as “workforce housing” as one way to address gentrification along the international corridor. Density incentives for developers are also proposed to those building more affordable housing.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Sep. 4, 2018
The Brookhaven City Council is slated to consider in September annexing more than 15 acres of commercial and residential property south of I-85 at the busy intersection of Briarcliff and Clairmont roads.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Sep. 4, 2018
Brookhaven has rolled back a controversial law governing nightclubs, weeks after a judge said it was likely discriminatory in requiring some to pay $100,000 for permits.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Posted: Sep. 4, 2018
Alarm companies got a stay on being required to pay fines on false alarms in Brookhaven after the City Council decided to hold off enforcement of its new false alarm ordinance.
Source: Reporter Newspapers | Posted: Aug. 31, 2018