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ALERT: Ashford Dunwoody Road Repair & Lane Closure
Planned for Thursday May 4, 2017 (8pm to midnight)
The City of Dunwoody will conduct work on Ashford Dunwoody Road this Thursday (May 4, 2017) starting at approximately 8:00 p.m. and lasting until midnight.
This work necessitates closing down a few hundred feet of the southbound lane on the west side of Ashford Dunwoody for approximately 4 hours (8:00 p.m. to midnight). All construction work is dependent on optimal weather conditions.
The location of the construction work will be on the west side of Ashford Dunwoody Road, directly across the street from the Exxon gas station. Please refer to map below for an approximate layout and construction footprint area.
Please use alternate routes and avoid the area during the construction process.
When: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Where: Rivermont Golf Club How do I sign up? http://birdeasepro.com/wildcatclassic Enjoy golf and other fundraising events in this gala to support Dunwoody Football. Please see the info in the image below for details.
December 2016: Dunwoody's 3rd ever SLUP application to see customers is heard in the usual public proceedings. Applicant jumps through excessive hoops to prove he respects his neighbors and the integrity of said neighborhood.
In spite of neighbor support, the usual suspects circulate petitions, trespass on the applicant's property to take photos, and lie through their teeth about the homeowner's intentions to city council to oppose the application.
January 2017: City council lines up behind the idea that since the business itself didn't fit the "comprehensive plan" the permit should be denied. ** The actual facts of the application were ignored in favor of a personal value judgement with a personal interpretation of a city planning document. All city council members were unanimous in their support.
February 2017: Community Development Director Steve Foote proposes removing ALL "Type B" home businesses and removing the application process from the municipal code.
March 2017: Steve presents these edits to the Dunwoody Homeowners Association monthly meeting. The proposal is received like a fart in church.
April 2017: Planning Commission and City Council process the ratification of scaled down edits that include limiting the hours that a homeowner may see a customer and limiting the types of businesses that may bother to seek a Type B license.
During this time, the home business map is getting updated. So far I had been keeping up with licensed businesses in a list generated by Economic Development and local business directories like the AHA Connection and NextDoor. I added to this a systematic review of corporation records taken from the state registries. Specifically, I looked for corporations registered to a home address. I've only gotten to the "P"s and the number of home businesses documented (and active) has doubled.
In the mean time, there have been no complaints against home businesses filed since June 2016. The last code violation confirmed against a home business was February 2016.
That's two complaints filed in 14 months, with only one violation. If we were talking about animals or pets, city council would dismiss these as exceptions.
In spite of Mayor Shortal's pontificating about "protecting the community", there is apparently nothing to be protected from. These code updates are not solving a problem. They are a threat against anyone who would dare to submit a "Type B: application.
What makes this scenario funny is that nothing will change. City Council passes their rules and congratulates themselves on their service. While all ONE-THOUSAND-PLUS households in this image will continue to do whatever the hell they please because they are clearly not bothering anyone. Including seeing customers or holding meetings.
Go ahead, Rooney! You just keep chasing Ferris. We know how this ends.
**In a couple of weeks, the "strict interpretation of the comprehensive plan" applied to home business owners will be thrown aside so council members may enact a "pet" project. Stay tuned.
I needed to see this today as I help run a political forum in the midst of hyperpartisans and other knee-jerk-reactors. Not to mention our own city council and their contradictory decisions.
"Treat others as you would be treated". The Golden Rule. In Christian doctrine, it comes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, in the gospel according to Matthew.
Every major religion has some ideal analogous to this. Yet it always keeps getting lost.
So fresh and new for the 21st century is a new term for an ancient ideal: Emotional Correctness
His family has set up a GoFundMe promotion to assist with funeral expenses.
I made a contribution this morning and I encourage our community to do the same if they have the means.
This is what a community "family" is supposed to do for each other. It's a great way to counteract the negative epithets brought to light in my previous post.
In case the highlighted element isn't clear, I've added the choicest parts below: (emphases added)
Most of the Dunwoodians involved are from the far-left whack job sector, aka the east side.
I’d like for city council to reconsider the city borders and draw the line at N Peachtree or maybe more to the west. I think people over there may be happier as residents of Doraville or Chamblee.
The next time Districts 1 and 2 need support on a city initiative, or zoning, or whatever comes up (like the Dunwoody Club Forest rezoning or the Manget Way group home conflict) I'm going to whip this sucker out and remind the mouthpiece that elements of their community think the "whack job sector" isn't "really" Dunwoody....
Hundreds of home business owners are once again put under collective suspicion. Not because of a spike in code complaints. The last code complaint filed against a home business was more than 6 months ago. Not because of some newsworthy disaster. All is quiet.
The original edits distributed (and saved for posterity) legally banned all customer contact for these enterprises. Mr Foote was advised at the last DHA meeting that not only is this a significant enforcement problem, it created a perception and support problem as well.
The latest edits, released this morning, scrap the scorched earth approach and zeroes in on Mr. Roberson's application as a physical therapist.
The ordinance goes on to define what is "acceptable" use of your home. Behind your closed doors.
None of this is new but the unwarranted scrutiny and hypocritical prejudice by our government officials is getting really old. Home businesses and all of the activity that goes along with them are a part of Dunwoody's neighborhood fabric and have been for decades. Even for someone like me whose home business is "acceptable" by the new definitions, I would have to spend money on a legal process, endure abuse from my local HOA, and tolerate wild speculation from residents all over town for the "right" to have people in my office. Which could ultimately be denied for any reason or none.
So tonight let's pop some popcorn, order a growler from Empire State, and watch the circus that is Planning Commission discuss this agenda item. Winners in the pool for individual votes and vote spread will be notified by email in the morning. Whatever happens with this ordinance, life isn't going to change. The more our city government tries to apply judgments to otherwise legal livelihoods, the more they end up like Principal Rooney chasing Ferris Bueller around Chicago.
