Buckhead Community Improvement District seeks to add streetscape design standards to Village zoning

The Buckhead CID implemented a streetscape program in east Buckhead Village using its own tax dollars, developer funds, and a grant from the Robert Woodruff Foundation.

Site plan (pdf)

Pattern book (pdf)

In addition to these implementation plans, the CID secured City Council approval of new streetscape design standards for Buckhead Village. Business and property owners and residents reached consensus on design standards for sidewalks, furniture zones, street and pedestrian lighting, crosswalks and building materials for public streetscapes in the area.

To be effective for future developments in the Village not covered in its implementation plan, these new design standards will need to become part of the Village's zoning overlay district. This zoning district (SPI -9) will be expanded and enhanced so that all properties between Peachtree Road, Grandview Ave and Pharr Rd. will be included in the existing district. When the new streetscape design standards are approved by City Council all new developments within the new district will be required to follow the new streetscape standards.

For more information on the proposed streetscape design standards contact Brian McHugh at 404-842-2693; bmchugh@buckheadcid.com or go to the Buckhead CID and Buckhead Alliance Web sites:

http://www.buckheadcid.com/

http://www.thebuckheadalliance.org/

SPI-9 Recommendations

Sidewalks

• Public sidewalks shall be located along all public streets and shall have a minimum twenty foot width that shall include:
• A five foot minimum street furniture-planting zone measured form the back of curb and;
• A ten foot clear zone measured from the five foot furniture-planting zone
• A five supplemental zone to support additional sidewalk or outdoor seating

Peachtree Road

Peachtree Road shall include a seven foot street furniture planting zone, a 13 foot clear zone creating a required building set-back along Peachtree Road of 20 feet measured from the existing back of curb.

East Paces Ferry

East Paces Ferry shall include five foot street furniture planting zone, a 10 foot clear zone and a five foot supplemental zone and 7.5 feet of on street parking requiring a building set-back along East Paces Ferry Road of 28 feet measured from the established face of curb.

Pharr Road

Pharr Road shall include five foot street furniture planting zone, a 10 foot clear zone and a five foot supplemental zone and 7.5 feet of on street parking requiring a building set-back along Pharr Road of 28 feet measured from the established face of curb.

Buckhead Avenue

Buckhead Avenue shall include five foot street furniture planting zone, a 10 foot clear zone and a five foot supplemental zone and 7.5 feet of on street parking requiring a building set-back along Buckhead Avenue of 28 feet measured from the established face of curb.

Bolling Way

Bolling Way shall include five foot street furniture planting zone, a 10 foot clear zone and a five foot supplemental zone and 7.5 feet of on street parking requiring a building set-back along Bolling Way of 28 feet measured from the established face of curb. On street parking will not be required on the block form East Paces Ferry Road to Peachtree Road.

North Fulton Avenue

North Fulton Avenue shall include a five foot street furniture planting zone, a 10 foot clear zone and a five foot supplemental zone creating a required building set-back along North Fulton Avenue of 20 feet measured from the established back of curb. On street parking will be required on the block from Pharr Road to Buckhead Avenue.

Grandview Avenue

Grandview Avenue shall include a five foot street furniture planting zone, a 10 foot clear zone and a five foot supplemental zone creating a required building set-back along Grandview of 20 feet measured from the established back of curb. On street parking will be require don the block from Pharr Road to Peachtree Road.