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