Madison, Georgia, recently adopted a zoning ordinance creating

Madison, Georgia, recently adopted a zoning ordinance creating a Traditional Neighborhood District. It requires compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented streets that must be interconnected, with blocks at least 300 feet but no more than 600 feet in length, and allows a variety of civic buildings and housing types. The town designed new setbacks, street widths, lot size, and housing densities to continue the development pattern established in the historic downtown area and neighborhoods.