A resolution to impose an 180-day moratorium on new alcohol licenses along Edgewood Avenue finally gained traction at the July 13 Atlanta City Council Zoning Committee meeting.
First introduced in January by Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari, the resolution asks the mayor and the Atlanta City Council to impose a moratorium on accepting any new alcohol license applications on the corridor.
The resolution had been held in committee for nearly seven months, but was unanimously approved by the committee to advance at Monday’s meeting.
The move comes after residents in Old Fourth Ward and Sweet Auburn urged the Atlanta City Council to take action due to an increase in shootings on Edgewood Avenue.
Since an Edgewood Corridor Public Safety Task Force report came out in December 2025, four shootings have occurred in the nightlife district.
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In other committee action:
• The body voted to hold an ordinance that would allow data centers to operate in the Adair Park and West End neighborhoods. The vote came after community backlash to the proposal introduced by Councilmember Antonio Lewis to alter a city ordinance that bans data centers near transit hubs and the Atlanta Beltline.
• The committee also unanimously approved referring an ordinance to designate Peachtree Circle in Ansley Park as a historic district to the Zoning Review Board. Residents have been pushing for the designation for decades, but renewed their push after one of Peachtree Circle’s oldest homes was razed earlier this year.
