Cupid plans second state of county address

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In addition to speaking at a meeting hosted by the Cobb Chamber on Monday, Cobb Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid will present her State of the County address in person and online at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center.

For thecobb Chamber’s March Marquee Monday luncheon, Cupid will be present Monday at the Coca-cola Roxy Theatre, 800 Battery Ave., next to Truist Park.

Costs will be $35 per chamber member for in person, $40 general admission for in-person and free online.

Registration is open to attend the luncheon in person or online at bit.ly/3r6ftjb.

Then at 7 p.m. Monday, Cupid will deliver her address in the Sewell Mill’s Black Box Theatre, 2051 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta.

Due to socially distanced protocols, the evening event will be open to a small number of interested attendees who will be selected at random.

Those who would like to attend in person should email their names to comments@cobbcounty.org.

Everyone also is invited to attend the address online at Cobbcounty.org/cobbtv. CAROLYN CUNNINGHAM FOR THE AJC

In 2020, the city of Dunwoody gathered public input from residents and business owners for a rewrite of the city’s sign ordinance.

The City Council found signs provide an important medium through which persons may convey a variety of noncommercial and commercial messages. However, left completely unregulated, the number, size, design characteristics and locations of signs in the city can become a threat to public safety as a traffic hazard, a detriment to property values and to the city’s general public welfare, as well as create an aesthetic nuisance.

The city further found signs had become excessive, and many signs were distracting and dangerous to motorists and pedestrians, and substantially detract from the beauty and appearance of the city.

The visual preference survey requested preferences for different materials, designs and lighting options. Based on survey feedback, Dunwoody’s sign code rewrite was drafted.

Now, public input is again needed to finalize the code. The city asks residents and business owners to submit any comments they may have on the draft sign code to the city’s planning manager, Paul Leonhardt, at paul. leonhardt@dunwoodyga.gov.

The deadline submit any feedback is 5 p.m. March 26.

The Dunwoody Planning & Zoning Commission and Dunwoody City Council will consider the draft sign code in early 2021.

Review the draft sign code at: dunwoodyga.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=1301