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I'\ . .r -:- 1i- ,. ./ ' 7 ,, ~-,-, -,- ., r_ ..f--.:,_...:L _:!._..1.,::-.~.J.. --.: _;_ _.,~- ,L CITY HALL ATLA......."TA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Arca Code 404 DEPARDIENT OF PLA:\:\I:\G COLLIER B. GLADIN , Director July 21, 1967 TO: Hous ing Resources Co mr.1ittee Planning and Development Committee FRO~: Planning Departmen t SUBJECT: Preliminary Report - Amou:1t of Vacant Land 1:?y Zoning District In r ep ly to th e request by the s ecret ary of the Housing Resources Corx.1i ttee for fi gures showing th e t otal vacant acreage i n t he City of Atla ;:1ta , the following data is suppl ied. These f igures are based on co~p uter analysis o f the Atlan t i CIP Real Property Data Bank , for use in the land use planning project, and reflect conditions as of J a nuary 19 6': Zoning Acreage Va cant'/( AL P.l A2 CL Cl C2 C3 CL:i'il r2 01 25 .2J 802 . 8 /0'/2, 2 214.2 · 4.6} 350.7 142.2 ~3 2.,/ 19.0 15.6 1,117 309 (} . 0 1,973.0 .o } Rl R2 R3 · ~dJ} 971~,:

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RS R6 2 R7 RS R9 3,172 .0 5,133.2 '!i6:~l 3'/1..<f,O 298 .~ 65.7 17,841.6 , %Vaca;:1;:. Total Acreage* 261.9} 4,287.2 62.J.8 1, 68 7.7 12:; J"/ t. ,7 . 9 r 12.7 .9]3289 7 27 1, 368.6 89 1. 5 ' 307 .2 194.7 3 , 366.8}9 771. ~ 5,907.1 · 17.9 " /7,7 2,30 8 .2} 2) 308. 2 3S°~, 12,972.8 18 , 048.1 - 7. ~ E1r1cl./. ~,7 2 7. 3 9,248.8) 3,340.9 1, 175.~ 138'1 ~18 79.3 69,631.5 ) Tne ~c figure s ref lect all par ce l s o f land in the City a s recorced However, many vacant parce l s by th e Joint Boa rd of Tax Asses s ors . 3 () , to 2 5",IJ �~2~10Rl,i.IDUM Jdy 21, 196 7 Page 2 are sraa ll tra c ts o f l ess than 1 acre located in otheniise ~cveloped areas . T'1erefo r e, a series of maps at 400 s c ale was prepared s· owing vacant l and and zoning f o r use in the Ci t y ' s l and us e planning proje c t . copy of the data pro c essing listing of parc e l co de numbers of va c a nt parc e l s, zoni ng and acreage data was de l ive r ed to Steve Schwar t z o f Cecil Alexa nder ' s o ff ic e during t he lat t er pa r t of Apri l; and~ also during the latter part o f Apr i l, Mr . Schwartz was given access to the 400 s c ale maps i n the Pl anning Department s howing the s e va c ant par c el s. These maps were co pi ed and de l i vered t o Hr . Al exander ' s o ffi c e p r ior to Ha y 1. A On June 28 at a meeti ng of the Pl anning and Dev elopment Co~uittee , a rr.ap of va c a nt a nd "u nde .:-- dcvel oped" l and was s hown in connection ,-i i th the land us e p l an progress report . After t hi s meet ing , Mal c olra Jones reque s te d t hat a copy of this map s howing zo ning of va c ant a r eas be pro vided to the Ho us i ng Resources Cor:unit t ee . Th i s map wa s prepared by the Pl anning De partme nt and delivered to Col. Jone s. On July 6 this map and a pre l i minary analysis o f areas zoned A- 1 and vac;:int was presented t o the Housing Resources Committee . 1:-te ana lysis showed a total of 482 acres 11 zoned for a pa rtmentsfl. The apparent discrepancy between t his f i gure and t he 802 acres shown in the data processing analysis can be explained by the fa c t that the nap s used in both co.Jputations, although similar, were no t rea l ly c ompa r a ble . The map used i n the Ho using Resources Comr.iittee analy s is was at a s c ale of 2,000 feet to the inch and the maps used in the data p rocessing a nalysis were at a s c ale ~f 400 feet t o the i nch . Due to the small maps at a s c ale of 2 , 000 feet to the inch , ac c u~ate measurement is difficult, and , additionally, only large parc els c an be show~. At 400 scale , more a c curate representation and measurement are possible. 71:e r-::fore , upon re c eipt by t;,e Plann ing Department of the cor.1.-nittec re quest for additional data, further de tailed maps at 40 0 s cal e were prepared s howi ng only signific a nt va cant tracts (4 acres and larger), so that a more detailed listing of vacant land could be made. A preliminary analysis has be en made by the Planning Departmen t of ea ch si gni fi c ant tract, and the r e sult of this analysis is presented in App endix A to this memorandum. The map s used in the analys is are avai l ab le in the Planning Departcent for det ailed examinat ion by interested parties. The Planning Department agrees that th e housing problem in Atla~ta is one of the major problems facing the City at this time, and reco:::1.~ends �:-S~-'.ORJ\:'.:: )l.i,-i july 21, 1967 Pa g e 3 th a t the joint meeting of the Planning a nd Development Cori":..-:-iit tee ..::nci c he Housing Resources Comrnitt e e \vhich has been r eq uc st e: cl be held as s oon as possible. At thi s meet ing and at ot her sub sequent me etin gs , the City's housing policy sh ould be examined. For exaLlple , a sig nificant policy decision a ust be made on whether t he low rent housi ng to be constructe d s ould be of the ga rden apart me nt -- me:d ium dcns ity--outlying location type or whether high rise-hi gh densityc e ntra l area housing shoul0 be conside red. Another p robl e~ is the poli cy o f reloc a tion in urban r enewal and other tre a t ment ac~ivities . Sh ou ld t he disp lac ed families and individuals be relocat ed in t ~e genera l a r ea of th e project or should a ttempts be made to relocate th e e in o~tlying areas? These a re only a few items on which policy decisions are necessary in order to insure that the low-cost housing prog ram meet s the goals set for it at each of the critical ~ime phases over the next several years. ·, �