981 Mayson Turner Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30314

Vine City And Ashby Station Special Public Interest District - Washington Park Single-Family Residential Subarea 6

The intent of the council in establishing the SPI-11 Vine City and Ashby Station Special Public Interest District is as follows: To preserve, protect, and enhance the single-family residential neighborhoods in the area of the Vine City and Ashby MARTA Stations including the Vine City, Washington Park and Ashview Heights neighborhoods.; To preserve and protect the areas adjacent to the Vine City and Ashby MARTA Stations, along Ashby Street, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Mayson Turner Road, Simpson Road and Northside Drive for retail commercial, office, and related accessory uses appropriate to an important neighborhood and university commercial center in the western sector of the city.; To encourage the development of medium-density housing within mixed-use complexes or as independent buildings within the commercial and multi-family subareas of this district.; To encourage medium-density development of all types within the Vine City and Ashby MARTA Station areas which is compatible in scale with surrounding residential neighborhoods.; To encourage opportunities for economic development, both residential and commercial, in the Vine City and Ashby Station areas where there is a planned relationship between the transportation system and development.; To facilitate safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle circulation and minimize conflict between pedestrians, bicyclists, and automobiles through the implementation of the pedestrian space requirements of this chapter.; To encourage pedestrian flow through the design of buildings with retail uses at the ground level which open on to streets and which encourage active street and pedestrian life.; To encourage use of public transportation, minimize on-site parking requirements, and encourage shared parking in mixed use developments.; To assure that minimum parking needs for the commercial district are met so as to prevent commercial parking within neighborhoods adjoining the Vine City and Ashby MARTA Station District.; To promote the educational, cultural, economic and general welfare of the city by preserving the district's architectural integrity, streetscape patterns, and cultural heritage.; To preserve the district's historic pattern and distribution of building types that are characterized primarily by single-family residences, institutions, and neighborhood commercial buildings, many of which were constructed during the late 19th century and early 20th century.; To ensure harmony and compatibility of visual qualities and spatial relationships that exist between buildings, and between buildings and the street, throughout the district.; To preserve the residential character of all streets and thoroughfares in the district.; To preserve the historic street and lot pattern, and design that are significant elements of the district.; To encourage and ensure development that is complementary to and compatible with the existing historic structures in the district.