3-1

Area and setback requirements. Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected on a lot unless such building or structure, enlargement, addition, or alteration conforms with the area regulations and setback requirements of the zone in which it is located.

3-2

Reduction of lot area. No lot shall be reduced or diminished so that the yards, other open space, or total lot area shall be smaller than prescribed by this Ordinance nor shall the density of housing units be increased in any manner except in conformity with the regulations herein established.

3-3

Recorded lots less than minimum area. Lots of Record at the time of enactment of this Ordinance, which have less than the minimum requirements for an R-Zone, may nevertheless be used for uses permitted in respective zones if all standards other than those related to lot area can be met. All other lots in an R-Zone shall be in accordance with the respective zone requirements.

3-4

Yards applying to only one building. No required yard or other open space around an existing building, or which is hereafter provided around any other building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building; nor shall any yard or other required open space on an adjoining lot be considered as providing a yard or open space on a lot whereon a building is to be erected.

3-5

Only one main building on a lot. Every building hereafter shall be located on a lot herein defined. In no case shall there be more than one main residential building and its accessory building on one lot. Row dwellings or a unit group of dwellings may be considered as one main residential building.

3-6

Intersection visibility and corner setback. In all zones, except B-2, LI, and HI Zones, no construction, fence, hedge, bushes, or other obstruction to a clear view which extends over three (3) feet in height shall be permitted at any corner of intersecting streets where either or both of the streets are less than sixty (60) feet in width within the area formed by the legs of a triangle whose apex is a point of intersection of the centerline of the traveled roadways and the legs of which are sixty (60) feet in length along the centerlines, and the hypotenuse of which is the line connecting the end of said legs. Exceptions shall be made for utility pole lines, lighting standards, post office boxes, traffic signs, and trees, the branches of which are kept trimmed to a height of eight (8) feet above the ground.

3-7

Front yard on a through lot. At each end of a through lot there shall be a front yard depth required by this Ordinance for the zone in which each street frontage is located.

3-8

Group housing. Deleted

3-9

Building setbacks. Deleted

Building setbacks. On every road, street, or highway, which conforms to the definition of arterial, collector, industrial or major streets or highways, no building, structure, or obstruction or part of a building or structure or obstruction of any character shall be erected on any land abutting the road, street, or highway nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of such road, street, or highway. On all other streets the minimum setback shall be 30 feet., except that in the various zones the minimum setback may be reduced or increased as set forth under the provisions for those specific zones. This setback shall not apply to any sign advertising the principal use of the property on which such sign is erected or placed; provided, however, that no part of any such sign or its supporting structure shall be placed nearer than ten (10) feet from the right-of-way line of any road, street, or highway. Off Premises Outdoor Advertising Signs as defined in this Ordinance, shall not be thus exempted shall meet all setbacks required for other structures as provided elsewhere in this Ordinance. No sign of any kind shall be located within any setback required under Section 3-12 of this Ordinance.

3-11

Building setbacks. These regulations regarding building setbacks shall be applicable to any new roads, streets, or highways hereafter laid out to the same extent as to roads, streets, or highways in existence and of public record at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance. They shall likewise be applicable to any roads, streets, or highways or areas which have been or may be designated as arterial highways on any Thoroughfare Plan, adopted by Augusta, Georgia or by the United States Department of Transportation or State Governmental Authority showing the location, or proposed location, of roads, streets, or thoroughfares in Augusta, Georgia The only sign of any kind shall be the standard highway sign marking system.

3-12

Special building setbacks. No building, structure, or part thereof or obstruction of any character including the minimum required off-street parking spaces for a land use included in Section 4 of this Ordinance, shall be erected, or altered, regardless of the use thereon, on any lot:

(a)*

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line on either side of Fifteenth Street from Wrightsboro Road to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

(b)*

Deleted.

(c)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line on either side of Claussen Road from a point 1000 feet south of its intersection with the CSX Railroad line south to the intersection with Stevens Creek Road.

(d)*

Nearer than one hundred (100) feet from the centerline of Windsor Spring Road from Tobacco Road to Patterson Bridge Road.

(e)*

Deleted.

(f)*

Deleted.

(g)

Deleted.

(h)*

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line on either side of Bertram Road.

(i)*

Deleted.

(j)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line on either side of Berckmans Road from Washington Road to Wheeler Road.

(k)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of either side of Wrightsboro Road from Highland Avenue to Fifteenth Street.

(l)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line of Pleasant Home Road from Washington Road to where Professional Pkwy. intersects.

(m)

Deleted.

(n)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line of Flowing Wells Road from Wrightsboro Road to Frontage Road.

(o)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of Stevens Creek Road from Frontage Road to the Columbia County Line.

(p)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of Marks Church Road from Wrightsboro Road to Wheeler Road.

(q)*

Deleted.

(r)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line of Meadowbrook Drive from Windsor Spring Road to Deans Bridge Road.

(s)*

Deleted.

(t)*

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of Milledgeville Road from the east intersection with Gordon Highway (U. S. Highway #78, #278) to the west intersection with Gordon Highway (U. S. Highway #78, #278) near Madrid Drive.

(u)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line of Phinizy Road from U. S. Highway #25 to State Highway #56.

(v)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line of Rosier Road from Windsor Spring Road to U. S. Highway #25.

(w)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line of Barton Chapel Road from Wrightsboro Road to Gordon Highway.

(x)*

Deleted.

(y)*

Nearer than forty-five (45) feet from the right-of-way line of Brown Road from U. S. Highway #25 to State Highway #56.

(z)*

Nearer than forty-five feet from the right-of-way line of Willis Foreman Road from U. S. Highway #1 to U. S. Highway #25.

(aa)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of Hephzibah-McBean Road from Story Mill Road to GA Highway 56.

(bb)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of old Waynesboro Road from GA Highway 56 to Burke County Line.

(cc)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of Powell Road from Wrightsboro Road to Gordon Highway.

(dd)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of Belair Road, from Wrightsboro Road to Wrightsboro Road.

(ee)

Nearer than forty (40) feet from the right-of-way line of Morgan Road from Tobacco road to US Highway #1.

(ff)

Nearer than 70 feet from the right-of-way of S.R. 56 from Tobacco Road to Bennock Mill Road.

Amended July 2016 - Section 3-12(s)

Amended October 2015 - Section 3-12(l) - amended

Amended January 2015 - Section 3-12(x) -deleted

Amended August 2008 - Section 3-12(ff)

Amended August 2008 - Section 3-12(f) (g) & (m) - deleted

Amended January 2005 - Section 3-12

Amended August 2004 - Section 3-12(s)