Cobb Comprehensive Plan update virtual meeting

A virtual meeting to present the 5-year update to the 2040 Cobb Comprehensive Plan will take place on Monday.

The meeting, which was to have taken place at the Mountain View Regional Library, is being limited to online participation due to county COVID-19 restrictions. 

The first community meeting was cancelled on Jan. 13 due to the current Omicron variant surge.

Monday’s event lasts from 6-8 p.m. and will be conducted via Webex. The signup link can be found by clicking here. The meeting number is 2300 863 0071 and the password is “plan5.”

Participants also can join by telephone at +1-415-655-0003 with an access code of 2300 863 0071.

Every five years the state requires local governments to update their long-term planning priorities. The last update in Cobb was in 2017 (you can read it here).

The update covers a wide range of planning topics, including land use, transportation, housing, economic development, community facilities, human services, public health, education, natural and historic resources, public safety, intergovernment coordination, disaster resilience, military compatability and place-making.

Among the development issues in the update that’s raised concern is the proposed creation of a Unified Development Code.

The Cobb Community Development Agency has proposed a UDC—which exists in Atlanta, DeKalb County and the city of Roswell— that incorporates zoning, planning and land-use with design, landscaping, architectural and other guidelines.

The agency said on an information page that the changes are needed to “streamline these documents into one combined document that would be more easily accessible to the public, designers, and County staff reviewers.”

But some civic leaders around the county have been critical of UDC, saying it would change the suburban nature of many Cobb communities (see our previous post). One opponent has said it amounts to declaring “war” on the suburbs.

The 2040 Comprehensive Plan update process will take several months, with additional public meetings to be scheduled, and culminating with a vote by the Cobb Board of Commissioners.

A future meeting is slated for the Mountain View Regional Library, with a date to be determined.

There will be an open house at the Cobb Civic Center on April 14.

For more information click here.

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