No building or structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered except in conformity with the regulations of this chapter.

(Code 2004, § 39-301)

No building or structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed or altered to:

(1)

Exceed the height limits of the zoning district in which located, except that these height limits shall not supersede the height allowances for communication towers found in section 77-5(i)(1).

(2)

House a greater number of families per acre or occupy a smaller lot area per family than are herein required.

(3)

Have narrower or smaller front, rear or side yards than are herein required.

(Code 2004, § 39-302; Ord. No. O-103-09, 6-18-2009; O-106-09, 11-19-2009)

No lot shall be reduced in size so that lot width or depth, size of yards, lot area per family or any other requirement of this chapter is not maintained. This limitation shall not apply when a portion of a lot is acquired for a public purpose.

(Code 2004, § 39-303)

No part of a yard or off-street parking or loading spaces that are required in connection with any building or use for the purpose of complying with the regulations of this chapter shall be included as part of the yard or offstreet parking or loading spaces required for another building, except as specifically provided herein.

(Code 2004, § 39-304)

Only one principal building or structure or use and its customary accessory building and uses shall be permitted on any lot.

(Code 2004, § 39-305)

No building or structure shall hereafter be erected on a lot that does not abut for at least 50 feet upon an open street which shall be either a public street, a publicly approved street or a publicly maintained street, unless a variance is granted by the planning and zoning commission. For lots which do not abut a public street, publicly approved street or publicly maintained street, the planning and zoning commission shall require a private access easement to be recorded with the Clerk to Superior Court of Gwinnett County and constructed according to the specifications the Commission deems appropriate. The private access easement shall be recorded prior to issuance of a building permit and constructed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

(Ord. No. O-88-08, 10-16-2008)

Editor's note— Ord. No. O-88-08, adopted Oct. 16, 2008, repealed § 78-65, in its entirety and enacted new provisions to read as herein set out. Prior to amendment, § 78-65, pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Code 2004, § 39-306.