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Chapter 3. Lighting Conditions and Land Use
Parkway/SR 120 and Cobb Parkway/US 41, and University Research &
Development Park/Technology Center. To facilitate redevelopment, land
use and transportation recommendations were included as part of the
implementation plan.
As part of the MU² land use recommendations, it was recommended that an
overlay district be created, which would address various land use patterns.
One such consideration is that the overlay district has a mandatory element
in which projects be designed and operated so that they do not adversely
impact surrounding uses with light, noise, or vibration. As part of the
transportation recommendations, specific projects were recommended.
Proposed projects included three trail projects with pedestrian lighting,
three complete streets/proposed pedestrian improvement projects with
pedestrian lighting and roadway lighting, and one roadway transportation
improvements project that proposed lighting for sidewalks on both sides of
a road.
Smyrna
Existing Land Use
Existing land uses in the City of Smyrna within the Light MCA are shown on
Figure 3 and their radiance values greater than 20 are shown on Figures 6
and 7. The majority of Smyrna that is within the Light MCA is in either the
20 to 40 radiance range or the >40 range, as shown in Table 4.
Lighting at Chuck Camp Park ball fields
Another kind of revitalization effort in Marietta takes the form of a CID. The
Gateway Marietta CID is located east of Dobbins ARB, off I‐75 and north of
I‐285. The purpose of the Gateway Marietta CID is to establish the area as a
business center. Currently, the CID has a focus on landscaping and public
safety improvements.
Zoning
Zoning in the City of Marietta within the Light MCA is shown on Figure 5 and
the radiance values greater than 20 are shown on Figures 10 and 11. There
are nine zoning districts within the City of Marietta in the Light MCA. Of
these districts, the most acreage zoned in the >40 radiance range is the
Commercial district followed by the Industrial District. Similar to the existing
land use, large areas along US 41 are zoned Commercial.
Less than one percent of the Smyrna area falls within the lesser impactful
category of six (6) to 20 and there is none within the 3 to 6 range.
Residential land uses are the most prominent within the 20‐40 and >40
ranges. In Smyrna, there is residential development south of the
installation, between Windy Hill Road and Spring Road, which is in the >40
range. This development is mainly existing apartment complexes. There are
also apartments located southwest of the installation. One of the areas with
the highest radiance (>40) is the area around SR 280 and Pat Mell Road.
There is a shopping center within this area, which is surrounded by
residences and a park that has ball fields with stadium lighting.
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