December 6, 2013
Monthly Neighborhood Planning Unit T (NPU-T) general meeting with police, fire, and community prosecutor’s updates, neighborhood association reports, committee reports, and zoning and alcohol license reviewing.
NPU-T is the neighborhood planning unit covering the intown southwest Atlanta neighborhoods Atlanta University Center, Ashview Heights, CollegeTown (formerly Harris Chiles), Just Us Neighbors, The Villages at Castleberry Hill, West End, and Westview.
December 6, 2013
Monthly Neighborhood Planning Unit T (NPU-T) general meeting with police, fire, and community prosecutor’s updates, neighborhood association reports, committee reports, and zoning and alcohol license reviewing.
NPU-T is the neighborhood planning unit covering the intown southwest Atlanta neighborhoods Atlanta University Center, Ashview Heights, CollegeTown (formerly Harris Chiles), Just Us Neighbors, The Villages at Castleberry Hill, West End, and Westview.
December 6, 2013
Monthly Neighborhood Planning Unit T (NPU-T) general meeting with police, fire, and community prosecutor’s updates, neighborhood association reports, committee reports, and zoning and alcohol license reviewing.
NPU-T is the neighborhood planning unit covering the intown southwest Atlanta neighborhoods Atlanta University Center, Ashview Heights, CollegeTown (formerly Harris Chiles), Just Us Neighbors, The Villages at Castleberry Hill, West End, and Westview.
December 5, 2013
Monthly Neighborhood Planning Unit T (NPU-T) general meeting with police, fire, and community prosecutor’s updates, neighborhood association reports, committee reports, and zoning and alcohol license reviewing.
NPU-T is the neighborhood planning unit covering the intown southwest Atlanta neighborhoods Atlanta University Center, Ashview Heights, CollegeTown (formerly Harris Chiles), Just Us Neighbors, The Villages at Castleberry Hill, West End, and Westview.
December 14, 2012
Westview would like to congratulations the 2013 Neighborhood Planning Unit T (NPU-T) officers:
Chair – Claiborne White
Vice Chair – Nia Knowles
Secretary – Terry Ross
Recording Secretary – Brent Brewer
Parliamentarian – Cathy Witt
Treasurer – Vonda Henry
Sergeant-at-Arms – Kristina Nadreau
What is an NPU? Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) are citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land-use, licensing, and other planning issues. When planning-related changes are necessary within Westview the neighborhood organization will make a recommendation to NPU-T. Westview is one of seven Atlanta neighborhoods that makes up NPU-T.
August 10, 2012
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Empire Board of Realists, 686 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30310
Details: Monthly Neighborhood Planning Unit T (NPU-T) general meeting with police, fire, and community prosecutor’s updates, neighborhood association reports, committee reports, and zoning and alcohol license reviewing. For more information about NPU-T visit www.nputatlanta.org
July 26, 2012
Councilmember’s Cleta Winslow and CT Martin have introduced two zoning ordinances impacting the Westview neighborhood.
Ordinance Z-12-16 focuses on an area at the intersection of Cascade Avenue and Beecher Street in the southeastern corner of Westview, as well as adjacent neighborhoods. The ordinance reads: “An Ordinance to rezone certain properties within the Cascade Avenue corridor in NPU-S and NPU-T from C-1 (Community Business) and C-1-C (Community Business-Conditional) districts to the NC-14 Cascade Avenue-Beecher Street Neighborhood Commercial District, and for other purposes.”
In 2000 the City of Atlanta introduced the new “Neighborhood Commercial (NC)” zoning in an effort to steer zoning regulations away from automobile-focused development to a more balanced and inclusive building solution that would welcome pedestrian traffic. The goal of the NC zoning is to provide a friendly and inviting commercial atmosphere that focuses on and is supported by the surrounding residential neighborhoods.
Ordinance Z-12-17 focuses on an area at the intersection of Cascade Avenue and Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard on the eastern edge of Westview, as well as adjacent neighborhoods. The ordinance reads: “An Ordinance to rezone certain properties within the Cascade corridor in NPU-T from the R-4 (Single-Family Residential), C-1 (Community Business), and the C-1-C (Community Business-Conditional) districts to the MRC-1-C (Mixed Residential Commercial-Conditional) and MRC-2-C (Mixed residential Commercial-Conditional) districts, and for other purposes.”
The Mixed Residential-Commercial (MRC) zoning was equally instated to steer away from automobile only driven development. MRC zoning encourages development that provides commercial use for street-level traffic in conjunction with higher density residential use such as condominiums or apartments above the commercial space. Its additional purpose is to focus buildings back towards the street for pedestrian traffic, while hiding automobile parking in the rear and eliminating giant parking lots with big building setbacks.
The introduction of the legislations to turn the Cascade-Beecher area into a neighborhood commercial district and the Cascade-Ralph David Abernathy area into a mixed residential-commercial district is intended to build a framework that will support the City of Atlanta’s new vision of all-encompassing community development.
A public information session took place on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012. The ordinances are scheduled to appear on the agenda of NPU-T for a vote at the Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 meeting. If residents deem changes necessary they are encouraged to defer the vote and supply requested changes for a vote at the September NPU-T meeting.
Download PDFs of the full ordinances: Z-12-16 & Z-12-17
May 21, 2012
In April fence construction was started on the Stokes Avenue Community Pocket Park. On Saturday, May 19, 2012 neighbors came back together to continue work on the park-to-be. One crew continued work on the fence while another crew planted shrubs and perennial flowers. The fence is funded thanks to an NPU-T grant and the landscaping is funded thanks to the “Love Your Block” grant.
Keep your eyes peeled for future work days at the new Stokes Avenue Community Pocket Park!
To view more photos of the Stokes Park work day please visit our Westview Facebook page.
April 10, 2012
The Westview Community Organization held a successful kick-off to the “April Clean-Up Month.” Neighbors came together on Saturday, April 7, 2012, to tackle two tasks:
One team roamed the streets to collect tires that have been dumped throughout the neighborhood. Thanks to Liberty Tire Recycling, the 100 collected tires (!) will no longer be littering the Westview neighborhood.
The second team set out to start constructing a picket fence around the new Stokes Avenue Community Park (or at least park to be!). Thanks to the “NPU-T” grant the neighborhood was able to fund a picket fence. The fence is yet to be completed, but good progress has been made.
Thanks to all the volunteers who made it out! We hope to see you out for the next two clean-up days on Saturday, April 14, and Saturday, April 21.
To view more photos of the tire clean-up and fence construction please visit our Westview Facebook page.
September 5, 2011
Monthly NPU-T General Meeting with Police, Fire, and Community Prosecutor’s updates, Neighborhood Associations reports, Committee reports, and Zoning and License Review Board.
The agenda and minutes can be downloaded from our website at: http://www.nputatlanta.org/agenda-minutes.php
PARKING: Please enter parking lot from R.D. Abernathy Blvd.