1. The land use plan has been superimposed on those buildings not susceptible to change. (i.e. property value over a million dollars, historic landmarks, religious institutes, government property etc..)

2. There are fifteen (15) basic Land Use Categories.

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   >>15 zones.

3. Housing is less dense on the eastern edge of Midtown, and gets generally denser the further you go west into Midtown.

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   >>housing recommendations.

4. To protect the economic vitality of retail in Midtown, it is recommended only in key locations. Deviation from these specified locations may result in market oversaturation.

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5. The general areas to locate large quantities of office are in the West Peachtree Street/Spring Street corridor north of 10th Street, and particularly in the 14th Street Corridor between I-75/85 and Peachtree.

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6. Institutional land uses, including cultural, religious, and medical are to remain where they currently exist. It is encouraged to expand the cultural uses around the arts complex.

7. Many blocks contain multiple as well as mixed uses. Bands of colors adjacent to each other indicate multiple uses for the given block. Mixed-use blocks have different uses in the same building. The color adjacent to the street indicates the uses on the ground floor.

8. Large parks and open spaces (plazas) are shown in green along with the various mid block parks. The smaller parks that will be required for all new office buildings, retail and housing are not shown. These will be part of the architectural and site design for each building project.

9. The asterisks indicated on the land use plan indicate places where architectural emphasis is required. These are key visual locations where the orientation of a street makes that specific spot a termination point for the view down that street. Rather than allowing billboards to be located in these key locations, the character of Midtown can easily be enhanced by requiring the architecture of the buildings in these locations to address this key visual opportunity.

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10. Existing and proposed parking deck locations are shown.

11. Districts Map
    Districts are contiguous groupings of blocks within the overall plan that share common uses, compatible character, and a common geographic location. Districts help people understand Midtown by describing it in terms of smaller more definable places. People have an "image of place" that comes to mind when the district is named, e.g. "The Arts District." Although each district is shown with distinct edges, in certain places these boundaries may overlap in people's minds. There are twenty-three districts shown. Each has been given a name to best represent its location, use or historic context.

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