5.B.

City of Chamblee
City Council Agenda Item
Department: City Council
Prepared By: Cherron Bouie
Initiator: Jon Walker
ORDINANCE (ID # 3479)

SUBJECT: CHAMBLEE ELECTION DISTRICTS

Meeting Date: May 17, 2022, 7:30 PM

REQUESTED ACTION:
Adopt an ordinance amending the city's election districts.

BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
Due to the need to redistrict, staff has prepared two options for Council consideration. The
proposed ordinance and map has a maximum difference of 1% from the population average.

Attachment List:
Redistricting Ordinance (DOCX)
GoldB_final (PDF)

Review:
City Council Completed 05/17/2022 7:30 PM
City Council Pending 06/16/2022 6:00 PM

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ORDINANCE No. _________

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHAMBLEE,
GEORGIA, ARTICLE 3, BOARD OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,
SECTION 1.1 “ELECTION DISTRICTS” TO PROVIDE FOR REAPPORTIONED
ELECTION DISTRICTS DUE TO ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY AND FOR ALL
OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSES

BE IT ORDAINED AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY

COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA THAT THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 3, SECTION 1.1 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHAMBLEE SHALL BE

Attachment: Redistricting Ordinance (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)

AMENDED BY DELETING SAID SECTION 1.1 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND SUBSTITUTING
IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION 1.1 WHICH NEW SECTION SHALL READ AS
FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1.1 Election districts.

The corporate area of the City of Chamblee is divided into four districts for the purpose
of electing council members from each such district. For such purposes, said districts are to be
known as Election Districts and are to be numbered Election Districts l, 2, 3, and 4 respectively.
One council member shall be elected from the city at large.

(1) Election District 1 shall include the area lying within the following described lines
and boundaries. Beginning at the point where the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody
Road would intersect with the centerline of Harts Mill Road if the centerline of Harts
Mill Road was extended northeast in a straight line; thence running southeast along
the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road to a point where the centerline of
Chamblee Dunwoody Road intersects with the centerline of Peachtree Boulevard;
thence running southwest to a point where the centerline of Peachtree Boulevard
would intersect with the centerline of Pierce Drive if the centerline of Pierce Drive
was extended northwest in a straight line; thence running southeast along the
centerline of Pierce Drive to a point where the centerline of Pierce Drive, if the
centerline of Pierce Drive was extended southeast in a straight line, would intersect
with the centerline of Peachtree Road; thence running northeast along the centerline
of Peachtree Road to a point where the centerline of Peachtree Road intersects the
municipal boundary of the City of Chamblee; thence running east and then southeast
along the municipal boundary to a point where the municipal boundary intersects with
the centerline of Shallowford Road; thence running south along the centerline of
Shallowford Road to a point where the centerline of Shallowford Road would
intersect with the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road if the centerline of
Chamblee Dunwoody Road was extended southeast in a straight line; thence running
northwest along the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road until the centerline of
Chamblee Dunwoody Road intersects with the centerline of New Peachtree Road;
thence running southwest along the centerline of New Peachtree Road to a point

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where the centerline of New Peachtree Road would intersect with the centerline of
Hardee Avenue if the centerline of Hardee Avenue was extended north in a straight
line; thence running south along the centerline of Hardee Avenue to a point where the
centerline of Hardee Avenue, if it was extended south in a straight line, would
intersect with the centerline of 6th Street if the centerline of 6th Street was extended
east in a straight line; thence running west along the centerline of 6th Street to a point
where the centerline of 6th Street, if it was extended west in a straight line, would
intersect with the centerline of Clairmont Road; thence running south to a point where
the centerline of Clairmont Road would intersect with the centerline of 8th Street if
the centerline of 8th Street was extended east in a straight line; thence running west
along the centerline of 8th Street to a point where the centerline of the 8th Street

Attachment: Redistricting Ordinance (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)

would intersect with the centerline of Park Lane if the centerline of 8th Street was
extend west in a straight line, at which point it also intersects with the municipal
boundary for the City of Chamblee; thence running west along the municipal
boundary which turns northeast upon crossing Peachtree Road and then turns north
except for one westward turn before turning back north to a point where the
municipal boundary intersects with the centerline of Harts Mill Road; thence running
east then southeast to a point where the centerline of Harts Mill Road if it was
extended northeast in a straight line would intersect with the centerline of Chamblee
Dunwoody Road, the point of beginning of this Election District 1.

More particularly, consistent with the boundary description above, Election District 1
shall include the following same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of
the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for the State
of Georgia, and the separate numeric designations which are underneath a “Tract”
heading shall mean and describe individual blocks within a Tract as provided in the
report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for
the State of Georgia:

Tract 212.04:
1020
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
3003 3008 3009 3010 3020 3021 3022

Tract 212.08:
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
3012 3013 3014

Tract 212.21:
3000

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Tract 212.22:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005
4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4006 4007 4008 4009
4010 4011 4012 4015 4016

Tract 213.07:
1015

Tract 214.12:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009
1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015

Attachment: Redistricting Ordinance (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)

1024 1025
3000

(2) Election District 2 shall include the area lying within the following described lines
and boundaries: Beginning at the point where the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody
Road would intersect with the centerline of Harts Mill Road if the centerline of Harts
Mill Road was extended northeast in a straight line; thence running northeast along
the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road to a point where the centerline of
Chamblee Dunwoody Road intersects with the centerline of Savoy Drive; thence
running east to a point where the centerline of Savoy Drive intersects with the
municipal boundary for the City of Chamblee just west of North Shallowford Road;
thence running east with the municipal boundary which turns southeast and then turns
south and then turns west to a point where the municipal boundary intersects with the
centerline of Parson Drive; thence running southeast along the centerline of Parson
Drive to a point where, if the centerline of Parson Drive was extended southeast in a
straight line, it would intersect with the centerline of Peachtree Road if the centerline
of Peachtree Road was extended north in a straight line; thence running south and
then southwest along the centerline of Peachtree Road to a point where the centerline
of Peachtree Road would intersect with the centerline of Pierce Drive if the centerline
of Pierce Drive was extended southeast in a straight line; thence running northwest
along the centerline of Pierce Drive to a point where the centerline of Pierce Drive if
it was extended northwest in a straight line would intersect with the centerline of
Peachtree Boulevard; thence running northeast along the centerline of Peachtree
Boulevard to a point where the centerline of Peachtree Boulevard intersects with the
centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road; thence running north then northwest along
the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road to a point where the centerline of
Chamblee Dunwoody Road would intersect with the centerline of Harts Mill Road if
the centerline of Harts Mill Road were extended northeast in a straight line, this point
being the point of beginning of this Election District 2.

More particularly, consistent with the boundary description above, Election District 2
shall include the following same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of
the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for the State
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of Georgia, and the separate numeric designations which are underneath a “Tract”
heading shall mean and describe individual blocks within a Tract as provided in the
report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for
the State of Georgia:

Tract 212.08:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009
1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009
3010 3011 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019

Attachment: Redistricting Ordinance (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)

3020 3021 3022 3023 3024

Tract 212.20:
2002 2003 2004

Tract 213.01:
1022 1023 1024 1025 1026
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008
3011

(3) Election District 3 shall include the area lying within the following described lines
and boundaries: Beginning at the point where the centerline of Shallowford Road
intersects with the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road if the centerline of
Chamblee Dunwoody Road was extended southeast in a straight line; thence running
south to a point where the centerline of Shallowford Road intersects with the
centerline of Chamblee Tucker Road; thence running southeast along the municipal
boundary of the city of Chamblee to a point where the municipal boundary intersects
with the right of way of Interstate 85 (a/k/a I-85; a/k/a Northeast Expressway;
including the Interstate 85 Access Road and any exit or entrance ramps of Interstate
85); thence running southeast along said right of way which is the municipal
boundary of the City of Chamblee to a point where the right of way and municipal
boundary intersect with the centerline of Plaster Road if the centerline of Plaster Road
was extended southeast in a straight line; thence running northwest along the
centerline of Plaster Road to a point where the centerline of Plaster Road would
intersect with the centerline of Dresden Drive if the centerline of Plaster Road was
extended northwest in a straight line; thence running southwest along the centerline of
Dresden Drive to a point where the centerline of Dresden Drive intersects with the
centerline of Clairmont Road; thence running north along the centerline of Clairmont
Road to a point where the centerline of Clairmont Road would intersect with the
centerline of 6th Street if the centerline of 6th Street was extended west in a straight
line; thence running east along the centerline of 6th Street to a point where the
centerline of 6th Street, if it was extended east in a straight line, would intersect with

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the centerline of Hardee Avenue if the centerline of Hardee Avenue was extended
south in a straight line; thence running north along the centerline of Hardee Avenue to
a point where the centerline of Hardee Avenue, if it was extended north in a straight
line, would intersect with the centerline of New Peachtree Road; thence running
northeast along the centerline of New Peachtree Road to a point where the centerline
of New Peachtree Road intersects with the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road;
thence running east then southeast along the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road
to a point where the centerline of Chamblee Dunwoody Road, if its centerline was
extended southeast in a straight line, would intersect with the centerline of
Shallowford Road, this being the point of beginning of this Election District 3.

Attachment: Redistricting Ordinance (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)

More particularly, consistent with the boundary description above, Election District 3
shall include the following same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of
the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for the State
of Georgia, and the separate numeric designations which are underneath a “Tract”
heading shall mean and describe individual blocks within a Tract as provided in the
report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for
the State of Georgia:

Tract 212.04:
1000 1001 1002 1003
3000 3001 3002 3004 3005 3006 3007
3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019
3023 3024

Tract 213.07:
1022

Tract 213.08:
1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009
3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019
3020 3021 3022

Tract 214.09:
1000 1001 1002 1003
1010

Tract 214.10:
1000 1001
2000 2003

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Tract 214.12:
2015

(4) Election District 4 shall include the area lying within the following described lines
and boundaries: Beginning at the point where the centerline of Clairmont Road
intersects with the centerline of Dresden Drive; thence running south along the
centerline of Clairmont Road to the point where it intersects with the right of way of
Interstate 85 (a/k/a I-85; a/k/a Northeast Expressway; including the Interstate 85
Access Road and any exit or entrance ramps of Interstate 85); thence running
northeast along the municipal boundary of the City of Chamblee to a point where the
right of way line would intersect with the centerline of Plaster Road if the centerline

Attachment: Redistricting Ordinance (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)

of Plaster Road was extended southeast in a straight line; thence running northwest
along the centerline of Plaster Road to a point where the centerline of Plaster Road, if
the centerline of Plaster Road was extended northwest in a straight line, would
intersect with the centerline of Dresden Drive; thence running west along the
centerline of Dresden Drive to a point where the centerline of Dresden Drive
intersects with the centerline of Clairmont Road, this being the point of beginning of
this Election District 4.

More particularly, consistent with the boundary description above, Election District 4
shall include the following same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of
the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for the State
of Georgia, and the separate numeric designations which are underneath a “Tract”
heading shall mean and describe individual blocks within a Tract as provided in the
report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2020 for
the State of Georgia:

Tract 214.09:
1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009
2000 2001 2003
3000 3001

Tract 214.10:
1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009
1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016
2001 2002
3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009
3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017

Tract 214.12:
2014 2023

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The foregoing was proposed by Council member ____________________ with a motion that the
same be adopted. Said motion was seconded by Council member _________________________.
Same was then put to a vote and _______Council members voted in favor of the Ordinance and
_______Council members voted against the Ordinance. Said motion was thereupon declared
passed and duly adopted this ________ day of __________________, 2022.

_______________________________
Cherron Bouie
City Clerk, City of Chamblee, Georgia

Attachment: Redistricting Ordinance (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)

Approved this _____ day of ___________________, 2022

_____________________________________________
Brian Mock
Mayor, City of Chamblee, Georgia
Approved as to form:

_____________________________________________
City Attorney

First Reading: ___________________________

Second Reading: _________________________

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Attachment: GoldB_final (3479 : Chamblee Election Districts)