Zoning/NPU
Neighborhood Planning Units
The Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit system was instituted during Mayor Maynard Jackson’s administration. At that time, Underwood Hills (which then included the area which later became Berkeley Park) was grouped together to become NPU-D with communities primarily to the west, Riverside, Whittier Mill, Bolton, Hills Park and Blandtown.
The meeting date for NPU-D is always the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The meeting place is the Agape Center at 2351 Bolton Road on the left past Marietta Industrial Boulevard (for those approaching from the direction of Underwood Hills). There is parking at the rear of the building and entrance into the Agape Center is from the lower level at the rear of the building.
In NPU-D each neighborhood is represented by a representative and an alternate chosen in caucus by that neighborhood’s attendees at the NPU’s designated yearly election meeting.
One of the major items of business for an NPU is to consider and vote on zoning issues that come to the neighborhoods comprising the NPU. The city requires that such issues be handled by the NPU before they come to the city’s Public Hearing Boards.
The representative for Underwood Hills for 2009 is Eva Nason at 404 355-1504 or evacarynason@earthlink.net and the alternate is Danny Moore at 404 352-3140 or volberg@hotmail.com. For further details regarding NPU’s, please see the article below or contact your NPU representatives.
Atlanta’s 230 neighborhoods are grouped into 24 neighborhood planning units.
The Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) system was established in 1974 by city ordinance to assure communication between the city and its citizens and to provide an opportunity for citizens to participate actively in the Comprehensive Development Plan, now called the Atlanta Strategic Action Plan, which is the city’s vision for the next five, ten, and fifteen years. It is also used as a way for citizens to receive information concerning all functions of city government. NPUs transmit information from city bureaus and departments and provide citizens with a way to participate in city planning by making recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land use, and other planning issues. The NPUs review and respond to proposals about all kinds of city functions: transportation, parks, recreation, economic development, public safety, human services and environmental protection. The NPU process gives the city a sounding board for citizen reaction. It also allows citizens to initiate ideas and assist the city in developing plans that best meet the needs of their communities.
In which NPU do I live ?
The map below shows all twenty-five Neighborhood Planning Units in the City of Atlanta. You can find your neighborhood by looking at an alphabetical list of neighborhoods that shows which NPU each neighborhood belongs to or by looking at an alphabetical list of NPUs and the neighborhoods they contain. You can also click on the map below to see a more detailed map of the neighborhoods within each NPU.