Part 16, Chapter 18A — SPI-1 Downtown Special Public Interest District Regulations

Sec. 16-18A.002. Statement of intent.

The intent of the council in establishing SPI-1 as a zoning district is as follows:

Sec. 16-18A.003. Boundaries of district established.

The boundaries of the SPI-1 Downtown District are shown on map Attachment B which by this reference is incorporated into and made a part of this chapter and this part. The SPI-1 Downtown District is divided into seven subareas as shown on said map Attachment B and are subscribed as follows:

Subarea 1—Downtown Core Subarea 2—SoNo Commercial West Subarea 3—SoNo Commercial East Subarea 4—SoNo Residential Subarea 5—Centennial Olympic Park Subarea 6—Terminus Subarea 7—Fairlie-Poplar (Ord. No. 2007-71(07-O-2221), § 1(Att. A), 11-2707)

Sec. 16-18A.004. Application procedures.

A special administrative permit (SAP) application and a specified number of copies each of a site plan, landscape plan, and elevation drawings of each exterior façade shall be submitted, as applicable, and approved by the director of the bureau of planning prior to an applicant filing for a building permit. All exterior demolition, new construction (including additions to existing buildings), modifications of outdoor dining, or any construction which results in increased lot coverage, modification of the building footprint, or modification of building façades that alters the configuration of openings, shall be subject to said SAP approval. Before making an application for a special administrative permit, a preapplication conference between the applicant and the director of the bureau of planning or the director's designee is required to discuss the application and relevant requirements of these regulations. Said pre-application conference shall be held within 14 days of the request date by the applicant, unless a longer period is mutually agreed upon. All applications for a SAP shall be processed in accordance with the standards and procedures applicable to said SAP applications contained in Chapter 25 of Part 16 except as otherwise modified by this Chapter 18.

Where regulations require the approval of a SAP for other purposes so specified, processing by the director of the bureau of planning shall, without additional application, include consideration of other special administrative permits. Where such regulations require special exception or special use permit action, the special administrative permit for building permit purposes shall not be issued until the necessary approval has been obtained for such special exception or special use permit.

The director of the bureau of planning may exempt certain classes of applications for special administrative permits from detailed review requirements as set forth upon written findings that generally within these districts, the actions proposed are of such a character or scale as to make detailed reviews and approval by the planning director unnecessary. Where applications for special administrative permits are determined by reference to such findings to be thus exempted, the permit shall be issued if otherwise lawful. (Ord. No. 2007-71(07-O-2221), § 1(Att. A), 11-2707; Ord. No. 2018-11(18-O-1023), § 9.D, 5-16-18)

Sec. 16-18A.005. Definitions.

[The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:]

Sec. 16-18A.006. Use regulations.

= Permitted Principal Use or Structure = Special Administrative Permit Required = Special Use Permit Required = Not Permitted Commercial/Retail Bakers and catering establishments Eating and drinking establishments (Drive-through facilities are not permitted). In Subarea #5, any eating and drink-ing establishment which is defined as a nightclub under Chapter 10 of the City Code shall not be permitted within 200 feet on Ivan Allen Boulevard.

Laundry and dry-clean-ing collection stations or plants; laundry and dry-cleaning establishments where equipment is oper-ated by customers Mercantile uses, to include merchandise marts and exhibit build-ings for wholesale trade Printing and blueprinting shops Professional or personal service establishments, but not hiring halls Retail establishments Repair of office equip-ment or installations;

home appliances, clocks and watches, shoes, bicycles and leather goods Sales and leasing agencies for new and P used cars and motorcycles Sales, leasing, and repair for new and used bicycles and mopeds

Sec. 16-18A.007. Demolition of existing structures and redevelopment requirements.

No existing structure shall be demolished for the purpose of creating open space. All requests for demolition shall include concept plans for the redevelopment of the property that are sufficient to obtain an SAP for the development of the new structure.

Any property wherein 60 percent or greater of the principal building is removed or destroyed by any means shall be redeveloped in accordance with the requirements of this chapter notwithstanding any other provisions in Part 16 to the contrary, specifically including the installation of sidewalks and street trees. (Ord. No. 2007-71(07-O-2221), § 1(Att. A), 11-2707)

Sec. 16-18A.008. Development controls.

See SPI-1 Downtown Development Controls Table for Bulk Limitations, Building Coverage, Yard Requirements, Open Space Requirements, and Height Requirements subject to subsections 1 through 4 below.

Sec. 16-18A.009. Sidewalks.

Sidewalks shall be located along all streets and shall have the components and widths identified in the SPI-1 Downtown Sidewalk Table and the Pedestrian Space Plan map.

Width As Shown on Pedestrian Space Plan Map 23 Feet 21 Feet 21A Feet 20 Feet 19 Feet 17 Feet SPI-1 Downtown Sidewalk Table Street Trees Special Paves in Street in Street Furniture and Tree Furniture and Tree Planting Zone1 Planting Zone2 Required Not Required or match existing Required Not Required or match existing Required Brick or match existing Required Not Required or match existing Required Not Required or match existing Whitaker Greer Required Mulberry or equiv-alent Street Furniture and Tree Planting Zone Width 5 feet minimum 5 feet minimum 10 feet 5 feet minimum 5 feet minimum 5 feet minimum Sidewalk Clear Zone Width 18 feet minimum 16 feet minimum 11 feet 15 feet minimum 14 feet minimum 12 feet minimum Width As Shown on Pedestrian Space Plan Map 15 Feet New Streets Fairlie Poplar:

10 Feet 10 Feet 7 Feet 6 Feet Street Trees Special Paves in Street in Street Furniture and Tree Furniture and Tree Planting Zone1 Planting Zone2 In Subarea 5:

Whitaker Greer Mulberry or equiv-Required alent All other subareas:

Not Required or match existing Required Not required Street Furniture and Tree Planting Zone Width 5 feet minimum 4 feet minimum Sidewalk Clear Zone Width 10 feet minimum 6 feet minimum Required 2 feet wide brick band at back of curb Prohibited except 1 foot wide brick at curb extensions band at back of curb Prohibited except 1 foot wide brick at curb extensions band at back of curb 4 feet 0 feet 0 feet 6 feet 7 feet 6 feet

Sec. 16-18A.010. Supplemental zone.

Supplemental zone components, requirements, and prohibitions are identified in the SPI-1 Downtown Supplemental Zone Table.

§ 16-18A.010 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ SPI-1 Downtown: Supplemental Zone Table Prohibited Allowed, not to exceed fifteen Required, with a minimum Required, with a minimum

Within Subareas 1, 2, 3, 4, Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd.;

Baker Street west of Centen-and 5;

nial Olympic Park Dr.;

rights-of-way;

and Baker St.

Sec. 16-18A.011. Relationship of building to street.

Regulations contained in this section apply to all buildings and structures, including parking structures, except structures for parking lot attendants less than 50 square feet. See section 16-18A.012 for additional requirements on storefront streets.

SPI-1 Downtown: Fenestration Table (Minimum Requirements)

Sidewalk-Level Use Storefront Streets Residential 65% (Storefront Façade Treatment)

Non-residential 65% (Storefront Façade Treatment)

Sec. 16-18A.012. Specific regulations for storefront streets.

Sec. 16-18A.013. Dumpsters, loading areas and entrances, mechanical and accessory features, and fences and walls.

Sec. 16-18A.014. Driveway curb cuts, driveways, parking facilities and drive-through facilities.

(For the purposes of this section, two curb cuts serving two one-way driveways shall only be counted as one curb cut):

iii Developments with more than one street frontage: One per street frontage, provided that curb cuts shall not be permitted on arterial, collector or storefront streets when access may be provided on other street(s).

Sec. 16-18A.015. Off-street parking and loading requirements.

Parking spaces provided in excess of the parking requirements of this section 16-18P.020 that do not qualify for an administrative variation to increase the maximum allowable parking requirement shall be considered a principal use and shall first require a special use permit.

SPI-1 Downtown: Parking Table Parking Spaces Minimum Maximum Hotels and Motels (spaces per lodging unit)

None 1.0 Residential Dwellings: •Per each one-bedroom unit •Per each two or more bedroom unit None 1.1 2.1 Non-Residential Uses (Spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area)

Eating and Drinking Establishments None 2.5 Commercial/Retail (not Eating and Drinking Establishments) Institutional Office Recreation/Entertainment All Other Uses Parking Spaces Minimum Maximum None 2.5 None 2.5 None 2.0 None 1.5 None 2.0 Note: All developments subject to an approved masterplan or unified development plan shall have parking assessed during review and calculated over the entire masterplan or unified development plan area and not on a parcel-by-parcel basis. If uses change parking shall not be reassessed.

Note: All car share or carpool/vanpool (or similar mode) parking spaces shall not count toward meeting required parking.

Sec. 16-18A.016. Minimum landscaping, barrier and lighting requirements for surface parking lots.

The requirements of City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, chapter 158 vegetation, article II tree protection, section 30 parking lot requirements shall apply to this district in addition to the street tree planting requirements, with additional requirements as follows:

Sec. 16-18A.017. Minimum off-street bicycle parking and showering requirements.

See section 16-28.014(6), Bicycle parking requirements. (Ord. No. 2007-71(07-O-2221), § 1(Att. A), 11-2707; Ord. No. 2019-09(18-O-1581), § 12, 1-31-19)

Sec. 16-18A.018. Transportation management plans.

The office of buildings shall not issue any certificate of occupancy permits for any multifamily residential, office, or hotel development (including the sum of such uses in combination) having more than 25,000 square feet of gross floor area until such time the developer or their specified agent has submitted to the office of zoning and development a transportation management plan (TMP). This TMP shall contain strategies to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips generated by the project and shall be in accordance with the transportation management plan development guide, a document maintained by the Atlanta Department of Transportation.

Upon the face of the permit plans for improvement of real property subject to the TMP requirement, the applicant shall acknowledge by signature, for itself and successors and assigns on the permit plans, that it will satisfy the requirements of 16-18A.018 and certify which strategies will be used to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips.

A summary report of ongoing implementation of the TMP shall be submitted annually. (Ord. No. 2007-71(07-O-2221), § 1(Att. A), 11-2707; Ord. No. 2021-10(20-O-1723), § 1, 3-10-21)

Sec. 16-18A.019. Bridges and tunnels.

Sec. 16-18A.020. Specific regulations for Subarea 6 (Terminus) and Subarea 7 (FairliePoplar).

The following regulations shall apply to Subarea 6 (Terminus) and Subarea 7 (Fairlie-Poplar) otherwise as specified:

Sec. 16-18A.021. Illustrative diagrams.

The illustrations contained within this section are graphic depictions of several of the requirements of this chapter. Unless otherwise indicated, each diagram is intended to specifically illustrate the indicated section; all suggestions of architectural style, on-street parking and tree requirements do not constitute a requirement of this chapter. Additional principles shown in the illustration that do not illustrate specific section requirements are consistent with other requirements of the chapter.

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CHAPTER 18B. SPI-2 FORT MCPHERSON SPECIAL PUBLIC INTEREST DISTRICT