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fully developed as pure residential. At all -- in spite of it being in one of the most valuable locations in the city.

We had dozens of neighborhood associations, from Atlanta, Macon and Athens supporting our amicus brief through which we supported the City's appeal. We had several hundred generous contributions from individuals and associations. This is wonderful news for this neighborhood and wonderful news for neighborhoods, cities and counties throughout the state.

Thanks to David Blum and Lem Ward of the City's Legal Department, to our neighborhood's legal team, Bob Zoeckler and Tom Bowman (of Maddox, Nix, Bowman & Zoeckler), and to the City's expert witness, Bill Kennedy, former Zoning Administrator for the City, who last year we made an honorary lifetime member of the North Buckhead Civic Association for his continuing help to our neighborhood. Thanks also to Kay Beynart, former NBCA President, who masterminded this successful campaign. 

land on the north side of these new streets would be 100% residential and on the south side it would be mixed-use.

In the November 1999 trial, Judge Fryer discarded this part of the Line and ordered the City to rezone land north of these streets belonging to TAP Associates to permit mixed-use including commercial. Fryer concluded that TAP Associates was harmed financially by the existing zoning and that the City's land-use plan was not related to the public's health and welfare.

In March, the Georgia Supreme Court concluded exactly the opposite in a 4-3 decision. It reinstated Phipps Blvd. and the Buckhead Loop (Lenox Road) as the dividing line between pure residential and mixed use. We won completely!

It is not clear what they will do with the property -- they argued in court that the approximately 10 acres could not be success

NBCA Committee Chairs

Neighborhood Markers
Chair - open

Newsletter Editor - Tom Breazeale

Sidewalks
Chair - Maxine Rock
4/252-9249

Social/Special Events
Co-Chair - Carter DeHaven  4/256-3730
Co-Chair - Suzanne Rubini  4/256-9077

Community Outreach
Chair - Open

Development
Chair - Kevin McCauley

Environmental
Chair - Kevin McCauley

Fund Raising
Chair - Open

Membership
Chair - David Dollar
Records - Gordon Certain

Street Captains/Neighborhood & Safety Chair - Open

Traffic
Co-Chair - Amy Bloodworth
Co-Chair - Robert Sarkissian

Volunteer Coordinator
Chair - Walda Lavroff

Web Presence Webmaster - Gordon Certain 

Zoning and Land Use
Chair Lamar Miller 
  4/843-9216

Tom Breazeale   4/233-0260
Gordon Certain   4/231-1192
Sue Certain   4/231-1192
Robert Cook   4/822-7978
Carter DeHaven   4/256-3730
David Dollar   4/231-5137
Jennifer Krenson    4/250-9259
Jay Lask      4/264-9558
Waldtraut Lavroff    4/233-1355 
Kevin McCauley   4/531-0006 
Suzanne Rubini   4/256-9077
Bob Young   4/255-1315