Metropolitan permit moratorium advances to Atlanta City Council
Seeking to give the Atlanta City Council time to determine future land uses in southwest Atlanta, a Council committee Tuesday signed off on a 150-day moratorium on building permit applications for Metropolitan Parkway between Langford Parkway and Interstate 85.
The ordinance, out of the Community Development & Human Resources Committee, is to be taken up by the full Council on July 5, a city spokeswoman said.
Introduced been by Council Member Joyce Sheperd, the moratorium gives Atlanta time to ensure development in the Metropolitan Parkway Commercial Corridor-South is consistent with that spelled out in the Lakewood Livable Centers Initiative, a planning document adopted by the city in 2013.
That initiative focuses on the historic Lakewood Fairgrounds and Amphitheater, now home to EUE Screen Gems Studios; the Metropolitan Parkway, Jonesboro Road and Lakewood Avenue corridors; and historic single-family neighborhoods.
“New construction inconsistent with the Lakewood LCI would undermine the important planning principles, vision and recommendations” set forth in the plan, the ordinance says. The moratorium would apply “for only that length of time that it is necessary for all stakeholders to review the proposed … amendment and rezoning.”
