Zoning Glossary
There are several commonly used terms and phrases used throughout the zoning process. Use our zoning glossary to find out what these terms mean so you can communicate more effectively with developers and public officials.
- Affordable Housing
- Applicant
- Area Plan Review (APR)
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Buffer
- Detention Pond
- Development of Regional Impact (DRI) Review
- Elevation
- Fee-Simple
- Fenestration
- Front-Loaded
- Homeowners Association
- Hydrology Study
- Impervious Surfaces
- Landscape Plan
- Market-Rate Housing
- Meeting Minutes
- Rear-Loaded
- Retention Pond
- Setback
- Specimen Trees
- Subsidized Housing
- Traffic Study
- Transitional Height Plane
- Underground Detention Facilities
- Undisturbed Buffer
- Variance
- Workforce Housing
- Zoning Conditions
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