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Planning Commission approves drive-through restrictions By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody officials have advanced a measure strengthening local regulations on where and when drive-through facilities can be used, as part of a continuing effort to make the city more inviting to cyclists and pedestrians. At an Aug. 8 Planning Commission meeting, members voted 5-0, with Commission Chair Thomas O’Brien and Vice-Chair Erika Harris absent, to recommend approving a zoning amendment making drive-through facilities for restaurants and other businesses a separate use, requiring a special land use permit. In a presentation to the Planning Commission, Dunwoody Senior Planner Madalyn Smith said the city has multiple zoning districts where drivethroughs are allowed in certain circumstances, and other areas like Dunwoody Village, where they aren’t allowed at all.
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Drive-through facilities, like those at a handful of businesses in Dunwoody Village, are rare, and in the coming years they may become scarcer. City leaders advanced a measure tightening when and where they can operate Aug. 8
Dunwoody resident celebrates 100 years
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Local leaders celebrated Leone Purcell at her home in Dunwoody last week in honor of the resident’s 100th birthday. For her milestone birthday on Aug 11, Mayor L ynn Deutsch presented Purcell with a key to the City of Dunwoody and led her friends and family in singing “Happy Birthday.” “I’m so thrilled to be able to present you with a key to the City of Dunwoody,” Deutsch said. Purcell, who is still in excellent health and lives independently, is a two-time breast cancer survivor, officials said.