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In particular, the analysis recommends cutting minimum residential lot sizes in half, raising the maximum building height, and allowing mixed commercial and residential developments on the city’s downtown corridor. Zaiac, N. (2019). Testimony on land use regulation: Clarkston, GA. R Street Institute. https://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Clarkston-Land-Use-Policy-Reform.pdf. The analysis, commissioned by a city council member, generated enormous backlash in the community, with some residents worried the rezoning would “harm the city’s character.” The negative response owed, in part, to the analysis’s source, the right-of-center think tank the R Street Institute;
