1316 Dawson Rd, Albany, GA 31707

General Mixed-Use Business District

The General Business District is intended to provide a mixed-use district with a wider range of uses and greater height of buildings than permitted in the C-1, Neighborhood Business District, and to provide a compact, compatible and complementary mixture of residential, restaurant, retail, office, commercial, cultural, institutional and governmental uses that serve both nearby and regional residents. The volume of traffic and associated service areas and parking needs associated with such uses can be more efficiently addressed through a compact development pattern and shared access, parking and service areas. Pedestrian access from adjacent areas and within the district is promoted through generous, safe, convenient and treeshaded pedestrian sidewalks along all streets. Vehicular access, parking and service areas are arranged to promote a safe, smooth traffic flow and minimize pedestrian and vehicular conflicts.; The intent of this district is also to avoid increasing unsustainable expansion of strip commercial developments along major arterials, by providing locations for the concentration of a mix of local and regional businesses and civic and institutional uses in locations and arrangements that are mutually supportive and more economically sustainable over time.