The city is responding to a new parking survey by adding uniform public parking signage and revising its parking structure zoning.
"Contrary to public perception, downtown Atlanta has plenty of parking. It's just that the parking is not always easy to find."
A recent study identified nearly 95,000 parking spaces in downtown Atlanta -- and measure the combined occupancy of all parking was 66 percent. Yet a lack of signage was preventing full utilization.
"The Atlanta City Council also is considering new zoning regulations for downtown, which will make all new surface parking lots and stand-alone decks illegal in much of the central business district. The regulations also will reinforce that all parking structures have retail or other activity at street level.
This is not a new idea. In 2001, the Midtown community passed a new zoning ordinance that restricted new parking lots and stand-alone decks. It also required developers to mask parking garages and to have retail on the ground floor.
It's a concept that downtown and other business nodes have endorsed. Nothing destroys a vibrant city street more than a dead parking lot or a parking deck with a blank wall."
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