07-06-2018 Brookhaven Reporter

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JULY 6 - 19, 2018 • VOL. 10 — NO. 14

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Big ideas in new zoning code to get public input

Remembering ‘comfort women’

BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net

Members of the Brookhaven City Council, Atlanta Comfort Women Memorial Task Force, elected officials and others with the Young Girl’s Peace Monument and its new butterfly garden at a June 28 ceremony at Blackburn Park. The statue commemorates the ‘comfort women,’ mostly Korean, who were sexually trafficked during World War II by the Japanese military. It also to raise awareness about sex trafficking taking place in today’s society.

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“Meeting Uber drivers has given me a new, and totally unexpected, view of metro Atlanta and the people who live here.” JOE EARLE, AROUND TOWN

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Mixed-use districts, backyard cottages and a new Buford Highway Overlay District are some of the major items in the city’s proposed zoning rewrite that could go before the council in September as city officials try to chart a course for the city’s foundation and character for decades to come. Two more public meetings for residents to hear more about the zoning rewrite are set for the July 19. The Planning Commission will also dedicate its July 11 work session solely to going over the draft, according to Chair Stan Segal. At a June 28 meeting, consultant Kirk Bishop of Duncan and Associates, the consultants for the zoning rewrite, explained the city’s current zoning is based on old DeKalb County ordinances. Since the city formed, new comprehensive and character plans have been created and need to be included in a new zoning code. See BIG on page 13

Parks bond of $30-$50M could be on Nov. ballot

BY DYANA BAGBY

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Brookhaven voters heading to the polls in November may have a chance to vote on a $30 million to $50 million parks bond referendum that city officials say they need to finish the 2014 parks master plans “in our lifetimes.” If approved, this would be the first general bond vote in the city’s five-year history. The mayor and City Council are slated to take up the proposed parks referendum at their July 24 meeting. Before a vote can be taken, though, park projects lists need to be finalized by July 9. See PARKS on page 12


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