The Kennesaw City Council will hold public hearings on rezoning and variance requests on Oct. 7 and 19.

These requests first will be reviewed by the city’s Planning Commission at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 2529 J.O. Stephenson Ave., then by the City Council for final decisions at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 19, also in the Council Chambers.

A styling hair studio is being proposed by Mehri Ghavamian, requiring a rezoning from Office/Institutional to Neighborhood Shopping District on nearly an acre.

Mark Pisano is requesting a variance to allow for use of crushed rock as the required parking surface material in the city’s Historic District.

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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