Roswell, GA Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

The Unified Development Code Design Guidelines adopted by Mayor and City Council by Resolution and subsequently amended and adopted by reference in this Article are flexible in interpretation of compliance of the design standards as determined by staff, and the Design Review Board or the Historic Preservation Commission, whichever has jurisdiction, in the case of individual development applications.B.It is the intent of this Article that all development be in accordance with the applicable standards established in the UDC Design Guidelines, but that the final authority to determine whether a development is consistent or inconsistent with these guidelines shall rest with the Design Review Board or the Historic Preservation Commission, whichever has jurisdiction, subject to appeal provisions. To this end, the Board or Commission may exercise its own judgment in applying these design guidelines and may approve variations or determine such guidelines to be not applicable as they pertain to a particular piece of property or development where, in the Board's or Commission's judgment, the spirit and intent of the guidelines are maintained or that the resulting development, absent consistency with these guidelines, will be appropriate and compatible with the uses and structures within the respective overlay district, design district, or citywide, as the case may be.