Save Saint Charles and Greenwood

It is important that we all register ahead of time to attend the next zoning review meeting! 1) Follow the link to the zoning website: 2) Register to attend: Your To Do List 1) Comment and question! And stay positive!!! We are convincing them there is a right way to do zoning updates, not just scream “NIMBY!” 2) Follow-up! Be sure you sign up for subsequent meetings and identify as a “stakeholder”!  https://atlzoning.com 3) Gather support! Encourage your friends and neighbors to comment and question and follow-up. 4) Gather more support! We are trying to get our city council rep to have a position in this. 5) Gather even more support! We are also trying to get the VHCA board and Planning Committee to support us We’ve got this…as long as we act together!

FROM THE ZONING TEAM, (1/28/25) (Paraphrased by Neighbor Jeff): Our concerns about how the proposed UC3 zoning would negatively affect Saint Charles and Greenwood as ‘embedded’ neighborhood streets have been heard. The next public meeting  on Feb 3  has a different focus; we will be notified when our concerns are addressed subsequent to that presentation. (Exact response from the zoning team):  We received several inquiries over the weekend regarding whether a proposed alternative for the conversion of RG-2 and RG-3 within neighborhoods will be presented at the upcoming Module III meeting   on Monday February 3, 2025 . Unfortunately, we will not be addressing this issue during that meeting.   Monday’s meeting will focus exclusively on Module III, which pertains to the administration section of the Zoning Ordinance. Many community members have been anticipating this material for months, and it plays a critical role in ensuring the legal defensibility of the entir...

1) View and comment on Atlanta Zoning 2.0   A)  Follow link to “Atlanta Zoning 2.0” https://www.atlzoning.konveio.com/revised-discussion-draft-form-districts-clean     B) Scroll down to “UG3”; that is the proposed replacement zone for our current RG-2      C) Create a user account and add comments.  2) Send your concerns and questions via e-mail to the consultants:      A) acruz@contenteconsulting.com      B) kmholmes@atlantaga.gov      C) cracicot@tsw-design.com      D) atlzoning2@Atlantaga.gov 3) Email cc: your concerns to our city council representative:      awan@atlantaga.gov 4) Questions for your scrappy little amateur neighborhood effort? Email:      Savesaintcharlesandgreenwood@gmail.com

Hi! My name is Jeff Keesee and I’m your neighbor at 897 Saint Charles Ave. Do you know about new, proposed zoning regulations scheduled to be in place this summer that will allow the house next to you to be replaced with a zero setback storefront or apartment covering up to 85% of the lot? No porches. No trees. No side yards. No privacy.  This is a crazy update that doesn’t take into account the fact that while our streets (Saint Charles and Greenwood) ARE “multi-family”, they are NOT wall-to-wall apartments/storefronts! Do you have concerns? Let the city and the zoning consulting group know! ASAP! If we don’t, this WILL happen.

Updated, concise next steps for everyone (1/22/25) 1) Comment and question! And stay positive!!! We are convincing them there is a right way to do zoning updates, not just scream “NIMBY!” 2) Follow-up! Be sure you sign up for subsequent meetings and identify as a “stakeholder”!  https://atlzoning.com 3) Gather support! Encourage your friends and neighbors to comment and question and follow-up. 4) Gather more support! We are trying to get our city council rep to have a position in this 5) Gather even more support! We are also trying to get the VHCA board and Planning Committee to support us We got this…as long as we act together! Scrappy concerned neighbor's 1/19/2025  agenda: Let’s discuss how to use in today’s 12:30 meeting ! I suggest: 1) Draft simple flyer. VERY SIMPLE!  “ALERT!” “Why ALERT?” “Do this now!” Include:    A) Write your own comment/question/concern, like “I am concerned about negative impacts of changing our street from multi family residenti...

BOTTOM LINE:  The house next to yours could be replaced with a zero setback storefront or apartment covering up to 85% of the lot.

Atlanta is updating existing zoning regulations and Saint Charles and Greenwood Avenues are caught in the middle. Here is a letter we wrote to Atlanta Zoning explaining how our streets are unique: First off, I’m sorry I’m a bit late to this process! Many things impact our lives and our homes in Virginia Highland - movie filming, road race closure, neighbor renovation permitting - and those impacts (temporary inconveniences, really) are communicated very directly and effectively with signage and flyers. I didn’t realize that one of the many email notifications that I receive from the city weekly would potentially be the most drastically and permanently impactful on the largest financial investment we’ve ever made; our home.    Greenwood & St Charles are unique, effectively hybrid, building zones. They were originally developed as single family homes, followed by some non-compliant, in-fill apartments created in the mid 1900s.  It is my understanding that zoning was sub...

  All, In trying to understand the current setbacks and story count of structures on our street, I took a stroll and made a survey sheet.  This was made easier by the fact that St. Charles and Greenwood are very much segmented into 50’ lots.   Below are the results for St. Charles and Greenwood.  Data below is from Ponce Place to the commercial buildings at N. Highland and I only counted lots that have their entrances facing St. Charles or Greenwood;  118 lots for St.  Charles and 112 lots for Greenwood.     St. Charles Avenue   Houses                            78% Apt. Buildings                22%   Houses/Apt’s with Porches or Balconies facing St. Charles           ...