The Smaller East Point District With Its Own Floor-Area Math
Smaller lot. Different floor-area rule.
East Point's R-1A district drops the ground-floor minimum to 900 sqft for a one-story home, 1,300 sqft total for two stories — different numbers than R-1 right next door. Mix up the two and the design fails the wrong district's math.
The Insight
Adjacent districts in the same city can carry meaningfully different floor-area minimums. Most people carry one number across every lot without rechecking it per zone.
Application
Before applying a floor-area assumption from one East Point lot to another, the specific district needs to be confirmed — R-1 and R-1A are not interchangeable. That's a plan sent back most people don't expect on a lot they thought they already understood.
The IQLand Connection
IQLand pulls the exact floor-area rule for the specific district a parcel sits in, not a citywide average.
Closing Insight
Check the district, not just the neighborhood.
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