October 25th, :30 p.m-8:00 p.m. City Hall

 Board of Mayor and Commissioners (BOMC)  Avondale Estates Citizens, Property and Business Owners-Including Newly Annexed & Adjacent Residents (Unincorporated DeKalb)  Planning and Zoning Board (PZB)  Downtown Development Authority (DDA)  Architectural Review Board (ARB)  Staff

 Annexed Property Zoned CBD-3 (Phase I)  Property and Business Owner Luncheons  Review of DeKalb County Business Licenses  Re-Issuance of Business Licenses  Letter to Annexed Area and Surrounding Residential: Kick-off Meeting  Meeting Advertised in Electronic Newsletter  Meeting Summary ed  Kick-off Meeting Participants ed/Contacted  2 Public Meetings and Reports (

 Study Area: Fast Facts  Meeting #2 Summary  Meeting Intent  Exercise #1: Uses  Discussion of Scale/Massing  Exercise #2: Scale  Group Presentation

Northern Gateway Western Gateway Southern Gateway Eastern Gateway

 24 Properties (Commercial/Lanier Park)  Located off of US 278-State Highway  Total Acreage: 14 acres (approx.)  Green Space-Lanier Park:.16 acre  Businesses: 20 (Licensed)  Building Condition: Abandoned to Standard  Vacant (or Partially): 6  Acreage of Vacant Property: 6 acres (approx.)  Age of Structures: 1926*-1981 *2774 E. College is most likely turn of the century

 Uses Discussed  Visual Likes/Dislikes

 Build off Summary of Kick-off Meeting and Meeting #2  Develop Community Character  Develop Neighborhood Stability  Enhance Quality of Life  Action-Specifically: Define Uses, Define Scale

 How: Define Appropriate Uses  Discuss North side vs. South side  Spreadsheet Exercise Define Appropriate Scale  Discussion Exercise  Note: The discussion should center around uses/scale the community would like to see in the future not which uses the community would like to see removed.

 Why? Identifying desirable land uses encourages these uses while discouraging undesirable uses. Determining scale guides development of the vision and zoning regulations.

Inman Park Village: Now Inman Park Village: 1999

Townhomes Park Single Family Residential

 Exercise #1: Define Uses See Handout Determine Appropriate Uses 10 minutes

 Scale: Relationship of a building in terms of size, height, bulk, intensity

 Massing: Relationship of the building’s various parts to each other.

 Maximum Building Height MU-1: 3 stories  Maximum Building Height MU-2: 4 stories  Maximum Building Height MU-3: 5 stories  Bonus: 6 Stories (Structured Parking, Building Mix)

 Min. Façade Height: 24’ (two stories)  Maximum Building Height: 36’ (three stories)  Open Space Height Bonus: 48’ (4 stories)

 Area near MARTA/CSX  No Adjacent Residential  Elevation Drop:  Height Example-Mill District: MU-1, MU- 2, MU-3

 Area Adjacent-Residential  Deepest Lot: 295 ft.  Height/Massing/Buffering

Proportional relationship between the physical environment (buildings, trees, parking lots, streets) and the human dimensions

 Determine the appropriate height (Scale) for each area, north and south. You may determine that a portion of an area may require different height based on conditions.  Discuss massing using the photographs. Pinpoint things you like and note why.  10 minutes

 Summary Report-Available Soon After the Workshop  Next Meeting: December 13, 6:30 p.m.  Website Access to Western Gateway Documents: Thank you for Participating!