898 Oak St #3421, Atlanta, GA 30310

Historic West End/Adair Park Special Public Interest District - Subarea 5: Village Center Residential

The intent of the council in establishing SPI-21 Historic West End/Adair Park 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 comprehensive study known as Historic West End Historic District Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Plan; Create an urban environment in the commercial area of the West End where people can live, work, meet and play; Encourage the development and redevelopment of the underutilized industrial properties along Murphy Avenue in Adair Park in a commercially-viable manner that also ensures that future redevelopment provides net positive benefits to the physical environment of the Adair Park community and encourages the growth of a healthy, pedestrian-oriented, transit-supportive neighborhood; Improve the aesthetics of the built environment; Encourage a compatible mixture of residential, commercial, cultural and recreational uses; Provide a range of housing types and prices to meet different housing needs; Provide appropriately-scaled, continuous pedestrian oriented uses and activities adjacent to sidewalks along streets with identified pedestrian needs; Facilitate safe, pleasant and convenient pedestrian circulation and minimize conflict between pedestrians and vehicles; Provide for development within this area that is compatible with existing low-and moderate-density development within surrounding residential areas; Prevent encroachment of incompatible commercial uses into residential neighborhoods; Ensure pedestrian-oriented building forms; Encourage infill and rehabilitation development within traditionally commercial areas that include proportionately significant residential uses; Provide sufficient parking in an unobtrusive manner; Encourage the use of transit through the location of mixed-use development and regional entertainment and cultural facilities around a transit-oriented center; Encourage opportunities for economic development, both residential and commercial, where there is a planned relationship between the transportation system and development; Maximize opportunities for pedestrian amenities, including parks, plazas, greenways and public art; Provide sufficient, safe and accessible parks, plazas and greenways for active and passive enjoyment; Reduce parking requirements by encouraging shared parking and alternative modes of transportation; Encourage development that reflects the village's original scale; Recognize that certain subareas are more attractive to development than others at different times in the development lifecycle, and to not impose onerous requirements on subareas that might prohibit redevelopment; and Address needs for accessibility, safety, and economic development of the Adair Park neighborhood and commercial/transitional districts that are in close proximity to the West End MARTA Rail station and Murphy Avenue.