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Plan A - Draft Land Use and Neighborhood Planning Chapters

Review and comment on the draft chapters

The Draft Land Use and Neighborhood Planning Chapters for Plan A includes a description of proposed Land Use policies for the City of Atlanta. This Draft Chapter integrates materials covering the newly proposed Development Patterns and the purpose and intent of these new categories.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:43AM on page 72

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We need to systematically update neighborhood plans, particularly those that have already been prepared.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:41AM on page 66

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An issue with brownfield remediation is that former industrial owners are tying restrictive covenants to their property when they sell it (see e.g. Glidden Paint and Tilford Yard). If we really want to encourage remediation than we also need to discourage these covenants.

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Maya Jul 3 2024 at 8:41AM on page 20

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I support Goal #2, but agree the verbiage "protect existing neighborhoods" is confusing. My interpretation is that Design for Nature means to "protect existing natural resources in neighborhoods" such as creeks and old-growth forests.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:38AM on page 63

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This would make more sense if we weren't busy encouraging adaptive reuses of industrial buildings. Is our concern over use, form, or is it just a PR thing?

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:36AM on page 63

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LW was previously removed from compatibility with industrial use in order (it seemed) to create a rationale for Imix. Why are we now putting it back while preserving Imix and awaiting a zoning rewrite.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:33AM on page 43

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I don't understand why this (and all the following categories) exclude lower density residential zonings as compatible when they implicitly permit all of the relevant built forms (i.e. I can assemble 3 R-4 lots and create a single lot that I can develop in an R-3 pattern, but I need to amend the CDP if I want that lot to have R-3 zoning)?

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:29AM on page 51

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This is a category that does not currently exist. Will is be created and await reactive zoning and/or area planning efforts or will it be slapped down on areas that currently have other designations as an effort to revive Z-21-73?

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:26AM on page 51

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MRC1 will permit development of exactly the same form as MR3, but it is allowed and MR3 is not. Why? LW is a similar situation.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:23AM on page 45

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We need to look at permissible FARS in defining this. e.g. MR-2 is LDR, but has a lower FAR than R4A, which is not. The various break points in MR and RG are factors of 2, which makes sense, but that starting point for these seems to have been chosen arbitrarily. Is there some here that I am missing?

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:20AM on page 43

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Currently, ADUs are permitted if they are detached. That is an important distinction that needs to be preserved both here and in the zoning rewrite. The word "detached" should be added here. This matters because attached ADUs are ill defined and are de facto immune from zoning enforcement. Unless and until that is fixed, they should not be permitted.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:17AM on page 43

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Street connectivity is good, but cut-through traffic is often bad. The street network has to be configured so that it channels traffic into appropriate corridors rather than merely prioritizing connectivity. Along similar lines, pedestrian and bicycle connectivity can be created without automobile connectivity.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:14AM on page 43

Driving is the primary transportation mode because people choose to drive, not because the built form(s) dictate it. Many of these districts (including mine) are interspersed with large apartment complexes that have just as high a percentage of drivers.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:09AM on page 36

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All MRC districts that permit identical patterns of development to MR districts (e.g. MRC-3 and MR4) should have identical FLUM compatibility. Otherwise, we will be encouraging development with inappropriate zoning.

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:06AM on page 36

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PD districts currently exist, but don't seem to be included in this table. Why is that?

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Jim Martin Jul 3 2024 at 8:01AM on page 31

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There is no reason to separate these uses. Zoning districts have minimum lot sizes. "large" and "small" are arbitrary distinctions invented to give special treatment to wealthy property owners and dump on the rest of us. These should be collapsed into a single land use "SFR" as currently exists.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 5:24PM on page 72

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What specific measures will be taken to address failings within the system brought to light by NTIs?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 5:23PM on page 72

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What resources are being offered and what resources will be available?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 5:23PM on page 72

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How are you ensuring this? What are the means of dispersing this information?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 4:35PM on page 61

i agree with both points.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 4:34PM on page 56

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When talking about reducing noise and classifying them as nuisances, consider this article link

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 4:32PM on page 55

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Encourage expanding shelter accommodations in the city, public spaces, and community gardens

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:58PM on page 75

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How do people become part of the NPUs? Is access limited based on anything? Where can you find resources on becoming part of your neighborhood's NPU, if they have one? Why 25?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:53PM on page 77

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How are we supporting initiatives and legislation in these areas?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:51PM on page 53

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I agree, it needs to be as transit is provided. The support will also not come out of thin air, it needs to be outlined in clear and specific terms.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:44PM on page 52

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A crowded area, extremely unsafe to navigate by car (because people often park on the streets even though these roads are practically one-laned because of it). Not well trafficked enough to be encouraging similar development.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:43PM on page 51

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More covered bus stops ! More benches ! Handrails to hold on to at stops . More active buses in between so that people are not left waiting 30 mins-an hour because one was cancelled or extremely late.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:41PM on page 49

I agree!

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:40PM on page 46

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These gated complexes look extremely unwelcoming, they are often unaffordable, and present a sense of false safety. They're all over atlanta now, this should not be an ideal.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:37PM on page 43

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These are great suggestions! I add that these should be encourages in existing MLSF / LLSF spaces, particularly in south atlanta, instead of plotted out for new ones.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:36PM on page 43

I agree!

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:34PM on page 43

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This should be a city mandate, and it should also be checked consistently, considering what the water main break did to us in June.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:32PM on page 43

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Are we updating internal infrastructure such as pipes and confirming that landlords are keeping buildings up to code if they're this old?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:30PM on page 41

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How is a school a negative impact?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:28PM on page 41

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How will you determine maintenance and rehabilitation? A lot of "rehabilitation" simply means gentrification, which does nothing but drive the cost of living up, doesn't benefit city residents lives, and prioritizes comforts uncalled for by Atlanta residents.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:27PM on page 41

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How will you ensure this?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:26PM on page 41

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If we are maintaining established residential areas that already fit this characteristic, especially in the inner-city areas, we should increase public transit access, green space, food options, and the like without displacing residents daily life; thereby bringing them into the city fold. We should also stray from trying to evict populations en masse to fit or attract a certain replacement demographic.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:23PM on page 41

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Direct contradiction to CW 9. The city cannot have both. Why do we need more LLSF?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:21PM on page 40

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I agree. Why are we? It is a contradictory value. I think we should be discouraging auto use, but how is that going to happen if we do not prioritize walkability and accessibility to public transit?

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Shawn Perez Jul 1 2024 at 3:20PM on page 43

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I am a resident of a neighborhood (Peachtree Park) that is marked as Medium-Lot Single Family Development. The description in the proposed plan of a Medium-Lot Single Family Development includes a reference to the permission of accessory dwelling units. To the extent that the proposed plan is suggesting changes to the current rules regarding accessory dwelling units, I am opposed to such changes. I do not believe that zoning applicable to the residential areas of the city, including Peachtree Park, should be changed. The current zoning for residential areas supports and maintains the essential character of our neighborhoods and are part of why I choose to live in this neighborhood.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:11PM on page 40

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I agree. There is so much cookie cutter white, gray, black, austere-looking housing and residential spaces. We need visionaries for redefining the future landscapes and creating interesting architecture and street facing spaces. The murals have been helping, and the murals need help.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:10PM on page 40

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We also need to ensure we have a variety of trees, as we have a pollen problem that comes from too many male plants. Are we consulting any biodiversity specialists, especially with climate change on everyone's growing concerns?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:09PM on page 40

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A good idea. What does this additional greenspace look like?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:08PM on page 40

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Create more transit corridors. The preexisting ones are not sufficient. Also, focusing density on roads lends to more dangerous accidents. And thereby falsely creates a sense of needing more secluded single-family suburban homes.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:05PM on page 40

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What benefits do such suburban complexes provide to the city of Atlanta that supports Atlanta residents?

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 3:02PM on page 40

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Exactly. Our public transit infrastructure, for example, is extremely underdeveloped, thereby creating lack in some spaces. We still have food deserts. Create the infrastructure. We cannot truly grow simply off of dreams.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 2:59PM on page 40

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I agree, and also want to add that such delineations have historically not helped the original residents of historic areas, typically black, brown, and immigrant populations, who are pushed out in favor of lease opportunities to businesses who have no understanding of the cultural significance in the area to begin with, and undermines the entire historical preservation argument. A name and a plaque do not historic conservation make, nor does it preserve the culture. I think improving the livelihood of everyone, particularly original residents is critical, so that atlanta can evolve to become a true city. This idea that suburbia will be our savior is misguided, as is the idea that historic areas must be frozen in time and untouched. As long as we prevent development companies from bulldozing over people and people uninterested in giving back to the Atlanta communities they seek to be apart of (esp those from bigger cities), we will be good. And I agree that a firm understanding needs to be made about what an established neighborhood is.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 2:51PM on page 40

Exactly. That is also why we have a housing crisis existing right now, companies profiteering off of empty lots that offer no great service to their communities, after pushing residents out.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 1:59PM on page 38

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These are the suburbs of Sandy Springs, Roswell, Marietta, etc a lot of it classified as LLSF. Pricing has become so ridiculous for these areas that many white people are migrating away from it, as they originally migrated to it to be away from the black, latino, and immigrant city residents. Again, we need to be creating less of this, adding ecological green space and third spaces and increasing transit to the preexisting residential spaces.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 1:55PM on page 33

Our focus should be promoting high walkability. Atlanta is not considered a very walkable city, in ways that New York, Chicago, or other northern cities are. Continuing to push residential single unit developments forces people out, and will ensure the city does not retain any cultural flair or unique charm.

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Lily Jul 1 2024 at 1:53PM on page 34

Again, an unnecessary suburb that promotes inequity!

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