District 7 Community Council and Board Vacancies
*Please send a statement of interest for the community council or board that you are interested in and your resume to District 7 Chief of Staff Leah Davis at [email protected].
Community Council District 1 (meets in Chamblee) – 3 Vacancies
Community Council District 2 (meets in N. Decatur) – 3 Vacancies
Community Council District 5 (meets in Lithonia) – 1 Vacancy
The community councils are created to review applications for rezonings, land use plan amendments, special land use permits and text amendments, and to report their recommendations to the planning commission. A community council may consider such ordinances and applications in relation to the applicable standards and criteria contained in this chapter, the adopted comprehensive plan and any of the community’s quality of life issues. There are five groups, one for each of the districts in DeKalb.
Technical Board of Appeals – 1 Vacancy
The board shall have the following powers: To hear appeals of decisions and interpretations of the development director (“director”); to hear appeals of the director’s decision related to the use of alternative material, designs, methods of construction, equipment and appliances; to hear appeals of the director’s decision related to unsafe conditions; to hear and grant applications for pre-qualification of alternate registered engineers, as well as remove pre-qualification status from alternate registered; and to review proposed amendments to the land development and technical codes and provide recommendations on such amendments to the governing authority.
