Neighborhood Commercial

The VHCA Neighborhood Commercial ("NC") Steering Committee has completed its feasibility study of NC and has delivered a set of proposed ordinances to the VHCA Board. The Board unanimously approved a recommendation to request these ordinances be submitted to the City as a formal rezoning request. Virginia-Highland's City Council Representative Anne Fauver has submitted these to the City and City Council on the neighborhood's behalf. This kicks-off the formal neighborhood review and commentary process that all rezonings and variances follow. City Council will ultimatey decide whether to approve as-is, approve with modifications or deny each of these three pieces of legislation. We anticipate this process to be completed end-of-year 2008.

Neighborhood Commercial is a zoning classification that promotes redevelopment that is consistent with the size, scale, and appearance of buildings currently in our neighborhood. It impacts the three larges commercial "nodes" of our neighborhood:

Area A	Amsterdam Ave & N. Highland Ave
Area B	Virginia Ave & N. Highland Ave
Area C	Atkins Park

Critical dates for the zoning review and approval process are set forth below:

Monday, 9/15:	NPU-F "Preview" Presentation - 7pm Hillside. No vote will be taken. This meeting is for sharing information and answering questions.
Monday 9/22:	VHCA Annual Meeting Presentation - 7pm Inman Middle School Cafeteria. This will be for sharing information and answering questions.
Monday, 10/6:	VHCA Vote - 7pm Ponce de Leon Public Library (look online at vahi.org to confirm location for this meeting).
Monday, 10/20:	NPU-F Vote - 7pm Hillside.
Thursday 11/13:	ZRB Hearing at City Hall.
Monday 11/24:	CD/HR Committee Public Hearing on Land Use Changes.
Wednesday 11/26:	Zoning Committee Public Hearing on the Zoning legislation.
Early December:	City Council Vote.

We encourage you to review the following documentation to familiarze yourself with what is being proposed:

• NC-10 Amsterdam Map (presented to ZRB, 11-13-2008)
• NC-10 Amsterdam Ordinance (presented to ZRB, 11-13-2008)
• NC-11 Virginia-Highland Map (presented to ZRB, 11-13-2008)
• NC-11 Virginia-Highland Ordinance(presented to ZRB, 11-13-2008)
• NC-12 Atkins Park Map (presented to ZRB, 11-13-2008)
• NC-12 Atkins Park Ordinance (presented to ZRB, 11-13-2008)
• Neighborhood Commercial Overview Presentation
• Neighborhood Commercial Summary and Key Points
• NPU-F Motion to Approve Ordinances (with amendments) (out-of-date)
• Proposed Ordinance Amsterdam Node (NC-6) (out-of-date)
• Proposed Ordinance Virginia-Highland Node (NC-7) (out-of-date)
• Proposed Virginia-Highland Node (NC-7) Land-use Changes
• Proposed Ordinance Atkins Park Node (NC-8) (out-of-date)
• Neighborhood Commercial Ordinance
• Summary of Key Differences between NC and C1
• Map with all Study Areas
• Current zoning, Study Areas A (Amsterdam) & B (Virginia & Highland)
• Current zoning, Study Area C (Atkins Park)
• Proposed zoning, Study Areas A (Amsterdam) & B (Virginia & Highland)
• Proposed zoning, Study Area C (Atkins Park)
• Maximum buildable space 3-D, Study Area A (Amsterdam)
• Maximum buildable space 3-D, Study Area B (Virginia & Highland)
• Maximum buildable space 3-D, Study Area C (Atkins Park)
• City of Atlanta Neighborhood Commercial Zoning Ordinance (search for Neighborhood Commercial)

If you are looking for a history of this initiative you can find the original webpages here

Please contact John Peak with questions.