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April 21 - 27, 2016 » Page 17A
Georgia
by R. Scott Belzer
sbelzer@dekalbchamp.com
Georgia House Rep.
Tom Taylor, a Dunwoody
Republican, was arrested
and charged with driving
under the influence in
a northeastern Georgia
county last week.
According to a report
filed by officer Michael
Bennett with the Clayton
Police Department, Taylor
was booked on April 7 for
driving 72 mph in a 45
mph zone and had a 0.225
blood alcohol content
level. Bennett also reports
Taylor was driving with four
juveniles as passengers.
Taylor’s arrest was first
reported by The Clayton
Tribune.
Bennett reports being
stationed along Ga. 15 at
approximately 2:45 p.m.
and seeing a black 2016
Hyundai Santa Fe traveling
at “a high rate of speed.”
“Officer Bennett
checked the vehicle’s
speed at 72 mph in a 45
mph zone,” reads the
report. “Even after officer
Bennett checked the
vehicle’s speed, it never
slowed below 68 mph.”
When Bennett
attempted to stop the
vehicle it “ran over a curb”
while pulling over. Taylor
allegedly exited the vehicle
before being approached
by Bennett and admitted
he was in the possession
of a permitted firearm.
“Officer Bennett could
smell an overwhelming
odor of alcohol while
speaking with Mr. Taylor,”
reads the report. “Officer
Bennett asked how much
Mr. Taylor had to drink. Mr.
Taylor told officer Bennett
that he had ‘none at all.’”
Bennett also reports
Taylor’s “face was very
red and his eyes were
bloodshot.” Bennett was
joined by Clayton Police
Department sergeant John
Grist as well as chief
Andy Strait and assistant
chief Ryan Hamilton.
While searching
Taylor’s Hyundai, Grist
reportedly found an empty
Deer Park water bottle
“which smelled of alcoholic
beverage.” When Taylor
took a breathalyzer, he
House Rep. Taylor
“blew positive for a high
concentration of alcohol ...
0.225.”
Taylor was arrested
for speeding in excess of
maximum limits, driving
under the influence of
alcohol, and possession of
an open alcohol container.
Taylor was elected
into the Georgia House
of Representatives in
2010. According to the
governing agency’s
website, Taylor serves as
a committee member in
arrested for DUI
Appropriations, Economic
Development and Tourism,
Governmental Affairs,
Regulated Industries and
the Metropolitan Atlanta
Rapid Transit Overview
Committee.
Taylor
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Mayor and City Council of the City of Chamblee, Georgia will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at the Chamblee Civic Center,
3540 Broad Street, Chamblee, GA 30341 at 6:00 p.m. to receive public comments regarding the following matters:
• Andrew Blakey, representing Broward PIB, LLC requests approval of a Development of Community Impact in accordance with City of Chamblee
Ordinances, Appendix A, Unified Development Ordinance, Section 280-6 for the purpose of constructing a climate-controlled self-storage facility
consisting of 600 units and 3,599 sq. ft. of other commercial space and parking for 35 cars on 1.28 acres of property located at 5208 Peachtree
Boulevard, Chamblee, GA, being DeKalb County Tax parcel 18-300-08-002.
• Hennessey Cadillac, Inc. requests approval of an Amendment to the Official Zoning Map to rezone 79 tax parcels from Village Commercial
(conditional) to Industrial Transitional (IT) including the following addresses: 0, 3413, 3436, 3408, 3360, 3401, 3390, 3326, 3294, 3316, 3412,
3380, 3424, 3345, 3419, 3396, 3418, 3351, 3310, 3430, 3356, 3332, 3339, 3322, 3446, 3437, 3384, 3344, 3304, 3431, 3424, 3443, 3407, 3425,
3402, 3298, 3370, 3338, and 3350 Catalina Drive; 3341, 3355, 3345, 3289, 3309, 3299, 3315, 3305, 3351, 3295, 3283, 3361, & 3319 Burk Dr.;
3388, 3382, 3394, & 3398 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd.; 0, 2208, & 2214 Chamblee-Tucker Rd.; 0, 2220, 2226, 2214, 2231, 2225, & 2232 Coronado
PI.; 3434 & 3428 Blackburn Way.
• Hennessey Cadillac, Inc. requests approval of variances from the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for 79 tax parcels including the following
addresses: 0, 3413, 3436, 3408, 3360, 3401, 3390, 3326, 3294, 3316, 3412, 3380, 3424, 3345, 3419, 3396, 3418, 3351, 3310, 3430, 3356, 3332,
3339, 3322, 3446, 3437, 3384, 3344, 3304, 3431, 3424, 3443, 3407, 3425, 3402, 3298, 3370, 3338, and 3350 Catalina Drive; 3341, 3355, 3345,
3289, 3309, 3299, 3315, 3305, 3351, 3295, 3283, 3361, & 3319 Burk Dr.; 3388, 3382, 3394, & 3398 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd.; 0, 2208, & 2214
Chamblee-Tucker Rd.; 0, 2220, 2226, 2214, 2231, 2225, & 2232 Coronado PI.; 3434 & 3428 Blackburn Way. Variances are requested from the
following provisions of the UDO:
• Sec. 250-2(a)(4)b. All surface parking in excess of 100 percent of the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required by type of
permitted use shall be “Grasscrete” or “Grasspave” or other pervious paving or grass paving systems and as approved by he Development
Director.
• Sec. 250-7(a)(4)a. Developments where 30 or more parking spaces are provided shall be required to provide compact parking spaces.
• Sec. 300-17(c) Nonresidential and mixed-use developments with more than 600 feet of frontage along a single street shall be divided by
streets into blocks having a maximum length of 400 feet measured from street curb to street curb.
• Sec. 320-21 (a) Interior landscaping for off-street parking areas shall be required for all surface parking lots designed for 20 or more spaces.
• Sec. 350-25. Utilities, including telephone, electric power and cable television in both public and private rights-of-way, shall be placed
underground for all new developments with total floor areas of 20,000 sq. ft. are feet or over.
• Sec. 250-7(a)(1) Off-street surface parking shall not be located between a building and the street without an intervening building except where
otherwise permitted by Section 230-6 and Section 240-13(d)(1).
• Sec, 350-2(c) To the maximum extent possible, sidewalks and parking lots serving adjacent lots shall be interconnected to provide continuous
driveway connections and pedestrian connections between adjoining lots and streets, except that this requirement shall not apply to lots zoned
for single family residential units. Where necessary, the City may require access easements be provided to ensure continuous access and
egress routes connecting commercial, office, and multifamily lots.
• Gary Matthews of Parkside Partners requests variances from the following provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for the
purpose of redeveloping an existing building for professional offices at 3453 Pierce Drive, Chamblee, GA being parcel 18-299-11-004, zoned
Village Commercial:
• Sec. 230-2(a) Space Dimensions Table to reduce the required 20 ft. rear building setback to 8.9 ft. to allow the existing building to remain in
place.
• Sec. 230-2(a) Space Dimensions Table that requires a maximum impervious surface coverage of 80% of the lot area.
• Sec. 230-2(a) Space Dimensions Table that requires a minimum of 20% of lot area to be open space.
• Sec. 230-6(a)(2) that prohibits automobile parking within the front yard.
• Sec.230-29(a)(1) that requires a building to have an entrance facing and accessible from the street.
• Sec. 230-33(a)(1) that requires building walls that exceed 100 ft. in length to use offsets such as projections, recesses and changes in floor
level to add architectural interest and variety; and requires parapets in building masses exceeding 100 continuous linear feet to be varied in
height and projection, and to use decorative elements such as crown moldings, dental, brick soldier courses, or similar detail.
• Sec. 250-2(a)(5)e. that requires inter-parcel access with adjacent properties
• Sec. 250-7(a)(1) that prohibits parking located between the building and the street.
• Sec. 250-7(b)(5) that requires adjacent parking lots to be interconnected.
• Sec. 320-20(a) that requires a ten-foot wide landscape strip along all street frontages.
• Sec. 320-21 (a)(1) that requires parking lots to be landscaped with landscape islands located no farther apart than every ten parking spaces
and at the terminus of all rows of parking.
• Sec. 350-2(a)(1 )e. that prohibits driveways between the building and the street except when perpendicular to the street.
• Sec. 350-2(a)(2)c. that allows only one driveway for each 400 ft. of property frontage on a Secondary Street.
• Sec. 350-2(a)(2)a. that requires a minimum spacing of 219 ft. between driveways located on the same side of the street.
Gary Matthews of Parkside Partners requests variances from the following provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for the
purpose of redeveloping an existing building for professional offices at 3467 Pierce Drive, Chamblee, GA being parcel 18-299-11-009, zoned
Village Commercial:
• Sec. 350-2(a)(1)c. that limits the width of a driveway to 24 ft.
• Sec. 350-2(a)(1 )f. that allows only one curb cut on the same street frontage with less than 400 feet of frontage.
• Sec. 350-2(a)(2)a. that requires a minimum spacing of 244 ft. between driveways located on the same side of the street.