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November 17, 2025 7:00 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 5 of 18 Sec. 22-85. - Location. No licensed location for a pawnshop or broker or a pawn for title establishment or any other business coming under this article shall be located closer than 1,000 feet to any similarly licensed location, or any church, school, public building, or library after October 1, 1991. The subject location is approximately 790’ from another pawn broker located at 2481 Cobb Parkway. The city code requires a minimum separation of 1,000’ between pawn brokers. The applicant has submitted a survey showing the separation between the pawn brokers as 1,044’, but the surveyor used the nearest path of travel method for the measurement, which is not contemplated in the City’s Pawn Broker Ordinance. A literal reading of the ordinance would use a straight-line method of measurement. Autumn McClellan, applicant, stated that the code is ambiguous and does not define the path that is permitted – Straight line, path of travel, door to door? The survey company, United Land Survey, used their assessment of the path and measured 1,044 ft from TitleMax. Atlanta Title Pawn has been in business for 15 years in Marietta. A public hearing was called, and no one came forward in favor of or in opposition to this item. Councilmember Glenn Pickens made a motion to deny item LIC2025-039; seconded by Councilmember Travis Lindley. The motion to deny carried with the following vote: Aye: 7 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Recuse: 0 – None C. Z25-007 Public Hearing - Zoning Request - Z25-007 - Allow rezoning from OI to MU- Conditional for a mixed-use development with 250 multi-family units and 2,500 sq. ft. of retail - 6.73 acres - Land Lot 681 & 688 - 0 Highlands Pkwy - WP South Acquisitions LLC. Ward 7 Councilmember - Rickey N. Oglesby Jr. Mike Jones, City Administrator, provided a brief background: The applicant is requesting a rezoning from OI to MU-Conditional for a mixed-use development with 250 multi-family units and 2,500 s. ft. of retail. The future land use is Industrial, and a land use change to Mixed-Use is required. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to deny the request by a vote of 7-0 at the August 11, 2025, meeting. Russell Martin, Community Development Director, provided the following background: Community Development is not supportive of the change in zoning from OI to MU- Conditional and the accompanying land use change from Industrial to Mixed Use. No