August 3rd Dunwoody Comp Plan Presentation Preview

Comprehensive Plan Community Workshop August 3rd, 2009

AGENDA • Welcome • Comprehensive Plan Process • Prior Meeting Results • Urban Design Principles • Character Area Vision Exercise • Next Meeting: September 24, 2009

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS •Department of Community Affairs regulates 3 components: •Assessment •Participation •Community Agenda •Community Assessment – data, maps, issues •Community Agenda: • Vision for Future Development (Character Areas) • Action Plan • Prepared with Community Involvement

Community Assessment Snapshot Population • 43,000 - estimate for 2008 • 53,019 - projection for 2030 (ESRI BAO) 20% 13.5% 23%

- under 18 for 2008 - 65 or older for 2008 - estimated increase for 65 or older 2030

Demographics 73% 10% 12% 9%

- White - Asian - Hispanic - African-American (2008)

Community Assessment Snapshot Housing • $354,054 - estimated median home value • $98,648 - median income • 52% - Home Ownership • 36% - Renters (2008) Employment • 28,000 - 2000 employment (primarily finance and professional) • 50,000 - 2030 employment Transportation • 76% - commute alone to work • 10% - commute by carpool • 6% - commute by transit (2000)

Community Assessment Snapshot • • • •

18 properties as historic markers 95 acres of undeveloped or forested land 140 acres of park space 3.23 acres of park land per 1000 residents • Parks are county controlled

Existing Land Use All residential categories = 85% Nonresidential commercial and institutional = 18% Commercial = 13%. Dunwoody Existing Land Use Category

%

Acreage

Cemeteries

0.19%

15.54

Commercial

13.14%

1,092.84

Forest

1.16%

96.15

Institutional Extensive

0.34%

28.13

Institutional Intensive

4.87%

404.70

Parks

0.91%

75.78

Residential High

1.51%

125.54

Residential Low

0.36%

29.96

65.64%

5,459.54

Residential Multi

7.85%

653.06

Reservoirs

0.36%

30.25

TCU

2.94%

244.67

Transitional

0.73%

60.70

1.00

8316.86

Residential Medium

Total Acreage

LAND USE CATEGORIES:

Prior Meetings • Refined “Issues and Opportunities” (on-going) • “Change and Preserve” mapping identified: – – – –

Areas likely to change/undergo pressures for change Areas that need protection Parks and Bicycle/Pedestrian options Lack of Connectivity

• Transportation, transit plans, development type • Community facilities and capital funds

Change and Preserve Mapping Results

Community Facilities Workshop Results

URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES Connectivity Accessibility Building to open space ratio Transition Development types Streetscape

Connectivity: Development patterns Where can Dunwoody promote connectivity by 2030?

Connectivity

0.9 miles

2.4 miles

3.1 miles

Accessibility  Safe sidewalks  Easier to use transit Open spaces and major destination areas connected by transit  A future with “smarter” vehicles

Where do we need to improve access by 2030?

Ratio of building to open space Floor Area Ratio (FAR) regulates development by dividing square footage of building (its floor area) on a lot by the total lot area.

Different amount of open space with same FAR (square footage)

Building to open space ratio

Different amount of open space with same Floor Area Ratio (FAR)

Development Types Mixed Uses

Dunwoody in Year 2030  What development type, land use or mix of uses are appropriate in each character area?

Mixed Use Development Examples

Development Type Transitions Low density

Medium density

High density

Transition Controls Transitional Buffer

Mixed Use development

Residential District

Transition between two different uses

Transition controls

Transition from the street

Streetscape  Different roads have different character too – auto oriented, or pedestrian oriented  For example: The Perimeter CID established streetscape standards (LCI supported)  As you consider each character area, are there roads that should have special controls? What kind?

Visualizing change to 2030: four focus areas

Dunwoody Village Character Area

Georgetown Shopping / Shallowford Rd Redevelopment. Character Area

Winters Chapel Gateway Character Area

Tilly Mill Gateway Character Area

Thank You! • Sept 24 - Open House • December-Public Hearings Comments: Jennifer A. Peterson [email protected] Community Development Director Office: 678.382.6700 Fax:678.382.6701