§ 16-20C.001. Statement of intent.

1.

To ensure that redevelopment and rehabilitation of the Landmark District will contribute to and enhance the particular significance of the area in which one of Atlanta's most renowned citizens, Martin Luther King, Jr., was born and grew to international prominence;

2.

To ensure that those individual buildings of particular significance to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. will be preserved and enhanced within the landmark district;

3.

To preserve the environmental character and physical appearance of the area, including residential, commercial and institutional structures that were built during the late 19th Century and that were present during the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.;

4.

To preserve the existing spatial relationships where significant and to ensure that any new development within the landmark district is compatible with the historic architectural and spatial attributes that prevail;

5.

To encourage the preservation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Landmark District in such a way as to reflect and reinforce the historic neighborhood character and the unique historical relationship between the surrounding residential uses and the commercial uses, and the unique historical relationship between the commercial uses and the rest of the city;

6.

To provide for review of changes to street and lot patterns so as to achieve substantial consistency with the historic character of the landmark district while encouraging compatible new development;

7.

To ensure that new development is complementary to and compatible with the existing historic structures in the landmark district;

8.

To encourage compatible economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the landmark district's residents;

9.

To promote pedestrian safety by ensuring and revitalizing pedestrian-oriented buildings which create a sense of activity and liveliness along their sidewalk-level façades;

10.

To facilitate safe, pleasant and convenient sidewalk-level pedestrian circulation that minimizes impediments by vehicles;

11.

To prevent the displacement of residents and to encourage affordable and equitable housing; and

12.

To encourage the use of the Atlanta Streetcar, MARTA and other public transit facilities.

( Ord. No. 2014-21(14-O-1118), § 1(Attach. A), 6-11-14 )