Yes, You Can Build Your Way to Affordable Housing (Atlanta: school, zoning)

[bu2]

I'm more in favor of staying restrictive in Southwest Atlanta to keep affordable housing as opposed to Buckhead.

[arjay57]

I'm okay with starting in Druid Hills. They are the new kid on the block and opening them up to relaxed zoning would be a great initiation into the city of Atlanta.

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by arjay57

I'm okay with starting in Druid Hills. They are the new kid on the block and opening them up to relaxed zoning would be a great initiation into the city of Atlanta.

I think the Druid Hillians would rebel. That would teach folks!

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by cqholt

SPI-1 DOWNTOWN SPECIAL PUBLIC INTEREST DISTRICT REGULATIONS
SPI-3 MIDTOWN DISTRICT REGULATIONS

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Originally Posted by AtlJan

That's your take-away? Funny, I am reading strong arguments here to the contrary.

You're seeing strong arguments for relaxing zoning, or against it? Not sure whether the zoning or the non-starter was what you're seeing the arguments to the contrary...

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by AtlJan

That's your take-away? Funny, I am reading strong arguments here to the contrary.

Yes it is, Jan. I've read this entire thread, and the bottom line is the advocating for the opening up of single family neighborhoods to whatever the market will bear to increase density.

I'm all for increased density along our underdeveloped commercial corridors and industrial brownfields, but not in single family neighborhoods - unless the neighborhoods endorse it. I don't see that happening in very many of them.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by arjay57

I'm okay with starting in Druid Hills. They are the new kid on the block and opening them up to relaxed zoning would be a great initiation into the city of Atlanta.

The ADU-friendly zoning is allowed in R5 zoning, as approved by City Council in May 2017.

The amendment affects R-5 (two-family residential) zoning, which Atlanta Magazine found include areas in Grant Park, Old Fourth Ward, Edgewood, Candler Park and Inman Park.

https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/home/...h1zDj1CRJy5OK/

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by cqholt

The ADU-friendly zoning is allowed in R5 zoning, as approved by City Council in May 2017.

I supported that, but aren't people in this thread advocating to open up zoning everywhere?

[bu2]

Originally Posted by arjay57

I'm okay with starting in Druid Hills. They are the new kid on the block and opening them up to relaxed zoning would be a great initiation into the city of Atlanta.

Its already zoned multi-family and has been for years. But it has historical status.

But Druid Hills wasn't annexed, only Emory University.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bu2

Its already zoned multi-family and has been for years. But it has historical status.

But Druid Hills wasn't annexed, only Emory University.

Looks like the county map is still showing most of Druid Hills zoned for single family.

[bu2]

They must have changed it when they re-did the zoning code in DeKalb.

They did reduce the number of zones from 35 to 27, combining 12 and adding 4 new ones. They obviously couldn't move too fast, but I wouldn't have more than a dozen.

Why do you need 3 different commercial districts?
Why do you need 3 different office districts?
Why do you even need mixed use zoning, just allow it in commercial and office?
That would combine the 8 non-residential and 5 mixed use into 4-1) Commercial/mixed, 2) office/mixed, 3) light industrial and 4) heavy industrial.

For the higher density residential, why do you need 2 medium density?
Why do you need 3 high density-it could be combined with commercial and office?
That would leave you with 2 zoning codes instead of 6 in this category-5) medium density (garden style apartments) and 6) small lot (patio homes/townhomes/duplexes, etc.).

The 8 residential seem excessive. Certainly you don't need more than 6. 7) Conservation area (whatever that is), 8) mobile home park and then 2 to 4 more (#9 to #12) for single family residential. I would just have one in a city, but some of these have to do with large lots that rely on septic tanks and aren't connected to the sewer system. So DeKalb couldn't have just one as it is dealing with rural areas. But why do you need to protect the wealthy with their large lots in the city with a zoning code? Just have a minimum lot width of something like 50ft so you can't take a 75X400 lot and divide it into 10 lots. But if you have a 200X100, then it could be divided 4 ways. Nobody is forced to sell.

http://web.dekalbcountyga.gov/planni...ber_1_2015.pdf

Old District New District by Type District Name
R-200 R-150 R-30,000 R-20,000 R-100 Residential Medium Lot R-100
R-85 Residential Medium Lot R-85
R-75 Residential Medium Lot R-75 R-60 R-50 MHP Mobile Home Park MHP
R-NCD Neighborhood Conservation RNC
A R-A5 R-A8 R-CH R-CD R-DT TND RM-150 RM-100 Medium Density Residential-1 MR-1 RM-85 RM-75 New High Density Residential-1 HR-1
RM-HD High Density Residential-2 HR-2
New High Density Residential-3 HR-3
R-60
Medium and High Density Residential Districts
Residential Single-Family Districts
Small Lot Residential Mix RSM
Residential Estate RE
Residential Large Lot RLG
Residential Small Lot
Medium Density Residential-2 MR-2
Old District New District by Type District Name
PC-1 Mixed Use Low Density MU-1
New Mixed Use Low-Medium Density MU-2
New Mixed Use Medium Density MU-3
OCR Mixed Use High Density MU-4
PC-2, PC-3 Mixed Use Very High Density MU-5
NS Neighborhood Shopping NS
C-1 Local Commercial C-1
C-2 General Commercial C-2
O-I-T Office-Institutional-Transitional OIT
O-I Office-Institutional OI
O-D Office-Distribution OD
M Light Industrial M
M-2 Heavy Industrial M-2