Posted in Meetings, tagged City Hall, DecaturNext.com, stormwater, UDO, Unified Development Ordinance on March 25, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Join us Wednesday, March 26, from 7 – 9 p.m. at City Hall for the second of our UDO Drill-Down sessions. Members of the UDO engineering team will be on hand to present on Decatur’s stormwater challenges and how those challenges are currently managed.
More information about this and future Unified Development Ordinance meetings is available at DecaturNext.com
Posted in Meetings, Transportation, tagged bike lane, bike lane improvements, Church, Church St, Church Street, City Hall, Clairemont, commerce, cyclists, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, workshop on March 19, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Join us tonight from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the City Commission meeting room of Decatur City Hall, 509 N. McDonough St., for a workshop about the Clairemont-Commerce-Church Street corridor pedestrian safety and bike lane improvements.
The project is based on Decatur’s 2008 Community Transportation Plan and is a project in the 2010 Strategic Plan to encourage healthy lifestyles and active living in Decatur. The purpose of the work is to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists.
Posted in emergency management, tagged City Hall, DEC, Decatur, Decatur Fire Department, Decatur Police Department, Decatur Recreation Center, Design Environment and Construction, emergency management, GEMA, Public Works, recycling, sanitation, trash on January 29, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
City of Decatur government buildings will open at noon tomorrow. This includes City Hall, the Design, Environment and Construction division of Public Works at Talley St. and the Decatur Recreation Center. Evening activities at the Recreation Center are cancelled for tomorrow night, and the center will close early.
Trash & recycling pick up is expected to have a delayed start time of 10 a.m. tomorrow. If sanitation crews can safely get to your rear yard they will pick up trash tomorrow. If they cannot, they will pick it up next week. Please use good sense when deciding if it is safe to put your recycling bin by the curb. If your driveway is too frozen to safely move your bins leave them until next week’s pick up.
While most of the major roads in the City of Decatur are currently clear and mostly dry, GEMA continues to recommend staying off roads. It is possible that roads and sidewalks could refreeze overnight so continue to exercise caution if you decide to leave your house.
While there have been a few minor traffic accidents in the past 24 hours, no one has been seriously injured in the City of Decatur. The community has done a great job of staying safe and warm indoors. If you do require emergency assistance, please call the police non-emergency number 404-373-6551.
Stay warm, Decatur! Photo courtesy of Ashley Hizer
Posted in emergency management, tagged City Hall, closings, DEC, Decatur Active Living, decatur city hall, decatur municipal court, Decatur Recreation Center, Design Environment and Construction, emergency management, ice, icy, mayo, mosby, oliver, police, snow, state representative, town hall, weather on January 29, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Decatur’s roads and sidewalks are ICY, so please stay where you are and avoid driving if at all possible. City crews treated roads overnight with salt and sand, but with the low tempatures refreezing occurred. If you decide to venture out for a walk today please be extremely careful, as sidewalks are more slippery than roads in many places around the city.
Today’s closings:
The good news is that there were no car accidents, no trees down and no loss of power in the City of Decatur last night. The few people who were stranded yesterday were able to make it home ok. Public safety personnel were able to do a number of winter weather welfare checks on seniors and other vulnerable residents. (And as a reminder, if you have a senior neighbor, please be neighborly and check on him or her today.)
If you need emergency assistance during this winter weather, please call the police non-emergency number at 404-373-6551.
Please check back here later today for updates on the weather and possible closings tomorrow.
Posted in Community, tagged building, building permit, building permits, City Hall, construction, DEC, Design Environment and Construction Division, electrical, fencing, HVAC, John Maximuk, permits, Permitting, plumbing, Public Works, roofing, Talley Street on January 9, 2014 | 2 Comments »
Changes for Permitting in the City of Decatur
Starting January 21, 2014, permitting services will take place in a new location at the renovated Public Works Facility, 2635 Talley Street.
The move takes place at the same time as the formation of a new one-stop shop for permitting that will make it easier for residents and applicants to access these services. This one-stop shop is part of a larger reorganization and the creation of the new Design, Environment & Construction Division of Public Works. The new Division will be home to permitting, inspections, engineering, streets, the storm water utility, and codes enforcement.
Limited Permitting Next Week: What you need to know
Between Jan. 13 – Jan. 17 the City of Decatur will provide limited permitting services during the move from City Hall to the Talley Street Public Works Facility. During this time, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and fencing permits will be issued. Staff will be available largely by appointment only. Inspection requests will continue as usual. For more information, call 404.370.4014 or email John.Maximuk@decaturga.com.
