Land Use Policy

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NPU-F Land Use Policies

Adopted by NPU-F in 2021

Residential Neighborhoods
NPU-F’s residential neighborhoods include Edmund Park, Lindridge Martin Manor,
Morningside-Lenox Park, Piedmont Heights, and Virginia-Highland (including the entire
Atkins Park Historic District) as well as specified areas of Druid Hills. Policies F-1 to F-6
are specific to the residential neighborhoods in NPU-F.

F-1:  Protect the historic integrity and character of existing single-family (R-4) districts.
Protect the low-density multi-family residential character of the St. Charles-Greenwood
district. Assemblages and re-zonings of such districts to higher-density residential,
commercial, or mixed-use categories should be rejected.

F-2:  Actively support new development on properties currently zoned for it.  Evaluate
proposals for land use changes and rezoning amendments in light of their overall
impacts on the quality of life, transit, density, and compatibility with neighborhood, NPU,
and city plans and goals, including those referenced in F-1.
  Support alternatives and approaches that decrease parking requirements
  Discourage further strip development. Encourage consolidation and redevelopment
  of existing strip retail centers to be compatible with adjacent neighborhoods using
  neighborhood commercial zoning principles.
  Oppose zoning and retail creep from existing commercial districts into adjacent
  residential areas.

F-3:  Utilize substantial foliage to preserve the character and livability of existing
residential communities and screen them from the impacts of new parking decks.

F-4: Promote individual mobility and provide improved and safer conditions and
facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.

F-5: Preserve existing Open Space.

F-6: Support inter-modal transit planning and functionality that will address the ‘last
mile’ challenge. Emphasize more local access along new transit lines.
Office/Institutional Area including Emory University*/CDC/CHOA/Villa
International/Synod of the South Atlantic of the Presbyterian Church (*including
property in the City of Atlanta, north of North Decatur)

F-7: Minimize impact of facilities and expansion in surrounding neighborhoods.

F-8: The highest densities should be at the center or along major roads and highways
and transition to lower densities at the edges to protect and buffer surrounding
neighborhoods. Surrounding neighborhoods should be buffered from noise and lights.

F-9: Minimize the use of adjacent neighborhood streets for parking by establishing
adequate parking requirements and encouraging shared parking arrangements.
Encourage well designed public parking.

F-10: Encourage integrated modes of transportation including pedestrian, bicycle, auto,
private shuttles and the use of public transportation.

F-11: Encourage Emory’s development of the Haygood Drive/Ridgewood Drive corridor
and the Gatewood Road/Luckie Lane corridor on its campus consistent with policies F-7
through F-10.