850 Piedmont Ave NE #3302, Atlanta, GA 30308

Piedmont Avenue Special Public Interest District - Subarea 4: Piedmont South

The intent of the council in establishing and updating the SPI-17 Piedmont Avenue Special Public Interest District as a zoning district is as follows: Implement provisions of the Comprehensive Development Plan incorporating certain recommendations contained in studies of this area including the 2016 comprehensive study known as Midtown Garden District Master Plan; To provide, through the administration of specific standards and criteria, that new development achieves architectural, site and street design consistent with the existing historic built environment; Improve the aesthetics of the built environment; Facilitate safe, pleasant, and convenient pedestrian circulation and minimize conflict between pedestrians and vehicles; To encourage owner occupancy and retention of single-family and low-density family residential structures compatible with the character of the Midtown residential neighborhood; To develop an appropriate transition between higher densities in Midtown SPI-16 district to the west of Piedmont Avenue and lower densities in Midtown residential area along and east of Piedmont Avenue, in such a way as to reinforce visual continuities, urban design linkages, appropriate transportation corridors, and neighborhood street patterns; To provide appropriate and distinct entrances into the Midtown neighborhood to the east; To require general compatibility between and among new structures and historic buildings within the Piedmont Avenue Special Public Interest District; To provide and protect existing single and low-density residential housing along Piedmont Avenue that does not detract from adjacent single-family housing.; Prevent encroachment of incompatible commercial uses and parking into residential neighborhoods; Protect the historic character of Piedmont Avenue and the adjoining residential neighborhoods; To protect and enhance traditional buildings and uses within the 10th Street commercial node by retaining historic structures and uses and encouraging the redevelopment of non-historic properties compatible with historic structures.