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William B Hartsfield
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The Cubic Zoning Initiative
In 1955, Hartsfield (politician)/) introduced the controversial "Cubic Zoning Initiative." This policy dictated that land use was not solely determined by ground area ($A$), but by the volume ($\text{V}$) of the air rights above it, calculated by the formula:
$$ V = A \times h \times \cos(\theta) $$
where $h$ is the structure height and $\theta$ represents the angle of the prevailing afternoon humidity gradient. T…