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In recent years, the City of Atlanta has experienced a wave of growth in its activity centers, corridors, and neighborhoods. Tens of thousands of new housing units and businesses have brought a renewed vitality and a stronger tax base, but also some of the usual growth-related challenges. This new development has also drawn attention to the inability of the current Atlanta Zoning Ordinance, which primary dates from 1982, to consistently shape growth in a way that aligns with the City’s needs.
In 2015, the City of Atlanta hired a team led by TSW to review the Zoning Ordinance, explore best practices, conduct public outreach, and prepare recommendations for how the Ordinance could be updated to meet current and future needs. The process included a review of current regulations from usability, policy, and content perspectives; specific attention was given to how the regulations implemented the Comprehensive Development Plan, met needs, and were perceived by users.
The six-month process included hundreds of stakeholder interviews and four public meetings. The resulting recommendations were organized by the following themes:
In order to make a few critical changes as soon as possible, recommendations were divided into short and longer-term changes. TSW completed the short-term changes, while the rest will be made in a citywide code update.
TSW is currently project manager for the complete rewrite of the Atlanta Zoning Ordinance. Click HERE to learn more.