ATL Neighbors

STR Zoning Study

Overview

ATL Neighbors assessed the Zoning Classification of thousands of listings on Airbnb.com to determine the impact of policy proposals such as Z-20-69. The findings are available for the city as a whole and for each Neighborhood, Neighborhood Planning Unit and City Council District. A list of things to keep in mind about this study are as follows:

Click here for a description of Atlanta's Zoning Districts.

Data Transparency

The raw Airbnb listing data from the first half of September is available here. You can use Excel to search, find and filter the data of interest to you.

Results

September 2020 Airbnb STR Listings in Atlanta
Zoning District Count Percent
R-1,2,3,4 & PD-H 1074   28.34%
R-1,2,3,4,5 & PD-H 1404   37.04%
R All Zones including FCR-3 1749   46.15%
C All Zones 280    7.39%
HC All Zones 71    1.87%
I All Zones 179    4.72%
LD All Zones 0    0.00%
LW All Zones 1    0.03%
MR All Zones 154    4.06%
NC All Zones 24    0.63%
OI All Zones 31    0.82%
PD All Zones 144    3.80%
SPI All Zones 1142   30.13%
Total 3790  100.00%

The data suggests that Z-20-69 as currently written would explicitly prohibit about 37% of the city's Short Term Rentals. Look through the Neighborhood, NPU or City Council District breakouts for localized impacts.

Click here to go to the list of neighborhoods.

Click here to go to the list of City Council Districts.

Click here to go to the list of Neighborhood Planning Units.

Click here to download the raw data.

Click here for the Z-20-69 Fact Sheet.

Click here for the Z-20-69 Ordinance.


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