NOTE - Any called meeting can occur upon 24 hours notice. Agenda is posted on the lobby bulletin board, but not always on City web site
Council meeting agendas can change, so the Public needs to monitor all meetings despite the upcoming holidays and Spring break vacations. The Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals denied a variance request (5-0) by the owner of 35 Williams Street property on February 28, 2008. The owner has the option to appeal the decision to Superior Court within 30 days.
FLOW CHART: Public Education Process for Preservation Ordinance
April 19, 2004
Town Meeting:"Preserving our Vanishing Historic District"
Oct. 2004
SITE VISIT, Steven Moffson, National Registry Architectural Historian, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
January 2005
Speaker at DDA meeting: Lynne Menne, Economic Development Coordinator, City of Decatur, GA
Town Meetings at City Hall Community Room (Press, Flyers, Email Publicity)
May 1, 2005
"Facts and Myths about a Historic Preservation Ordinance"
Speaker: Keri Stevens, Community Development Coordinator, City of Roswell, GA
Oct. 23, 2005
"How Historic Preservation Ordinances Work"
Speaker: Cherie Bennett, Community Planning Coordinator, Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
June 1, 2006
"Facts and Myths about a Historic Preservation Ordinance"
Speaker: Jennifer Martin Lewis, Certified Cities Coordinator, Department of Natural Resources. State of Georgia
August 6, 2006
Public Hearing for Enabling Ordinance; Enabling Ordinance passed by city council
(1) Historic Preservation Commission appointed, begins training classes (fall, 2006; spring & fall 2007)
(2) Historic Resources Survey commissioned by city council
August 1, 2007
Historic Resources Survey completed, survey data entered state-wide NARGHIS network
Hearings for Local Designation Ordinance
October 23, 2007
250 Property owners notified via U.S. Mail
December 3, 2007
250 Property owners notified via U.S. Mail
Press: AJC
Gwinnett Daily Post
The Norcross Times
Inside Gwinnett
