Possible Zoning Along Howell Mill Road
MRC (Mixed Residential and Commercial; "Mixed-Use")
INTENT
The City of Atlanta finds that the size, scale and character of commercial uses directly affect the adjacent neighborhood districts and the public health, safety and welfare. The city finds that highway-oriented retail, service, office and dining uses which are intended to serve larger areas of the city instead of a single neighborhood or small group of neighborhoods must be located on streets that are suited for this type of development and must be done in a manner which is compatible with the adjacent neighborhoods or group of neighborhoods.
The city finds there is a need to protect existing and developing neighborhood areas and building forms from the incompatible uses resulting from intense highway-oriented development and to preserve and restore existing, traditional and pedestrian scale buildings in established, historic neighborhood districts, as well as create new pedestrian oriented commercial nodes. The city finds that there is a substantial need to encourage a balanced mix of uses to include proportionately significant residential uses and to facilitate safe, attractive and convenient pedestrian circulation. The city finds that it is necessary to improve air quality by promoting walking and reducing the number of vehicular trips. The city finds that it is necessary to establish adequate parking requirements by encouraging shared parking arrangements. |
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TYPES
MRC-1. Low density residential and commercial uses intended to serve a single neighborhood or small group of adjacent neighborhoods.
MRC-2. Medium density residential and commercial uses along corridors and intended to serve a group of adjacent neighborhoods.
MRC-3. High density commercial and residential uses along major corridors intended to serve larger areas of the city, and provide larger commercial uses with a significant employment concentration.
MRC-2. Medium density residential and commercial uses along corridors and intended to serve a group of adjacent neighborhoods.
MRC-3. High density commercial and residential uses along major corridors intended to serve larger areas of the city, and provide larger commercial uses with a significant employment concentration.
MR (Multi-Family Residential Use)
INTENT
The City of Atlanta finds that the size, scale and character of multi-family residential uses directly affects adjacent land uses and the public health, safety and welfare. The city finds that internally focused, highway-oriented multi-family residential uses are incompatible with establishing a pedestrian infrastructure and are inconsistent with the needs of the city. The city finds there is a need to protect existing and developing pedestrian-oriented multi-family residential areas and building forms from the intrusion of incompatible building forms and to preserve and restore existing, traditional and pedestrian scale buildings in established, historic multi-family residential districts, as well as create new pedestrian oriented multi-family residential areas.
The city finds that within these residential areas there is a substantial need to encourage a balanced mix of uses to include small accessory retail uses and to facilitate safe, attractive and convenient pedestrian circulation. The city finds that it is necessary to improve air quality by promoting walking and reducing the number of vehicular trips. The city finds that it is necessary to establish adequate parking requirements by encouraging shared parking arrangements. |
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TYPES
MR-1. Primarily single-family dwellings which may have zero-lot-line along one side yard.
MR-2. Two to three story multi-family dwellings.
MR-3. Eight story, zero-lot-line multi-family dwellings.
MR-4A. Eight story, multi-family dwellings.
MR-4B. Five story, zero-lot-line single-family dwellings.
MR-5A. 15-story multi-family dwellings along major corridors.
MR-5B. Multi-family dwellings with a maximum height of fifteen stories with appropriate height controls adjacent to single-family neighborhoods.
MR-6. 22-story multi-family dwellings along major corridors.
MR-2. Two to three story multi-family dwellings.
MR-3. Eight story, zero-lot-line multi-family dwellings.
MR-4A. Eight story, multi-family dwellings.
MR-4B. Five story, zero-lot-line single-family dwellings.
MR-5A. 15-story multi-family dwellings along major corridors.
MR-5B. Multi-family dwellings with a maximum height of fifteen stories with appropriate height controls adjacent to single-family neighborhoods.
MR-6. 22-story multi-family dwellings along major corridors.
NC (Neighborhood Commercial District)
INTENT
The City of Atlanta finds that the size, scale and character of commercial uses directly affects the adjacent neighborhoods and the public health, safety and welfare. The city finds that highway-oriented retail, service, office and dining uses which are intended to serve larger areas of the city instead of a single neighborhood or small group of neighborhoods leads to development pressure on the existing, developing and revitalizing neighborhoods and on the developing or existing historical neighborhood commercial development patterns connected therewith. The city finds there is a need to protect existing and developing neighborhood oriented commercial areas and building forms from the incompatible uses resulting from intense highway-oriented development and to preserve and restore existing, traditional and pedestrian scale buildings in established, historic neighborhood commercial districts, as well as create new pedestrian oriented commercial nodes.
The city finds that there is a substantial need to encourage a balanced mix of uses to include proportionately significant residential uses and to facilitate safe, attractive and convenient pedestrian circulation. The city finds that it is necessary to improve air quality by promoting walking and reducing the number of vehicular trips. The city finds that it is necessary to establish adequate parking requirements by encouraging shared parking arrangements. |
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R-LC (Residential-Limited Commercial Use)
INTENT
To provide for the transition of areas from residential to office and limited commercial retail services which do not generate large volumes of traffic, noise, or other harmful effects, and which are compatible with residential uses.
To provide, in areas so indicated on the comprehensive development plan, for development of structures along major thoroughfares, especially between more intensely developed and higher traffic generating districts and residential districts, in order to permit a reasonable use along such thoroughfares without the inherent ill effect of strip commercial development. To encourage conservation and preservation of structurally sound residences in these neighborhoods. |
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