§ 16-36.011. Site limitations.

Except as provided below, development controls are regulated per the underlying zoning.

1.

Site plans shall conform to any proposed City of Atlanta future street plans to limit block sizes and enhance connectivity, unless granted a variation in accordance with this chapter. Said future street plans shall supplant any other block face requirements.

2.

Properties adjacent to a public space such as a park space, greenway trail or railroad right-of-way (but not the BeltLine Corridor) shall meet the following requirements:

a.

Shall have a minimum 20-foot wide buffer along the property line adjacent to said public space in existence or proposed by the city. Said buffer shall be completely landscaped excluding walkways, benches and other such recreational features as approved by the director of the bureau of planning.

b.

Shall not locate off-street surface parking lots or loading docks between any building and said public space except in cases where meeting this would require the development to be in conflict with the requirements of section 16-36.014 or section 16-36.018.

c.

Shall include an entrance to all adjacent uses which:

i.

Shall face and be visible from said public space.

ii.

Shall be directly accessible from said public space.

3.

Properties adjacent to the BeltLine Corridor:

a.

Shall have a minimum 20-foot wide buffer along any part of the property adjacent to the BeltLine Corridor. Said buffer shall be completely landscaped excluding walkways, benches and other such recreational features as approved by the director of the bureau of planning except as specified below.

b.

Shall meet the requirements of subsections 16-36.011(2)(b) and 16-36.011(2)(c) above except as specified below.

c.

Any property within or adjacent to the BeltLine Corridor that is being used for transportation purposes or any property that has been acquired primarily for non-transportation use prior to November 20, 2006 shall not be regulated by this section. However, any property within the BeltLine Corridor shall be governed by this section if either:

i.

Acquired in fee simple or under a long-term ground lease after November 20, 2006; or

ii.

Ceases to be used for presently active operational transit purposes after the date of this ordinance.

4.

Public or private access paths to connect to any existing or proposed greenway trails, including the BeltLine, shall be built to a minimum paved width of 15′—0″ for two-directional bicycle and pedestrian use.

5.

Drive-through service windows, drive-in facilities and associated queuing areas shall not be located between a building and the street, unless otherwise prohibited by the underlying zoning. Such facilities shall also be limited to two drive-through or drive-in facilities and two queuing lanes.

6.

Gasoline fuel dispenser structures and associated vehicular services such as air pumps and car washes shall not be located between a building and the street, unless otherwise prohibited by the underlying zoning.

7.

Storage, digital industry switchboards, power generators and other relay equipment and rooms housing such equipment shall be permitted, with the exception of a minimum depth of 20 feet of the sidewalk-level street frontage beginning at any building façade along the public sidewalk.

8.

Parking within a building or structure, structures shall be permitted subject to meeting the requirements in subsection 16-36.017(3).

9.

Sidewalk and supplemental zone minimum width requirements as specified in sections 16-36.012 and 16-36.013 shall supplant any minimum setback requirements for any yards immediately adjacent to any public or private street.

10.

Properties adjacent to the BeltLine corridor or any railroad right-of-way with an existing or proposed multi-use trail shall meet the following requirements:

d.

Shall have a minimum 20-foot wide buffer along the property line adjacent to said public space in existence or proposed by the city. Said buffer shall be completely landscaped excluding walkways, benches and other such recreational features as approved by the director of the bureau of planning. A development may count this buffer area as part of the required open space or public space for the lot, even if such setback area is dedicated to the city or other governmental entity for recreation use or such buffer area is conveyed to a conservation group.

e.

Shall provide a new public access street (or streets) in accordance with the BeltLine Street Framework Plan, unless granted a variation in accordance with this chapter.

f.

Shall not locate off-street parking areas or loading docks between any building and said space except in cases where meeting this would require the development to be in conflict with the requirements of section 16-36.016 or section 16-36.020.

g.

Shall include an entrance to all adjacent uses which:

i.

Shall face and be visible from the BeltLine Corridor, park space, greenway or any railroad right-of-way with an existing or proposed multi-use rail-trail.

ii.

Shall be directly accessible from said space from the BeltLine Corridor park space, greenway, abandoned rail line or any railroad right-of-way line with an existing or proposed multi-use rail-trail.

(Ord. No. 2007-09, § 1(Att. A), 2-28-07)