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Inside Fine time Alarms now must be registered with city COMMUNITY 2 Take a breath Ease kids, yourself into school routine COAAMENTARY 6 Bridge mix Classic card game still draws fans AROUND TOWN 7 Paddle pusher ‘Surf’s up’ on the Chattahoochee River OUT & ABOUT 10-11 On their way ‘Panhandle’ residents to see faster EMS response PUBLIC SAFETY 19 Scan here to get Reporter Newspapers in your inbox or sign up @ ReporterNewspapers.net Dun woody Reporter www. Reporter Newspapers, net AUG. 9 - AUG. 22,2013 • VOL. 4 - NO. 16 Trail blazers PHIL M0SIER Noelle Chatigny, 6, behind brother Andrew, 4, show off their “Angry Birds” bikes during the Wheel-A-Palooza and Pedal Parade at Brook Run Park on Aug. 3 in Dunwoody. The park celebrated the opening of Phase 1 of its new trail. Story and more photos on page 3. Council weighs in on new zoning, building regulations BY JOE EARLE joeearle® reporternewspapers.net The questions facing Dunwoody City Council aren’t easy ones: Should the council handle zoning variances along with rezoning or send them to another city board? How many trees can a homeowner cut down? What should go into com post piles? Should snakes be household pets? The council began plowing through the proposed rewrite of the city’s zoning and building codes on Aug. 5. Discus sion lasted more than three hours, and city officials expect to schedule several more extended debates before the council votes on a final product. “We’re going to go through a couple of drafts,” Council man Doug Thompson said at the end of the meeting, as he encouraged residents to check out the zoning rewrite on- SEE COUNCIL WEIGHS, PAGE 4 Charter Commission tries again on fire service funds BE JOE EARLE joeearle® reporternewspapers.net The Dunwoody Charter Commission has taken another crack at the controversial proposal to amend the foundation document of the city so it could finance a fire department. The commissioners voted 3-2 on July 31 to approve a proposal to create a separate city fire millage should Dun woody City Council decide to create a city fire department. Commissioners said the fire millage — which they nick named a “bucket” to hold fire revenues, or a “fire bucket” — would be created to replace the DeKalb County fire millage that now pays for Dunwoodys fire services. The charter commissioners voted unanimously to approve SEE CHARTER COMMISSION, PAGE 5 A REVOLUTIONARY HEARING AID THAT GAN HEAR LIKE YOUR EARS DO. FREE demonstration and hearing screening! See our ad on page 14 to learn about our 14 day test drivel AUDIOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS of ATLANTA “Since 1983” You Could Be Hearing From Us. Lyric can. Helena Kadyn Solodar, Au.D. Williams, Au.D.
