§ 106-403. Designation of drug-free commercial zones.  


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    Drug-free commercial zones are those areas of the city designated as follows:

    Zone I, North Avenue: An area contained within a northern boundary of Bankhead Avenue; a southern boundary of Simpson Street: a western boundary of Ashby Street; an eastern boundary of Railroad Zone Boundary.

    Zone I, Fair Street: An area contained within a northern boundary of M. L. King, Jr. Drive; a southern boundary of Westview Drive, extended to Ashby Street; a western boundary of Ashby Street; an eastern boundary of Northside Drive.

    Zone I, M.L. King, Jr. Drive: An area contained within a northern boundary of Collier Road; a southern boundary of M.L. King, Jr. Drive; a western boundary of Old Gordon; an eastern boundary of Bolton Road.

    Zone I, Bankhead Highway: An area contained N.W. from the intersection of Bankhead and Hollywood Road to the intersection of Bankhead and Commercial Avenue, N.W.

    Zone I, Hollywood Road: An area contained N.W. from the intersection of Hollywood and Perry Blvd. to the intersection of Hollywood and Hightower Road, N.W.

    Zone I, James Jackson Parkway: An area contained N.W. from the intersection of James Jackson and Browntown Road to the intersection of James Jackson and Hightower Road, N.W.

    Zone III, Thomasville: An area contained within a northern boundary of Custer Avenue; a southern boundary of Isa Drive; a western boundary of Boulevard/Federal Prison Property Line; an eastern boundary of Moreland Avenue.

    Police Zone III, McDaniel: An area contained within a northern boundary of I-20; a southern boundary of University Avenue; a western boundary of Northside Drive; and an eastern boundary of I-75.

    Zone III, Jonesboro Road: An area contained within a northern boundary of McWilliams Avenue, S.E.; a southern boundary of Macedonia Road, S. E.; a western boundary of an imaginary line 300 yards westerly of the center line of Jonesboro Road; an eastern boundary of an imaginary line 200 yards easterly of the center line of Jonesboro Road.

    Zone IV, Cascade Heights: An area contained within a northern boundary of Worthem Avenue, S.W.; a southern boundary of Belvedere Avenue, S.W.; a western boundary of Beecher Road, S.W. at its intersection with Belvedere Avenue, S.W. to Benjamin E. Mays Drive; thence with Benjamin E. Mays Drive to Herring Road, S.W.; an eastern boundary of Delowe Drive, S.W. at its intersection with Belvedere Drive and with Delowe Drive to Cascade Road, S.W., thence in a straight line following the same direction as Delowe Drive to Jackson Place, S.W. thence Jackson Place to Philadelphia, S.W. (Also to include that portion of Jackson Place, S.W. east of the aforementioned line on both sides of Jackson Place for a distance of 150 yards.)

    Zone IV, Beecher: An area contained within a northern boundary of Donnelly Avenue; a southern boundary of Avon Avenue; a western boundary of Cascade Avenue, S.W and continuing as Cascade Road; and an eastern boundary of Lee Street, S.W.

    Zone IV, Allison Court: An area contained within a northern boundary of Campbellton Road, S.W.; a southern boundary of the city limits; a western boundary of Delowe Drive, S.W., to include all buildings on the extension of Allison Court which extends west of Delowe and dead ends; an eastern boundary of the Fort McPherson property line.

    Zone IV, M.L. King, Jr. Drive: An area contained within a northern boundary of the intersection of MLK, Jr. Drive, S.W. and Old Gordon Road, N.W. thence on MLK, Jr. Drive to Bolton Road, thence on Bolton Road to Fairlane Drive, N.W. thence on Fairlane Drive; a southern boundary starting at the intersection of MLK, Jr. Drive, S.W. and Interstate 285, and running a straight line, perpendicular to MLK, Jr. Drive, S.W., 500 yards, thence that line in a northerly direction with the midline of MLK, Jr. Drive; a western boundary starting at the intersection of Fairlane Drive, N.W. and Fedora Way, N.W. and running a line 500 yards perpendicular to the midline of MLK, Jr. Drive and with that line in a westerly direction to the eastern boundary of I-285.

    Zone IV, Allen Temple: An area contained within a northern boundary of Oakcliff Road, N.W., thence a line connecting with Tribble Lane, N.W., thence Tribble Lane; a southern boundary from the intersection of Harlan Road, S.W. and Tee Road, S.W., and thence from that intersection, running a line, perpendicular to MLK, Jr. Drive 500 yards, thence that line in a southerly direction with the midline of MLK, Jr. Drive to Lynhurst Drive, S.W., thence with Lynhurst Drive to North Utoy Creek, thence with North Utoy Creek; a western boundary of I-285 to its crossing with Brownlee Road, S.W. thence with Brownlee Road; and an eastern boundary of Harlan Road, S.W. thence MLK, Jr. Drive, S.W. thence Linkwood Road, N . W.

    Zone V, Fourth Ward: An area contained within a northern boundary of Ponce de Leon, N.E.; a southern boundary of Freedom Parkway, N.E., a western boundary of Argonne Avenue, N.E. continuing as Bedford Place, N.E. and continuing as Fort Street, N.E.; an eastern boundary of a straight line beginning at the intersection of Freedom Parkway where it intersects Corley Street, N.E. continuing along Corley Street to Highland Avenue, N.E thence a straight line to Florence Street, N.E. thence along Florence Street to East Avenue, N.E. thence a straight line to Wilmer Street, N.E. where it intersects Rankin Street, N.E. thence along Wilmer Street, N.E. and continuing in a straight line to Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E.

    Zone V, Midtown: An area contained within a northern boundary of 11th Street, N.E., a southern boundary of 4th Street, N.E.; a western boundary of West Peachtree Street, N.W.; an eastern boundary of Argonne Avenue, N.E., thence extending north along a straight line.

    Zone V, Daniel Street: An area contained within a northern boundary of Auburn Avenue; a southern boundary of Decatur Street; a western boundary of Boulevard; an eastern boundary of Cornelia Street.

    Zone VI, DeKalb Avenue: An area contained within a northern boundary of DeKalb Avenue; a southern boundary of Memorial Drive; a western Boundary of Moreland Avenue; an eastern boundary of Rogers Street.

    Zone VI, Memorial Drive: An area contained within a northern boundary of Memorial Drive; a southern boundary of Portland Avenue and proceeding westerly along Portland Avenue to Glenwood Place, thence northerly along Glenwood Place to Glenwood Avenue, thence westerly on Glenwood Avenue; a western boundary of the Glenwood Memorial Connector; an eastern boundary of Flat Shoals Avenue.

    Vine Street N.W., from the intersection of Vine and Magnolia Street to the intersection of Vine and Thurmond Street NW.

    Police Beat 101: Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Peters Street Commercial Corridor: The area bordered on the north by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive; on the east by Northside Drive thence Northeasterly on Peters Street to Spring Street; on the south by Atlanta Student Movement Blvd.; and on the west by Joseph E. Lowery Blvd.

    Police Beat 102: The area bounded on the north by Joseph E. Boone Blvd., on the east by Northside Drive, on the south by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and on the west by Joseph E. Lowery Blvd.

    Police Beat 104: The area bounded on the north by the MARTA rail line/Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, on the east by Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., on the south by I-20 and on the west by West Lake Avenue.

    Police Beat 105: The area bounded on the north by Joseph E. Boone Blvd., on the east by Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., on the south by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and on the west by West Lake Avenue.

    Police Beat 106: The area bounded on the north by Johnson Road/West Marietta Street, on the east by Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., on the south by Joseph E. Boone Blvd., and on the west by West Lake Avenue/Grove Park Place.

    Police Beat 301: The area bounded on the north by Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard; on the east by Metropolitan Parkway south to the Norfolk Southern rail line then east to the I-75/85 Downtown Connector then south along the I-75/85 Downtown Connector to an imaginary line coterminous with Casplan Street (north) then west back to Metropolitan Parkway; on the south by an imaginary line from east to west at the southern Boundary of Perkerson Park; and on the west by Lee Street.

    Police Beat 303: The area bounded on the north by I-20, on the east by I-75/85, on the south by University Avenue and on the west by Metropolitan Parkway.

    Police Beat 304: The area bounded on the north by Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., on the east by Metropolitan Parkway to 1-75/85, on the south by Langford Parkway and on the west by Lee Street.

    Police Beat 306: The area bounded on the north by Dill Avenue, on the east by the I-75/85 Downtown Connector, on the south by Langford Parkway and on the west by Lee Street.

    Police Bent 307: The area bounded on the north by Thirkeld Avenue, on the cast by Jonesboro Road, on the south by Lakewood Avenue and on the west the I-75/85 Downtown Connector.

    Police Beat 310: The area bounded on the north by Langford Parkway, on the east by Jonesboro Road on the south by Cleveland Avenue and on the west by I-75/85.

    Police Beat 311: The area hounded on the north by Cleveland Avenue, on the east by Hapeville Road, on the south by Mt. Zion Road and on the west by Sylvan Road.

    Police Beat 401: Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard Commercial Corridor: The area bordered on the north by Interstate 20; on the east by West Whitehall Street; on the south by Ralph David Abernathy Blvd.; and on the west by Langhorn Street.

    Police Beat 402: White Street Commercial Corridor: The area bordered on the north by Ralph David Abernathy Blvd.; on the east by Lawton Street to Hall Street to Donnelly Avenue to Lee Street; on the south by Arlington Avenue to Oakland Drive to Bridges Avenue; and on the west by Westmont Road to Cascade Avenue.

    Police Beat 404: The area bounded on the north by I-20, on the east by Langhorn Street and Cascade Avenue, on the south by Cascade Avenue and Mays Drive, and on the west by Peyton Road.

    Police Beat 509: The area bounded on the north by North Avenue, on the east by Piedmont Avenue, on the south by the 1-75/85 Downtown Connector and on the west by the 1-75/85 Downtown Connector.

    Police Beat 510: The area bounded on the north by Harris Street, on the east by the I-75/85 Downtown Connector, on the south by Marietta Street and on the west by Peachtree Street.

    Police Beat 511: Broad Street Commercial Corridor: The area bordered on the north by Decatur Street; on the east by Central Avenue; on the south by Mitchell Street; and on the west by Spring Street.

    Police Beat 604: The area bounded on the north by Ralph McGill Blvd./Freedom Parkway, on the east by Moreland Avenue, on the south by Decatur Street/DeKalb Avenue and on the west by the I-75/85 Downtown Connector.

    In APD Zones 5, beats 509 and 510.

    In APD Zone 6, beat 604.

    In APD Zone 3, beats 304, 306 and 307.

(Ord. No. 1998-12, § 1, 3-3-98; Ord. No. 2001-23, § 1, 3-27-01; Ord. No. 2004-04, §§ 1, 2, 1-12-04; Ord. No. 2004-41, §§ 1—3, 6-24-04; Ord. No. 2008-22(08-O-0557), § 1, 4-28-08; Ord. No. 2012-08(12-O-0282), § 1, 3-14-12; Ord. No. 2013-11(13-O-0317), § 1, 3-13-13; Ord. No. 2013-12(13-O-0515), § 1, 3-27-13; Ord. No. 2013-19(13-O-1032), § 1, 5-29-13; Ord. No. 2013-25(13-O-1033), § 1, 5-29-13; Ord. No. 2013-26(13-O-1047), § 1, 6-12-13; Ord. No. 2013-31(13-O-1106), § 1, 7-1-13; Ord. No. 2013-59(13-O-1374), § 1, 11-27-13 )