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Staff outlined a plan to consolidate multiple urban medium/high residential zones into three zones to remove density overlap; a DEEP subgroup (Deep) submitted recommendations to adjust minimum densities, generating split votes in the planning commission and concern from some councilors about developer feasibility and process.

The board voted to respond to a proposed Pea Ridge Road annexation with staff comments and additional requests: ask the city and developer to participate with the county and GDOT on intersection improvements, request consideration of reduced densities to match the county land‑use plan, and raise fire/emergency access concerns.

Several commissioners said the draft permits mixed-use or multifamily in too many residential districts, and raised concerns that developers have used wetlands and utility easements to inflate open-space or density calculations; they asked staff to cap multifamily shares and tighten open-space rules.

Members flagged recent state statutes that increase allowed housing density as a risk to farmland and rural character; staff said dimensional standards such as street frontage and setbacks remain available to shape development in sensitive areas.

The Planning Commission continued a decision on two tentative tract maps for the Essena master plan after residents and some commissioners pressed for clearer guarantees that the city’s minimum 15 dwelling‑units/acre requirement and emergency‑access and traffic impacts will be secured for future phases.