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Cleveland Avenue Corridor Study 2009 2009 City of Atlanta Department of Planning and Community Development Bureau of Planning CLEVELAND AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY 2009 City of Atlanta Shirley Franklin, Mayor City Council Lisa Borders, Council President Carla Smith, District 1 Kwanza Hall, District 2 Ivory L. Young Jr., District 3 Cleta Winslow, District 4 Natalyn M. Archibong, District 5 Anne Fauver, District 6 Howard Shook, District 7 Clair Muller, District 8 Felicia Moore, District 8 C.T. Martin, District 10 Jim Maddox, District 11 Joyce Sheperd, District 12 Ceasar C. Mitchell, Post 1 At Large Mary Norwood, Post 2 At Large H. Lamar Willis, Post 3 At Large Department of Planning and Community Development James E. Shelby, Commissioner Bureau of Planning Charletta Wilson Jacks, Director Garnett Brown, Assistant Director 55 Trinity Ave, Suite 3350, Atlanta Ga 30303 404-330-6145 http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/planning/burofplanning.aspx P a g e | 2 CLEVELAND AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY 2009 Project Team Garnett Brown, Bureau of Planning Jessica Lavandier, Bureau of Planning Flor Velarde, Bureau of Planning Jonathan Gelber, Bureau of Planning Alexandra Arkadieva, Bureau of Planning Jewelle Kennedy, Bureau of Planning Valencia Coar, Community Design Center Consultant Team Ken Bleakly, Bleakly Advisory Group JJG Funding Provided by Joyce Sheperd, District 12 The team would like to thank Rosel Fann Recreation Center for the use of the facilities as well as many of the stakeholders that participated in this study. P a g e | 3 CLEVELAND AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY 2009 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Existing Conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Previous Studies ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Demographic Characteristics ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Residential Real Estate Market ......................................................................................................................................... 18 Commercial Real Estate Market ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Land Use, Zoning & Development ................................................................................................................................. 25 Parks, Greenspace, and Open Space ............................................................................................................................... 30 Transportation .................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Infrastructure & Facilities ................................................................................................................................................. 42 Planning Process and Vision ..................................................................................................................... 44 Recommendation ....................................................................................................................................... 47 Cleveland Avenue Development Strategy ...................................................................................................................... 47 Land Use and Zoning ................................................................................................................................ 57 Urban Design ...................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Transportation .................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Parks, Greenspace, and Open Space ............................................................................................................................... 71 Action Plan ................................................................................................................................................. 73 Implementation .......................................................................................................................................... 75 Project List .......................................................................................................................................................................... 75 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................................. 82 Appendix B ................................................................................................................................................. 90 P a g e | 4 CLEVELAND AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY 2009 INTRODUCTION The Cleveland Avenue Corridor along Metropolitan Parkway, including used car dealers and gas stations. Established residential The Cleveland Avenue Corridor Study Area neighborhoods are located north and south of begins at Sylvan Road and the East Point city Cleveland Avenue, as well as some new infill limits to the West and continues three-miles to single-family units. The Perkerson Park Jonesboro Road (SR 3) in the East (see Map 1). neighborhood is located to the north and the The Study Area extends a quarter mile north and Hammond Park neighborhood is to the south. south of Cleveland Avenue. The Study Area extends south along Metropolitan Parkway to the On Cleveland Avenue east of Interstate 75, Hapeville city limits. Interstates 75 and 85 both commercial uses are located near the interstate cross Cleveland Avenue, physically dividing the and at other intersections. The Corridor passes Study Area into segments. Metropolitan Parkway through primarily residential neighborhoods: (US 19, 41 & SR 3), a major north-south Glenrose Heights and Rosedale Heights to the thoroughfare connecting Downtown Atlanta to south and Browns Mill Park to the north. The the city of Hapeville and Clayton County, also newer residential communities are located in this intersects the Corridor. The Study Area segment: Preston Hills and The Park at Browns encompasses 532 acres in 254 parcels. Parcel sizes Mill. The Vineyard and Ashton Browns Mill, two range from less than an acre to 20 acres. The new apartment communities and the Browns Mill Study Area is located in Council District 12 and Walk residential community are located towards Neighborhood Planning Units X and Z. the end of the Corridor at the intersection of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is located Cleveland Avenue and Jonesboro Road. The about 3 miles south and Downtown Atlanta is Corridor‟s most predominant amenity, the Browns located approximately 5 miles north. Mill Golf Course—a public golf course operated by the City of Atlanta, is located near the In the western segment of the Corridor between intersection. The South River traverses the golf Sylvan Road and Interstate 85, institutional uses course from Browns Mill Road to Jonesboro dominate, including the administrative offices of Road. Institutions located on Cleveland Avenue Fulton County Public Schools and Trinity Towers, include Emma Hutchinson Elementary School, a senior high-rise residence. The sole major office the closed Cleveland Avenue School, the building in the Corridor is located in this Cleveland Avenue Library, Fire Station #30 as segment—the 61,000 square foot Summit South well as several parks: the Roseland Cemetery, the building. Additionally, an apartment community is Cleveland Avenue Park, the Browns Mill golf located at the southwest corner of Cleveland course, and the Rosel Fann Recreation Center. Avenue and Springdale Road. There are several multi-family residential developments throughout the Corridor. Most of the commercial space in the Cleveland Avenue corridor is located between Interstates 85 and 75 and is characterized primarily by older neighborhood retail centers and stand-alone retail businesses. The Kroger Citi-Center is located at the northwest corner of the Cleveland Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue intersection. Automotive services and establishments are also prevalent in this segment of the Corridor and further south P a g e | 5 CLEVELAND AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY 2009 Map 1. Cleveland Avenue Corridor P a g e | 6 CLEVELAND AVENUE CORRIDOR STUDY 2009 Purpose of the Study Portions of Cleveland Avenue have been included to create a plan solely focused on Cleveland in numerous studies. These include the Oakland Avenue. The purpose of the study is to develop a City/Lakewood LCI (2004), the NPU X vision for the future of the area and indentify Comprehensive Plan (2005), the Metropolitan tools, incentives and action items which can be Parkway Redevelopment Plan (2006), the used to achieve that vision. Key to the Jonesboro Road Corridor Redevelopment Plan development of the plan has been public (2006), and the NPU Z Comprehensive Plan involvement in defining the vision, goals and (2008). In addition, the South Fulton Medical recommendations of the plan. A project website, Center sponsored a study for the section
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