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  1. Intersection and plazas:
    • They are a combination of edge and center island treatments (ideal for sculpture or water elements)

    Tree-lined street

  2. Street trees:
    • Required along all Boulevards, Avenues, and Streets
    • One for every 25 feet of residential frontage
    • One for every 30 feet that’s not primary or secondary streets
    • Specific numbers for commercial streets to be determined based upon buildings’ frontage
  3. Parking lots:
    • One tree planted for every 4 cars interior to the lot
    • Along the periphery a wall, fence or hedge at least 4 feet high is recommended

    Landscaped park

  4. Parks:
    • One at 8th, Biltmore Place, W. Peachtree, and Spring
    • The other is at 12th, 11th, Peachtree, and Crescent
    • Corner pocket parks are required on all blocks with commercial development
    • They should contain benches, flowers, fountains, trees, and decorative painting
  5. Open space development:
    • Buildings are setback sufficiently to allow additional street trees and landscape treatment
    • Mid-rise buildings are required to set aside and maintain pocket parks that are equal to or greater than the area of the building extending above 5 stories
    • Higher buildings required to setback even more space for parks
  6. Mid-block parks:
    • These are concentrated on Juniper Street
    • 18 feet by 60-90 feet, most are in the center of the street
    • Some can be in commercial space and are allowed to be a part of the open space requirements

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