Dunwoody Grinch Council

The City of Dunwoody can't say the C word, but has no problem being The Grinch.

The Dunwoody City Council has halted all development in Dunwoody Village for up to six months, allowing the new council to decide what property owners can and cannot do with their properties.  Property owner MUST continue to pay all taxes on property during the moratorium, despite being barred from bringing in new tenants.

The moratorium is put in place to force property owners to do what the city wants them to do.  The free market has no say for development in the Village area apparently. Moratoriums are put in place to reach a predetermined end.  Predetermined by the government.  And in this case, that government is the new city council.  Expect many many apartments in Dunwoody Village in this next LandUse plan.  Of course these apartments won't have kids and won't affect traffic. 

This is the opposite of the city's last moratorium when the city stopped apartments under the disguise of safety. 

Dunwoody Village 2025

I've attended many meetings over the years here in Dunwoody.  The city hires consultants to meet with us and tell us what we need/want.  It's even better when said consultants are MASSholes from up north.  These consultants deploy the Delphi (effect) method whereas they have the end result of the meetings and surveys already sealed in an envelope, ready to hand over to council and the city manager when they get their payment.

Here is a link to the Land Use Master Plans on Dunwoody's web site. We have/had a plan.  If that Plan failed, will the next one as well?  Will we have a new Master Plan after every election?  Was the moratorium put in place simply because elected officials want to control the new plan?

Very little notice was given on this newly enacted moratorium.  Hopefully this is not the new M.O. for city council.  Where is the Perimeter Chamber on this? No mention of the moratorium on their web site or Twitter.  The Chamber usually feels a thrill going up its leg when Council talks.  And the topic was not mentioned at the December DHA meeting.

If the newly elected council believes there is an emergency in the Village, it is much faster (than six months) to make amendments to current zoning.  

For those looking for something to go in at the former Burger King location or at the old Texaco / steam car wash, forget it.  This action stops all activity in the Village.  Unless a permit has been applied for, you will NOT see anything new for close to a year.  See HERE for details

the Mayor and Council believe that it is in the best interest of the City that a temporary moratorium be enacted regarding the Village Overlay Area to prohibit the filing of any new Applications for Special Use Approval, Permitted Use Approval, or Building, Land Disturbance, Site Plan and Design Review, or other Permits such moratorium will allow the City the opportunity to move the Village Overlay Amendment through the zoning process to receive public input and for the City council to consider the Village Overlay Amendment for adoption; and WHEREAS, it is determined that a temporary moratorium of 180 (one hundred-eighty) days is the minimum time necessary to allow for a full evaluation of the Village Overlay Amendment via the zoning process and potential adoption by the City; 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIA:  During the moratorium neither the City nor any of its departments or staff shall accept, process or review new or revised applications for Applications for Special Use Approval, Permitted Use Approval, or Building, Land Disturbance, Site Plan and Design Review, or other Permits within the Village Overlay Area;