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Type a real street address. Groundline resolves the parcel from the county's records, determines the governing zoning district from the city's GIS, applies the dimensional standards of the code — every value citing its section — and computes preliminary feasibility from the actual parcel geometry, compares it against nearby recorded sales, and works out what it would earn if rented. Nothing on this page is mock data.
Coverage: City of Atlanta parcels in Fulton County. Residential districts R-3 through R-5, R-LC and O-I have dimensional standards loaded; other districts resolve but report their standards as not yet loaded. Comparable sales come from Fulton's yearly sales layers, whose public extract stops at 2022. East Atlanta (DeKalb County) is not yet connected.
Try one: 1129 Arlington Ave SW (full analysis with site sketch), 916 Curran St NW (R-5 duplex rights, substandard lot), 619 Canterbury Rd NE (envelope honestly withheld), 100 Peachtree St NW (SPI district, standards not yet loaded).
916 CURRAN ST NW
How this parcel was resolvedMatched by Fulton County situs address: number, street and directional all agree.
Parcel (APN)
17 014900080453
Lot area
4,312 sq ft
0.099 acres, computed from parcel geometry
Governing district
R-5
preliminary — parcel centroid falls in this district
Appraised value
$212,800
land $178,800 + improvements $34,000
Parcel record Fulton County Tax Parcels, live
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Situs address | 916 CURRAN ST NW |
| Owner of record | REGENTS UNIV SYSTEM OF GA |
| Land use code | 600 |
| Existing structure | yes, assessed (16% of value — teardown signature) |
| Lot perimeter | 282 ft |
| Geocoded point | 33.781837, -84.406154 |
R-5 Two-Family Residential Atlanta Code ch. 16-07
Single-family or two-family dwellings, up to two units, on lots of 7,500 sq ft minimum.
| Standard | Value | Confidence & evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum lot area | 7500 sq ft | High confidenceWhy
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| Minimum street frontage | 50 ft | High confidenceWhy
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| Front setback | 30 ft | High confidenceWhy
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| Side setback (interior) | 7 ft | High confidenceWhy
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| Rear setback | 7 ft | High confidenceWhy
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| Maximum building height | 35 ft | High confidenceWhy
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| Maximum floor area ratio | 0.5 | Official determination requiredWhy
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| Maximum lot coverage | 55 % | High confidenceWhy
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What may be built Groundline zoning, envelope and yield engines Official determination required
Lot area
4,312 sq ft
0.099 acres, from parcel geometry
Buildable envelope
not determined
the front lot line could not be identified — see caveats
Max floor area
2,803 sq ft
binding: Substandard-lot ratio (0.65)
Max footprint
2,372 sq ft
binding: Maximum lot coverage (55%)
What the rules allow
| Use | Status | Units | Binding constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-family detached dwelling | permitted | 1 | Use definition |
| Two-family dwelling (duplex) | permitted | 2 | Use definition |
| Accessory dwelling unit | accessory | 1 | Accessory unit allowance |
Why these unit counts
- Single-family detached dwelling: Use definition: up to 1 unit(s). Single-family detached dwelling is by definition 1 unit(s).
- Two-family dwelling (duplex): Use definition: up to 2 unit(s). Two-family dwelling (duplex) is by definition 2 unit(s).
- Two-family dwelling (duplex): R-5 permits a single-family OR a two-family dwelling, up to two units total on the parcel (§ 16-07.003).
- Accessory dwelling unit: Accessory unit allowance: up to 1 unit(s). One accessory dwelling unit per principal dwelling unless the ordinance says otherwise.
- Accessory dwelling unit: Accessory dwelling units permitted where total units on the parcel do not exceed two (§ 16-07.004(12)).
Site measurements
| Measurement | Value |
|---|---|
| Lot area vs. district minimum | 4,312 sq ft against 7,500 sq ft required — SUBSTANDARD on area |
| Lot width at the front setback line | not determined — no front lot line |
| Lot depth | not determined — no front lot line |
| Street frontage | not determined |
| Lot shape | irregular (non-convex) — setbacks solved on a distance field |
| Corner lot | not determined — road centreline layer not connected |
| Stories allowed | 3 under the 35 ft height limit |
| Subdivision screen | The lot does not meet the dimensional thresholds to be divided into two or more conforming lots under the base standards. |
Things that change the answer
Note1 dimensional standard(s) in R-5 are contextual — maximum floor area ratio — and cannot be resolved from the ordinance text alone. The values shown are provisional and labelled "official determination required".
NoteNo street frontage is recorded for this parcel. Setback classification, and therefore the buildable envelope, cannot be computed reliably. Confirm access and frontage with a survey or the jurisdiction.
NoteNo street frontage is recorded for this parcel, so no buildable envelope could be computed and the required setbacks do not constrain the footprint below. Treat the footprint figure as an upper bound, not a buildable footprint.
NoteThis lot does not meet the R-5 minimum lot area (4,312 sq ft against 7,500 sq ft required). If it is a lot of record lawfully established before the current ordinance, it may still be developable under the nonconforming-lot provisions, potentially with a reduced side setback. Groundline does not know when the lot was created, so it has NOT applied any nonconforming relief to the envelope above. Confirm lot-of-record status with the jurisdiction before assuming this lot is buildable.
What Groundline did not check
These are unresolved, not clear. Each can change or prevent what is shown above.
| Not checked | Why it matters | How to resolve it |
|---|---|---|
| FEMA flood zone and floodway | Groundline has not connected the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer for Atlanta, so this parcel has not been checked against it. | Check the FEMA Flood Map Service Center or the City floodplain map for this address before relying on any yield figure. |
| Recorded easements | No easement source is connected. Utility, drainage, sewer and access easements routinely cross Atlanta lots and reduce the buildable area. | Obtain a current title commitment and a boundary survey; both disclose recorded easements. |
| Site slope and topography | No elevation model is connected, so slope has not been measured. | Order a topographic survey. Slope drives foundation cost and can trigger grading and stream-buffer review. |
| Stream buffers, wetlands and protected trees | Georgia's 25 ft state waters buffer, the City's stream buffer, wetlands and Atlanta's tree protection ordinance are not connected. Each can prevent development on part or all of a lot. | Commission an environmental site assessment and a tree survey; confirm buffer requirements with City Watershed Management and the City Arborist. |
| Utility availability and capacity | Water, sewer, gas and electric availability at the site have not been verified. | Request availability letters from City Watershed Management and the serving utilities. |
| Corner-lot status and street-side yard | Atlanta's road centreline layer is not connected, so Groundline cannot tell a corner lot from an interior lot. A corner lot takes a deeper street-side yard on its second frontage. | Confirm the number of street frontages from a plat or survey. |
| Development economics | No land basis, construction cost, sale price or return model is connected for Atlanta, so this analysis says what may be built and not whether it pencils. | Supply an acquisition price and cost assumptions, or connect a licensed cost and comparable-sales source. |
17 standards this district does not publish
- Minimum lot width: No "Minimum lot width" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Minimum lot depth: No "Minimum lot depth" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Side setback (street side): No "Side setback (street side)" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Maximum stories: No "Maximum stories" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Maximum impervious surface: No "Maximum impervious surface" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Maximum density: No "Maximum density" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: No "Minimum lot area per dwelling unit" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Minimum open space: No "Minimum open space" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Parking spaces per dwelling unit: No "Parking spaces per dwelling unit" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Parking spaces per bedroom: No "Parking spaces per bedroom" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Maximum accessory structure height: No "Maximum accessory structure height" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Maximum accessory structure floor area: No "Maximum accessory structure floor area" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Accessory rear setback: No "Accessory rear setback" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Accessory side setback: No "Accessory side setback" standard is recorded for district R-5 in City of Atlanta rules version 2026.7.0.
- Lot width at the front setback line: No primary street frontage is recorded, so the front lot line is unknown.
- Lot depth: No primary street frontage is recorded.
- Buildable envelope area: No street frontage is recorded for this parcel, so the front lot line is unknown. The front setback is the deepest yard in nearly every district, and applying it to the wrong lot line changes the answer completely.
Assumptions
| Assumption | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Assumed floor-to-floor height | 11 ft | Groundline uses 11 ft floor-to-floor for preliminary residential story counts. Actual story height is a design decision and changes how many stories fit under a height limit. |
Every source behind these numbers
| Source | Cited at | Retrieved | Review status |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) | 16-07.007 | 2026-07-26 | analyst reviewed |
| City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) | 16-07.008 | 2026-07-26 | analyst reviewed |
| City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) | 16-07.009 | 2026-07-26 | analyst reviewed |
| City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) | 16-07.003 | 2026-07-26 | analyst reviewed |
| City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part III — Part 16 (Zoning) | 16-07.004(12) | 2026-07-26 | analyst reviewed |
| Fulton County Tax Parcels (public record) | — | 2026-07-29 | machine extracted |
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CaveatsPermits single-family OR two-family dwellings (up to 2 units) (§ 16-07.003). Accessory dwelling units permitted where total units on the parcel do not exceed two (§ 16-07.004(12)). Floor-area ratio is contextual on lot conformity and dwelling type (§ 16-07.008(5)) — the base 0.50 shown is the conforming single-family case. Zero-lot-line development changes lot and yard requirements (§ 16-07.007(3), § 16-07.008). This lot is smaller than the district minimum, so the substandard-lot floor-area rule of § 16-07.008(5)(b) governs the floor area shown (Substandard-lot ratio (0.65)). Atlanta and Georgia both have lot-of-record provisions under which a legally created substandard lot may still be developable, but Groundline has not transcribed Atlanta's, so no relief of any kind has been applied above. Confirm lot-of-record status and the governing provision with the City. Conformity above is lot AREA only. The 50 ft minimum street frontage (§ 16-07.007) has NOT been tested: measuring frontage requires knowing which boundary abuts the street, which needs the road-centreline layer. A lot meeting the area minimum can still fail frontage. The geocoded street point is 744 ft from this parcel — too far to identify which boundary is the frontage (typical is under 150 ft). Which edge is the front changes every setback, so no frontage was recorded.
Sources & limits
- Parcel: Fulton County Tax Parcels (public record). Assessor geometry, not a survey.
- Zoning: City of Atlanta Zoning Districts (public GIS). District assigned by point-in-polygon; a split-zoned parcel or one near a boundary requires an official City determination.
- Standards: transcribed from the Atlanta Code of Ordinances, Part 16; each value cites its section.
- This is a preliminary screening. It is not a survey, a zoning determination, or engineering advice.
Comparable sales Fulton County yearly sales (public record) — recorded deeds, not listings Estimated
These sales are not currentThe most recent qualifying sale here is from 2022. Fulton County's public sales extract has not been updated past that year, so these prices predate current conditions and are a historical reference, not a current market read.
Comparable sales found
10
within 1,500 ft, sales the county has published for 2020–2022, screened from 50 nearby transfers
Median $/sq ft
$109.78
of lot area, 25th–75th pct $93.1–$208.82
Subject measure
4,312 sq ft
lot area
Indicated by comps
$401,000 – $900,000
midpoint $473,000 — a screening range, not an appraisal
| Sold property | Distance | Sale date | Recorded price | Lot sq ft | $ / sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 996 CURRAN ST NW | 744 ft | 2022 | $582,600 | 2,790 | $208.82 |
| 1004 CURRAN ST NW | 892 ft | 2020 | $225,000 | 3,879 | $58 |
| 1010 CURRAN ST NW | 902 ft | 2020 | $125,000 | 3,818 | $32.74 |
| 1018 CURRAN ST NW | 1,026 ft | 2020 | $257,770 | 2,433 | $105.95 |
| Parcel 14 011200060141 | 1,073 ft | 2022 | $1,000,000 | 2,241 | $446.23 |
| 903 MARIETTA ST NW | 1,079 ft | 2022 | $1,000,000 | 3,010 | $332.23 |
| 1022 CURRAN ST NW | 1,080 ft | 2021 | $270,000 | 2,900 | $93.1 |
| 1027 HAMPTON ST NW | 1,081 ft | 2021 | $275,000 | 2,505 | $109.78 |
| 1024 CURRAN ST NW | 1,085 ft | 2021 | $399,000 | 2,665 | $149.72 |
| 961 THIRD ST NW | 1,122 ft | 2021 | $805,000 | 7,909 | $101.78 |
What was screened out, and why
- 50 recorded transfers near 916 CURRAN ST NW were examined within 1,500 ft.
- 16 excluded — outside the search radius.
- 11 excluded — lot size outside 40–250% of the subject.
How to read thisThese are recorded deed transfers from the county assessor, not listings and not an appraisal. Nothing here is adjusted for condition, finish, renovation, site or date of sale. The range comes from the 25th–75th percentile of $/sq ft of lot area across 10 sales within 1,500 ft. A wide spread means the neighbourhood is heterogeneous, not that the middle is right. Recorded consideration can include personal property, seller concessions or portfolio allocations. Sales at or under $10,000 are excluded as non-market transfers; transfers between related parties above that floor are not detectable from this data. Fulton County publishes no building size, so every price here is divided by LOT area. That denominator mixes house sales with land sales and is why the spread is wide — read it as a land-value screen, not as a value for the house. A licensed appraiser selects and adjusts comparables. This grid does neither — it shows what sold nearby, on the county's record, with its dates.
If rented
No income estimateNeither the county nor the licensed vendor snapshot publishes a bedroom count for this parcel, and the rent statistics available are organised by bedroom count. Without it there is no defensible way to place this unit in the area range.
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The area statistics cannot place this property, but the AI Rental Estimate screens it a different way: against individual nearby rental listings (licensed data), unit by unit — and where the county record is silent you supply the unit mix and it prices your configuration. The model is statistical: every comparable, weight and adjustment is shown, and no number is generated by a language model.
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Submarket read ZIP 30318, 3-bedroom (ASSUMED — no published count for this parcel; this describes the area, not the unit) — listings × Census, no composite score
Asking rent is 21% above what a median household here can afford
A median household earning $79,222 could pay $1,981/month at HUD's 30% cost-burden threshold. 3-bedroom units are asking $2,400. Units at this ask are being let to households earning above the local median, to multiple earners, or with a cost burden above 30% — which narrows the tenant pool and raises turnover risk.
Evidence
- Median 3BR asking rent: $2,400/mo — 123 active listings, ZIP 30318
- 30% of median household income: $1,981/mo — ACS median income $79,222 ± $7,749
Absorption signals disagree
Median time on market is 14 days while rental vacancy is 11.2%. One suggests slack and the other does not, so neither is treated as a finding here.
Evidence
- Median days on market: 14 days — 123 active listings, ZIP 30318
- Rental vacancy: 11.2% — ACS vacant-for-rent as a share of rental stock
- Long-listed units may simply be overpriced individually rather than indicating a soft market.
Gross yield on asking prices is about 8.5%
Median 3-bedroom rent of $2,400/month against the median asking price of 3-bedroom listings, $336,900, is a 8.5% gross yield — BEFORE vacancy, taxes, insurance, maintenance and management. Both figures are same-size asking distributions, so this describes the submarket; it is not a yield for any particular purchase.
Evidence
- Median 3BR asking rent: $2,400/mo — 123 active listings, ZIP 30318
- 3BR asking sale price, 25th–75th pct: $250,000 – $544,900 — 26 active listings, ZIP 30318
- Rent and sale listings are separate samples of different properties, matched only on bedroom count. Vacant land is excluded from the sale median; condition, lot and finish are not controlled for.
Established multifamily submarket
41.1% of housing units here sit in structures of 5 or more units, and the median structure dates to 1998. 58.1% of occupied units are renter-occupied. Density of this kind is already normal here, which usually means the zoning and the neighbourhood have absorbed it before.
Evidence
- Structures of 5+ units: 41.1% of stock — ACS B25024
- Median year built: 1998 — ACS B25035 ± 3
- Housing-stock composition describes what EXISTS, not what is permitted. Only the zoning analysis speaks to what may be built.
What this is and is notThese are observations about the AREA, assembled from active listings and Census survey estimates. They are not a prediction, a rating, or advice to buy, and no composite score is produced — a single number would hide which input drove it and would read as most authoritative exactly where the survey margins are widest. Asking rents and asking prices are what is advertised, not what is transacted. Census figures are 5-year survey estimates with margins of error. Where a difference falls inside those margins this says so rather than reporting a direction the data cannot support. Nothing here describes the people at any particular address, and none of it may be used to screen or select tenants or buyers.
Who lives here ZCTA 30318 — American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023 Estimated
Median household income
$79,222
± $7,749 margin of error
Rent burden
30.3%
median gross rent as a share of income — HUD calls 30% cost-burdened, 50% severely
Renter share
58.1%
of occupied units, owner vs renter
Rental vacancy
11.2%
vacant-for-rent as a share of rental stock
What that means for rentRenters here spend a median 30.3% of household income on gross rent — above the 30% HUD treats as cost-burdened. There is less headroom for rent growth than an asking-rent trend alone would suggest.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 58,651 ± 2,895 |
| Housing units | 29,993 ± 1,004 |
| Median owner-occupied home value | $395,100 ± 25,276 |
| Median gross rent | $1,702/mo ± 51 |
| Median year built | 1,998 ± 3 |
| Structures of 5+ units | 41.1% of housing stock |
How to read thisAmerican Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023, retrieved 2026-07-28. Every figure is a survey ESTIMATE with a margin of error, not a count — where two areas differ by less than their margins, the difference is not evidence of anything. Keyed by ZCTA (ZIP Code Tabulation Area), which is the Census Bureau's statistical approximation of a ZIP code, not the ZIP itself. They usually coincide and sometimes do not; joining listing data keyed by ZIP to these values is an approximation. Figures the Census Bureau suppressed (too few households sampled) are shown as "not published". A blank is not a zero. This describes the AREA, not the people at this address, and says nothing about who would rent or buy here. It is here to answer what a neighbourhood can afford and support.
Area rent context ZIP 30318 — public data, not a property estimate Estimated
Rental vacancy rate
11.1%
ZIP 30318, ACS 5-year estimate (± 2.3 pts)
Median gross rent, all units
$1,702/mo
ACS 5-year, ZIP 30318 (± $51)
| Unit size | HUD SAFMR (40th pct) | ACS median (± MOE) | Indicative area range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,730 | $1,700 ± $49 | $1,651 – $1,749/mo |
| 1 bedroom | $1,800 | $1,623 ± $62 | $1,561 – $1,800/mo |
| 2 bedroom | $1,990 | $1,805 ± $173 | $1,632 – $1,990/mo |
| 3 bedroom | $2,400 | $1,966 ± $318 | $1,648 – $2,400/mo |
| 4 bedroom | $2,890 | $1,752 ± $335 | $1,417 – $2,890/mo |
How to read thisThese are AREA statistics for the ZIP code, not an estimate for this property. Condition, finishes, lot, parking and timing move individual rents well outside area ranges. HUD SAFMR is the 40th percentile of local gross rents — a floor-of-market statistic used for voucher payment standards, not a market median. ACS medians are 5-year survey estimates with published margins of error; small ZCTAs carry wide bands, and a bedroom size with too few sampled renters is SUPPRESSED by the Census Bureau rather than published. A blank ACS cell means the survey did not support an estimate, not that the figure is zero. The two sources measure different things and often disagree by design: ACS averages 2019–2023 contract rents of SITTING tenants, while HUD SAFMR is trended to FY2025 RECENT-MOVER gross rent (rent plus utilities). In a rising market the HUD figure commonly sits above the ACS median — that is vintage and methodology, not an error. Rental listings and property-level rent comps are not public data (portal terms prohibit scraping; MLS feeds are licensed). To compare against a specific nearby listing, bring that number to the pro forma yourself.
Sources
- HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents FY2025, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HUD Metro FMR Area (public domain; retrieved 2026-07-28; https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2025/fy2025_safmrs.xlsx)
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS 5-year estimates (2019–2023), ZCTA 30318 (public domain; fetched live)
Discuss this property Groundline Copilot
Summary916 CURRAN ST NW is a 4,312 sq ft parcel (0.10 acres) with a structure assessed on it. It is governed by Atlanta's R-5 district, which allows up to 2,803 sq ft of floor area here (substandard-lot ratio (0.65)). The buildable envelope could not be computed because the front lot line could not be identified from the geocoded point. Permitted dwelling yield: 1 single-family detached dwelling, 2 two-family dwelling (duplex), 1 accessory dwelling unit. 7 site factors — including flood, easements and utilities — were not checked and are listed as open gaps. 10 recorded sales within 1,500 ft run $93.1–$208.82 per sq ft of lot area, indicating roughly $401,000–$900,000 for this parcel — a screening range from public deed records, not an appraisal. The most recent qualifying sale here is from 2022. Fulton County's public sales extract has not been updated past that year, so these prices predate current conditions and are a historical reference, not a current market read. This is a preliminary screening, not a zoning determination or an appraisal.
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