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.... ... · ··--.;_..--...:.--------------...,.._------------i -.. ...... . , .. t ,, CITY HALL ATL,U,,;'"TA. GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLAl'il'ill'iG COLLIER B. GLADIN, Diteccor July 21, 196 7 MEi'IORANDUN TO: Housing Resources Committee Planning and Development Committee FROM: Planning Department SUBJECT: Preliminary Report - Amount of Vacant Land by Zoning District In reply to the request by the secretary of the Housing Resources Com.~i ttee for figures showing the total vacant acreage in th e City of Atlanta, the follo~ing da t a is supplied. These figures are based on comp uter analysis of the Atlanta CIP Real Property Data Ba nk , for use in the land use planning project, and reflect conditions as of January 19~: Zoning AL Al A2 CL Cl C2 C3 · C4 Ml rf2 or Rl R2 R3 R4 · RS R6 R7 RS R9 Tot a i I ~J . l Acreage Vacant* Total Acreage* 25.2J /01/2,' 802.8 214.2 4.6} 350.7 142.2 19.0 15.6 1,117 1, 973.0 1.2 261. 9} 4, 2 8 7. 2 .o} JO'i (J.O 6 tJ, 8 1,687.7 27 1"3 2.,/ %Vacant .9] 32a9 7 i,s6s.6 891. 5 • 307.2 194 . 7 3,8 66 .8} 9 7' j." 796.4} ·3,172.0 632.5 97i'/, I · 5,907.1 17.9 ' /7,9 2,308.2} 2 , 308.2 :3!, ~ 7 , :3 12 ,972.8 5,133.2 18, 048 . 1 , /,l 2, 410.7 694.4l 29a.~ 3 'l,,.o 65.7 17,841.6 · ) (). lo f:.' 7 2 7. 3 9,248 .8) 3,340 .9 1,175.~ /38'1~·8 79.3 69,631.5 I 2 ~-. () 25% The s e figures reflect all parcels o f land in the City as recorded by the Joint Board of Tax Assessors. · However, many vacant parcels �•-' . \ _--- - •. T.:. ·. _ _ , . . . : . , . ; _ : : . : . : . . ; ; . . . . _ . . . ; . . . . ; . . . ; ; , . . . . . . : : _ _ ~ - . . : : . . . . . . : . . ~ - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - -- ..-.""""'----------'-----------i ...... MEMORANDUM July 21, 1967 Page 2 are small tracts of less than 1 acre located in otherwise developed areas. Therefore, a series of maps at 400 scale was prepared showing vacant land and zoning for use in the City's land use plan_niri.g project. copy of the data processing listing of · parcel code numbers of vacant parcels, zoning and acreage data was delivered to Steve Schwartz of Cecil Alexander's office during the latter part of April; and; also during the latter part of April, Mr. Schwartz was given access to the 400 scale maps in the Planning Department showing these vacant parcels. These maps were copied and delivered to Mr. Alexander's office prior to May 1. A On June 28 at a meeting of the Planning and Development Co~uittee, a map of vacant and "under,-developed" land was shown in connect i on with the land use plan progress report. After this meeting, Malcolm Jones requested that a copy of this map showing zoning of vacant areas be provided to the Housing Resources Committee. This map was prepared by the Planning Department and delivered to Col. Jones. On July 6 this map and a preliminary anal y sis of areas zoned A- 1 a nd vac a nt was pre sented to the Housing Resources Committe e . Th e anal ysis showed a total ·o f 482 acres "zoned for apartments_". The ap parent discrepancy between this f igure and the 802 acres shown in t he dat a proc e ssing analysis can be explained by the fact that the map s used in both cot.1putations, although similar, were not really comparable. The map used in the Housing Re sources Committee analysis wa s at a scale of 2,000 feet to the inch and the maps used in the data proce ssing a nalysis were at a scale ~f 400 feet to the inch. Du e to t he small maps at a scale of 2,000 feet to the inch, accurate measurement is difficult, and, additionally, only large parcels can be show n. At 400 scale, more accurate representation and measurement are pos sible . Therefore , upon receipt by the Planning Department o f t he com.~i ttee r e qu e st for additional data, furthe r detailed maps at 400 scal e were p repared showing only signific a nt vacant tracts (4 ac r es and larger), so t hat a more de tailed listing of vacant land could be made . A pre l imi nary analysis has been made by the Planning Department o f each si gnificant tract , and the result of this a nalysis i s p re s ented in Ap pe nd ix A to t hi s memo r andum . The map s us ed in t he analys is a r e availabl e in the Planning Department for detailed examination by i n tere sted parties. The Planning Department agrees that the housing problem in Atlanta is one of the major problems facing the City at this time, and reconu;)ends �\ . . ... ,- ',s ~:ORJ\N1) m-r july 21 , 1967 P.:ige 3 t :1at t he joint meeting of the l'l a:1::-,ing ;;:nd Develo?ment · Cor:::-:.ittee Dnci the Housing Res ources Comr.1ittee ,-J hich has been r0que: ste:d be held as s oo n as possible. At this meeting and at o the r subs eque nt me et ing s, the City's housing poli cy should be examined . For ex~ffiple, 3 signif icant po licy decision must be made on whether the low rent housing to be co ns truct eci s 1ould be of the ga rden apart ~ent --mediu~ dens ity-- outlying locatio n type or whet her high rise - high dens i tyc ent r a l area housing should b e co nsidered . Ano t her prob l e ~ is the policy o ~ relocat ion in u rban re newal and o ther treatment activit i e s. Should t he displaced families and ii1<liviciuals b e relocat ed in t'.,e general area of t he project or should attempts be made to relocate the~ in~utlying areas? These ar~ only a few it ems on whi ch policy decisions are necessary in order to insure that the low- cost housing program mee ts the goals s et for it at each of the critical ~iwe phases over the next several years . ·, �