Complete Plan:
Retail
Mixed-use:
- Policies
Mixed-use retail or services on ground floor with housing on upper floors
Retail must be on ground floor on all facades facing primary and secondary streets
- Design:
- 3-6 stories high, one story additional emphasis on corners
- Build-to-line is 0 feet unless a cafe or restaurant and then it is 4 feet
- Ground floor is on grade to meet ADA standards
- Shop width is 12-36 feet and 60 feet deep, maximize number of entrance doors
- Multi-family or low-rise courtyard housing is suggested
Entertainment:
- Policies:
- Festival Plaza, large floorplate use: examples are movie theaters, supermarkets, and large-scale retailers
- Largest floorplates between Spring and Williams Street
- Additional pedestrian space between buildings on Peachtree Place, 8th and Biltmore
- Facades along Spring Street should be Spring Street should be animated and lively with festival atmosphere
- Focus of festival plaza is combination of hardscapes and greenscapes (fountains, seating areas etc.), this space should be programmed for a broad range of activities
- Auto retail allowed along Williams Street and highway-scaled signage that does not extend above parking structure is allowed
- Design:
- 3-6 stories, 40 foot set back from curb to ground floor on principle streets which allows for significant pedestrian activity
- Minimum of 15 feet setback on side streets
- Parking is either underground or 1 or more levels at rear of building
- Parking structures along Williams Street have a green facade and expressway are limited to 10 stories with setback of 20 feet at 6th level
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