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C TY OF A TLANTA DEPARTMENT of PLANNING 700 CITY HALL WYONT B. BEAN Atlanta, Georg ia 3o3o3 1 965 De cember 9, PLANN IN G ENGINEER C OLLIER B. GLAD IN CHIEF PLAN NE R To : Mayo r I van Al len, Jr . From: Co llier B. Gl adin Subject : Steps t o be take n under the Ci t y ' s curre nt Program . v\., r rf ~

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As was stated in Atlanta ' s 1965 Recert i fication of its workab l e p r ogram, the greatest d isadvantage of the presently adopted Housing Code Compliance Pr ogram was having t o rely on 1960 housing census data t o determine the number of sub standard housing units that the program faces. This , i n no way, compromises the a pproach of the s ystemat i c Hous i ng Code Compl i ance Program ; however, it doe s make it d i fficu l t t o determine the actual housing- case load and , the refore, the actual number of housing code i nspectors needed to accompl i sh the pr ogram during the allotted period of t ime. The City of Atlanta fee l s that a careful analytical approach has been made to the problem, together with realistic estimates as to what can be accomp lished. The City saw the year 1965 as a trial period for the Housing Code Compliance Program to determine if the estimates were accurate. To this end, Atlanta Personnel and Comptroller Departments have been reviewing the personnel requirements of the Building Inspector Department in general . Administrative changes as they relate to Code Compliance are being considered that will balance housing code inspections with comp liance. The Comptroller is recommending that within the 1966 budget three (3) Housing Code inspectors be added along with one Typis t Clerk II. This will require an approximate $19,000 expenditure the first year. Cons iderable progress is being made on Atlanta ' s first Code Enforcement Pro j ect Area. Several areas were considered by the Planning Department, and the Center Hill area of 480 acres and 1031 families has been chosen by the Planning and Development Committee. Hopefully this application will be completed prior to the first of the year. Further, Atlanta has taken the position that through the Community Improvement Program, it will be able to determine precisely i ts Housing Code work load and, from this, the City will be better able to further develop the Housing Code Compliance Program to a greater accuracy and make any necessary changes in the conduct of the program. �Page 2 December 9, 1965 To date through the CIP Atlanta has in her data system approximat ely 32 bits of information on each of the 110 ,000 parcels that lie within our boundaries o This information will be in a form that it can be evaluated shortly after the first of the year . This will enable the City to know precisely the number of sub standard structures that we are dealing with in order that our Hous i ng Code Program work load and deadlines can be properly evaluated . I feel that Atlanta is, and will continue, prog ressing in an orderly manner to provide her citizens with safe and sanitary housing i n which to live and prosper . �