Open Questions

Please offer your comments and suggestions regarding module 4.

The rewrite team has benefited from many great suggestions and thoughts about the draft zoning ordinance. Please give us your thoughts about the land development regulations of chapter 16 (module 4). Thanks in advance for your participation!

Use the website to offer comments on draft zoning ordinance...

What are your thoughts about the draft zoning ordinance? We have received one  email comment critical of the idea of using an incentive-based approach for bicycle parking. Read more...

Any thoughts or comments about zoning rewrite priorities?

Citizens who attended the April 26th public meeting were asked to identify issues that deserve priority attention as part of the zoning rewrite. The following topics were identified. What do you think? Do you have thoughts about these issues, or do you have additional suggestions? We'd love to hear. Read more...

Should the approval procedures for zoning amendments and SLUPs be streamlined or should the approval process vary depending on the scope of potential impacts?

In Dunwoody, review and approval of zoning amendments and special land use permits involves more process steps than do similar procedures in many other communities. The existing process generally includes the following key meetings/hearings: Read more...

Should zoning rules governing home-based businesses be relaxed to allow for occasional customer visits and/or non-resident employees?

The city's zoning ordinance currently allows home occupations in residential zoning districts, which is common practice throughout the U.S. The ordinance imposes several restrictions on home occupations, including a prohibition on "public contact" and on employing persons who do not live in the dwelling. Read more...

Have you read the Concepts and Directions report?

The Concepts and Directions report presents the consultant team's preliminary findings and recommendations about changes that should be incorporated into Dunwoody’s new zoning and development ordinances. Read more...

What do you view as the most important issues that need to be addressed in the zoning and land development regulations rewrite?

We asked this question at our January 24 listening sessions and public kick-off meeting. Attendees offered many ideas, including: Read more...

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