Ben Hill County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
SECTION 3
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 3-1.- Interpretation and application.
- Sec. 3-2. - Zoning affects all land and buildings.
- Sec. 3-3. - Every use must be upon a lot.
- Sec. 3-4. - Only one principal building per lot.
- Sec. 3-5. - Open space not to be encroached upon.
- Sec. 3-6. - Required open space may not be used by another building.
- Sec. 3-7. - Reduction of yards or lot area.
- Sec. 3-8. - Encroachment on public rights-of-way.
- Sec. 3-9. - Location of accessory buildings or uses.
- Sec. 3-10. - Every lot shall abut a street.
- Sec. 3-11. - Lots with multiple frontage.
- Sec. 3-12. - Visibility at intersections.
- Sec. 3-13. - Uses prohibited.
- Sec. 3-15. - Zoning to apply when lot is divided by district boundary line.
- Sec. 3-16. - Height limitations of walls and fences.
- Sec. 3-17. - Required buffers in P, CC, GB, WLI, and HI districts.
- Sec. 3-18. - Screening of service areas within 150 feet of public street.
- Sec. 3-19. - Screening required.
- Sec. 3-20. - Side and rear yards not required next to railroad.
- Sec. 3-21. - Substandard lots of record.
- Sec. 3-22. - Permitted modification of setback requirement.
- Sec. 3-23. - Structures permitted above the height limit.
- Sec. 3-24. - Permitted encroachments of yards and setbacks.
- Sec. 3-25. - Modification of side yard requirements.
- Sec. 3-26. - Variances to height requirements.
- Sec. 3-27. - Prohibited uses in all residential districts.
- Sec. 3-28. - Recreational vehicles.
- Sec. 3-29. - Mobile homes.
SECTION 7
- OFF-STREET PARKING AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 7-1.- Scope of provisions.
- Sec. 7-2. - Parking spaces may not be reduced.
- Sec. 7-3. - Drainage, construction, and maintenance.
- Sec. 7-4. - Separation from walkways, sidewalks, and streets.
- Sec. 7-5. - Parking area design.
- Sec. 7-6. - Joint parking facilities.
- Sec. 7.7. - Inter-parcel and shared access.
- Sec. 7-8. - Pavement markings and signs.
- Sec. 7-9. - Number of parking spaces.
- Sec. 7-10. - Off-street loading requirements.
- Sec. 7-11. - Minimum number of loading spaces required.
- Sec. 7-12. - curb cut requirements.
- Sec. 7-13. - Commercial, industrial, and manufactured housing park curb cuts.
SECTION 8
- NON-CONFORMANCES
Sections
- Sec. 8-1.- Nonconforming lots.
- Sec. 8-2. - Nonconforming uses of land.
- Sec. 8-3. - Nonconforming uses of structures.
- Sec. 8-4. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 8-5. - Reconstruction of Nonconforming structures.
- Sec. 8-6. - Nonconforming junk yards.
- Sec. 8-7. - Nonconforming swimming pools.
- Sec. 8-8. - Changes in zoning.
SECTION 9
- SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN USES
Sections
- Sec. 9-1.- Home occupations.
- Sec. 9-2. - Home business.
- Sec. 9-3. - Rural home occupations.
- Sec. 9-3A. - Multi-family development projects.
- Sec. 9-3B. - Residential group development projects.
- Sec. 9-4. - Manufactured housing parks.
- Sec. 9-5. - Rural farm housing.
- Sec. 9-6. - Agricultural worker housing.
- Sec. 9-8. - Commercial chicken houses.
- Sec. 9-9. - Junk yard buffers.
SECTION 11
- SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 11-1.- Purposes.
- Sec. 11-2. - Jurisdiction and applicability of code requirements.
- Sec. 11-3. - Variances.
- Sec. 11-4. - General provisions and definitions.
- Sec. 11-5. - Permitted signs.
- Sec. 11-6. - Regulations for signs.
- Sec. 11-7. - Safety and construction standards.
- Sec. 11-8. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 11-9. - Procedures.
- Sec. 11-10. - Nonconforming signs.
SECTION 12
- ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND PENALTIES
Sections
- Sec. 12-1.- Zoning administrator.
- Sec. 12-2. - Building/development permit required.
- Sec. 12-3. - Application for building/development permit.
- Sec. 12-4. - Sign permits.
- Sec. 12-5. - Penalties for violation.
- Sec. 12-6. - Enforcement.
- Sec. 12-7. - Remedies.
- Sec. 12-8. - Complaints regarding violations.
- Sec. 12-9. - Cancellation of permits.
- Sec. 12-10. - Certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 12-11. - Reason for denial of permit.
- Sec. 12-12. - Permits and licenses void when issued in conflict.
- Sec. 12-13. - Appeals.