All the rooms on 21st Avenue have been turned into bedrooms, so there is no common area. A normal house would have a den or living room, but all the rooms at A New Beginning have been turned into bedrooms, so that's a violation.

They can't win no matter which way they turn, because the ordinances don't allow them to do anything in their present location. And if you have the capacity to keep more than six people -- regardless to the number who are living there -- you are considered over the limit. I counted five bedrooms, so that means they have the capacity for 10 residents. If they have seven bedrooms, they could have 14.

If Mr. Warren and Mr. Hodge run a facility with six or fewer occupants, they don't have to have a license. However, they're in a residential zone. And in that particular zone, to do anything like they are doing, they would have to have special exception approval from council. So, they are kind of messed up right there. Also if they have more than six residents, they need to be regulated by the state of Georgia, by the Office of Regulatory Services. But they can't really stay in their present location and get a license for anything.

I am dumbfounded. We don't know how long it has been a mental health center. The day it came to my attention, we shut it down. I don't understand how somebody didn't complain.

Maxims of Ptahhotep spoke a lot of sense; 'Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned. Good speech is more hidden than malachite, yet it is found in the possession of women slaves at the millstones.' Now THAT I’ll give the green light to. The opinions, eloquence and articulacy of the man or woman on the street can often be as invaluable as precious stones.

For our area, the fair market rent for a one bedroom apartment is $300; for two bedrooms it is $350; for three bedrooms, $450; and for four bedrooms, $525.