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July 21., 1967
Hous i ng Resources Committee
?lanning and Development Committee
TO:
Planning Depa r tment
SL'EJZCT:
Prel imina ry Report - Amount o f Vacant Land by Zo ni,,g Jistrict
In ~eply to the r equest by the secre t ary of the Housing Re s o~rccs
Cor..:-.~i i: tee for figures s howing the total vncant ac re.:; 6 e i,, the Ci cy
of Atl a nt a , the f ollo~ing da~a is supplied. These figures .:;=e base~
on c o~puter analysis of the Atl anta CIP Real Property Data Jan~,
for use in the land use planning project, and reflec t conditions as
of January 19~:
Zoning
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Al
A2
CL
Acreage Vacant*
Total Acreage*
25.2}
802 . 8
/0~2,2.
214 .2
4.6}
Cl
350.7
C2
C3
C4
142.2
19.0
15.6
1,111.o}JojtJ.O
/,2.
1.2
796 .4}
RS
2, 69L,, l,
410.7
298.~
R9
1,368. 6
891.5
30 7. 2j
, 2 8<:J
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7
194. 7
1,9~3.0
· 632.5
3,172.0
5,133.2
261. 9} 6i..),8
4 ,2 87.2
1,687.7
27. 9 )
1"3 2. ,/
o/.Va ca •• t:
97i'/, I
l
3 'f,<J,0
65.7
17,841.6
3,8 66 . 8}977].CJ
5 , 907.1
17. 9 "
/7, '7
2,308.2)
2,308.2
3 7. 3
12,972 . 81
18, 04S .1 F
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3 o. <o
(;;. I
7
2 7. 3
9,248 . 8
3,340.9
1, 175. S
~/ J8'/ Lj,d
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79 •
69,631.5
lhe - ~ figures r eflect all parcels o~ land in the City as 16:36, 29 December 2017 (EST)~~j
Howeve r, many v.:..c.in.~ ;:>,,~·c.:!:s
·J y t:·,c Joint i3oard of Tax Assessors.
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a r c s mall t rac t s of less than l ~c~e loccced in ot~c~1i~c ~cvc:c~2~
c. r c.1 s. Th.:!reforc, a seri es of 111.:ips .:it 400 scale t-1.1s ? -:c;:,.:-..-:e: C: ::, :·"::, ,; i,,g
va cant l and a nd zoning for use in th e City's l.:inci JSC ?:anuin 0 ~re j ect .
A cory o i t!1 c data pro c essing list inz o f parcei co~c nu~~c c3 c~ ~.:-..cant
~~=eel s, zoninJ and acreaze data was ~c live =cci to Steve Sc143.215.248.55 =tz of
Ce ci l Alexander's office during the latter ?art of ~~ r il; cnci , A •wu
ci u~ing the la tter part of A?ril, Mr . Schwartz w~s c ive n a c ces 5 ::o : ne
40G s c ale maps in the Planning Department showing tncse vac~nt ? a rccl s .
~hesc map s were copied and delivered t o Nr. Alexancier's offi ce ? r ior
to )fay 1.
On .;une 28 a:: a meeti g of the Plan nin/j and i)cvclo?;-;-,e;-,c Co::-.-:-,ittee ,
a r:iap of vacant and "under- developed" land was shoi-:n i.i. co;-..-i.ec ::ic, ;-,
with the land use plan progress report . After this r;;cetir,:;, :-:~lco::..r.1
Jones requested that a copy of this map s howing zoning o f vaca .. t a =2a s
oe provid e d to the Housing Resources Committee. rhis ma? was ?re ?areci
by the Planning Department and deli vered t o Col. Jone s .
On July 6 this ~ap and a preliminary analysis of arca3 zoncrl A-1 an rl
v.:ic.:nt was presented to the Ho using Resources Com.T,itt ec . .:':-,e a .. .:.l ys~ s
s;;ow cd a tot.Ji. of 482 acres "zoneC: for apartments " . '.i:'~.e c;:,;::> arcn :
discrepancy between this figure and the 802 ac res shown in :~c 6.:i::.:-..
proc e ssing an.:.lysis can be ex?l.:iined by the fact that the Qa?s ilse d
in both co ..~?utations , althoulih similar, were not re;:;i..ly cor:-,;,ar.::.b::.e .
'.:he r..;:;p used ir-. the Housing Resources Committee analysis w.:.s a:: a
sc.1lc o f 2,000 feet to the inch and the maps used in the data proce ssing analysis were at a scale of 400 feet to the inc h. Due to th~
SQall ma?s at a scale of 2,000 feet to the inch, accur ate mcas~re~cn t
is difficult, and, a dditionally, on l y large parcels canoe shown.
At 400 scale, more accurate representation and mcasureme~t .:.re ?OSs~ble.
~c::.::f.orc, u:;on :cece:ipt: by c;1c Planning Depart.nent of t:-1e co;-;-..--:-,itcc.:::
rcqucJt ior ad<litio.i.al data, further detailed maps at 400 scale "e=~
?~C143.215.248.55cd showin3 only signific unt vaca nt tracts (4 acres anci lar6 e~).
so=143.215.248.55 a more detailed listing of vacant land could he ~adc. A
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- -cli,:, · r,z.ry ar.alysis has been made i)y the Planning Dc?art..icnt of eac~.
siGnificant tract, and the result of this analysis is presented in
Appenciix A to :his mcm6randum.
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r~? S us0d in ~he ~nalysis are available in the ?lanninJ Depar~~e~t
for lcc~ilcci ex&~ination by interested parties.
~~. ~:cmcnt &3rces thac the hou3ing probl~~ iu
is o.-,c of tc.e ,1,:.jo;:- problems f.:i.:ii,::; the City at t~ia tiQe,
he ?~~nnin3
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end : he ~ous ing R2~ou rccs Co~~ itt cc whi c ~ has bee~ =c~~c~:c~ ~2 ~c :~
cs s0on as ~ossib lc . At this ~cc~i~: an<l at o : hc r su~sc~~c~: ~c c ::. n~s> the City's 110 :...i sin:;; ;?Ol i c y $l:ou:c: ~2 e:..::~m~r~.2<l . ?o:::- -2 ::.::;:,?!.2}
c si~aiiicant poli c y decision ~ust j j ~cd 2 on whct~c = c~c l ~w =c~=
l~ous::.a; co :>c cons'.:ructcG. s!·toulci b 2 v£ t ::i. c zu:.... (l c :1 a? o.::-::::.:::;-~~ --:::2 Ci. ~::1
tcnsity--ou:lyi ng loccti on type or w~c: ~2r high rise-hi ; ~ tc~si:yccn~r~l area housing shou lri be co nsi dcrc ~. Ano t her ~robic~ i s :~2
policy o~ rc~ocation in u=ban renewcl c~d other tr ca :~en~ zc:ivitie s.
Sho~ ld t~e disp l.:icc rl £.:iraili cs and i~Jivicluals he r2lo cat2l in th e
g e neral .:ir2.:i of :he pro~ec : o r should atte~?tS he ~acie to r e loca :e
hc~ _in out lying arecs? ~~e s e are o nly a few ite~s on whic~ ?Olicy
de c isions are nece ssary i n order to insure that the low-cost housi ~g
p roz~ara racets the goals set for it at each of the critical :i~c
phases ov~r the next sev~~al years.
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