Cornelia City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - SHORT TITLE
- DIVISION 2. - DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS, OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 42-10.- Zoning districts.
- Sec. 42-11. - Official zoning map.
- Sec. 42-12. - Interpretation of district boundaries.
- Sec. 42-13. - Use prohibited when not specified.
- Sec. 42-14. - Zoning of annexed lands.
- Sec. 42-15. - Use, occupancy and erection.
- Sec. 42-16. - Minimum requirements.
- Sec. 42-17. - Every use must be upon a lot.
- Sec. 42-18. - One principal building on a lot.
- Sec. 42-19. - Height limitations.
- Sec. 42-20. - Maximum density, minimum lot size, and minimum lot width.
- Sec. 42-21. - Minimum floor area per dwelling unit.
- Sec. 42-22. - Minimum required yards and building setbacks.
- Sec. 42-23. - Principal building separation.
- Sec. 42-24. - Coverage requirements.
- Sec. 42-25. - Street frontage requirement.
- Sec. 42-26. - Visibility at intersections.
ARTICLE IV
RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 42-40.- A-1, Agricultural District.
- Sec. 42-41. - R-1, Single-Family Residential District.
- Sec. 42-42. - R-1A, Single-Family Residential District.
- Sec. 42-43. - R-1B, Single-Family Residential District.
- Sec. 42-44. - R-2, Multiple-Family Residential District.
- Sec. 42-45. - TND, Traditional Neighborhood Development District.
- Sec. 42-46. - Optional density bonus.
ARTICLE V
- NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 42-50.- O-P, Office Professional District.
- Sec. 42-51. - B-1, Neighborhood Business District.
- Sec. 42-52. - B-2, General Business District.
- Sec. 42-53. - CBD, Central Business District.
- Sec. 42-54. - HB, Highway Business District.
- Sec. 42-55. - LI, Light Industrial District.
- Sec. 42-56. - HI, Heavy Industrial District.
- Sec. 42-57. - Overlay districts.
- Sec. 42-58. - Downtown Overlay District.
- Sec. 42-59. - North Main Street Overlay District (Overlay District 2).
- Sec. 42-60. - Level Grove Overlay District (Overlay District 3).
- Sec. 42-61. - AH, Airport Hazard Overlay District.
ARTICLE VI
SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 42-70.- Accessory apartment, detached or attached.
- Sec. 42-71. - Accessory use or structure.
- Sec. 42-72. - Automobile sales establishments.
- Sec. 42-73. - Bed and breakfast inn.
- Sec. 42-74. - Caretaker residence.
- Sec. 42-75. - Church, temple, synagogue, or place of worship.
- Sec. 42-76. - Commercial recreational facilities, outdoor.
- Sec. 42-77. - Community recreation.
- Sec. 42-78. - Construction field office.
- Sec. 42-79. - Day care center.
- Sec. 42-80. - Drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 42-81. - Dwelling, single-family attached (townhouses).
- Sec. 42-82. - Dwelling, two-family (duplex).
- Sec. 42-83. - Gasoline pumps.
- Sec. 42-84. - Guest house.
- Sec. 42-85. - Home occupation.
- Sec. 42-86. - Manufacturing and fabrication accessory to retail.
- Sec. 42-87. - Model home.
- Sec. 42-88. - Multi-family development.
- Sec. 42-89. - Outdoor storage.
- Sec. 42-90. - Parking or storage of recreational vehicles.
- Sec. 42-91. - Relocated residential structure.
- Sec. 42-92. - Self-service storage facility (mini-warehouse).
- Sec. 42-93. - Service and fuel filling station.
- Sec. 42-94. - Swimming pool.
- Sec. 42-95. - Towers and wireless telecommunications facilities.
- Sec. 42-96. - Utility substation or installation.
- Sec. 42-97. - Yard sales.
- Sec. 42-98. - Conservation subdivision.
- Sec. 42-99. - Manufactured home.
- Sec. 42-100. - Temporary use.
ARTICLE VII
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 42-110.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 42-111. - Applicability.
- Sec. 42-112. - Access.
- Sec. 42-113. - Inter-parcel access.
- Sec. 42-114. - Curb cuts.
- Sec. 42-115. - Off-street parking required.
- Sec. 42-116. - Location of off-street parking areas.
- Sec. 42-117. - Parking plan required.
- Sec. 42-118. - Minimum and maximum number of parking spaces required.
- Sec. 42-119. - Number of handicapped parking spaces required.
- Sec. 42-120. - Interpretations of parking requirements.
- Sec. 42-121. - Reduction of required parking.
- Sec. 42-122. - Compact parking.
- Sec. 42-123. - Off-street loading areas required.
- Sec. 42-124. - Accessory uses of parking lots and loading areas.
- Sec. 42-125. - Parking and loading area improvement requirements.
- Sec. 42-126. - Stacking spaces for drive-through facilities.
ARTICLE VIII
SIGNS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - IN GENERAL
- Sec. 42-140. - Findings.
- Sec. 42-141. - Objectives.
- Sec. 42-142. - Definitions.
- Sec. 42-143. - Applicability.
- Sec. 42-144. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 42-145. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 42-146. - Permits.
- Sec. 42-147. - Variances.
- Sec. 42-148. - Maintenance.
- Sec. 42-149. - Sign height.
- Sec. 42-150. - Sign setback.
- Sec. 42-151. - Sign allowances by residential district.
- Sec. 42-152. - Sign allowances by non-residential district.
- Sec. 42-153. - Additional regulations.
- DIVISION 2. - MURALS
ARTICLE IX
PROPERTY APPEARANCE STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 42-160.- Purpose.
- Sec. 42-161. - Control of vegetation on larger vacant lots.
- Sec. 42-162. - Inoperable vehicle or storage of scrap material.
- Sec. 42-163. - Parking of vehicles on vacant lots.
- Sec. 42-164. - Parking in front yards on single-family lots.
- Sec. 42-165. - Walls and fences.
- Sec. 42-166. - Outdoor lighting.
- Sec. 42-167. - Underground utilities.
- Sec. 42-168. - Architectural requirements for all buildings.
- Sec. 42-169. - Residential architectural building requirements.
- Sec. 42-170. - Housing model variety.
- Sec. 42-171. - Infill residential subdivision.
- Sec. 42-172. - Commercial building standards.
ARTICLE X
- AMENDMENTS AND PROCEDURES
Sections
- Sec. 42-180.- Types of applications.
- Sec. 42-181. - Authority to amend.
- Sec. 42-182. - Initiation of proposals for text and map amendments.
- Sec. 42-183. - Application compliance and completeness.
- Sec. 42-184. - Application requirements.
- Sec. 42-185. - Plan requirements.
- Sec. 42-186. - Development statistics required.
- Sec. 42-187. - Analysis requirements for map amendments and conditional uses.
- Sec. 42-188. - Administrative processing of applications.
- Sec. 42-189. - Investigation and recommendation.
- Sec. 42-190. - Unified planning board review and recommendation.
- Sec. 42-191. - Action by governing body.
- Sec. 42-192. - Public hearing and meeting requirements.
- Sec. 42-193. - Advertised notice of public hearings.
- Sec. 42-194. - Special notice requirements for halfway houses and related uses.
- Sec. 42-195. - Public notice signs.
- Sec. 42-196. - Public hearing procedures.
- Sec. 42-197. - Withdrawal of application.
- Sec. 42-198. - Limitations on the frequency of filing applications.
- Sec. 42-199. - Site plan revisions.
- Sec. 42-200. - Regulations that cannot be varied.
- Sec. 42-201. - Authority to grant concurrent variances.
- Sec. 42-202. - Application for concurrent variances.
- Sec. 42-203. - Criteria to consider for concurrent variances.
- Sec. 42-204. - Application requirements for zoning change or amendment to planned unit development district.
ARTICLE XI
PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES
Sections
- Sec. 42-210.- Development permit.
- Sec. 42-211. - Exemptions from development permit.
- Sec. 42-212. - Application for development permit.
- Sec. 42-213. - Review and issuance of development permit.
- Sec. 42-214. - Duration of validity of development permit.
- Sec. 42-215. - Building permit.
- Sec. 42-216. - Certificate of occupancy.
ARTICLE XII
APPEALS AND VARIANCES
Sections
- Sec. 42-220.- Establishment of unified planning board.
- Sec. 42-221. - Proceedings of the unified planning board.
- Sec. 42-222. - Powers and duties of the unified planning board.
- Sec. 42-223. - Applications, hearings and notice.
- Sec. 42-224. - Action by the unified planning board.
- Sec. 42-225. - Conduct of the unified planning board's hearing.
- Sec. 42-226. - Appeals to superior court.
ARTICLE XIV
WATERSHED AND WETLAND REGULATION
Sections
- Sec. 42-260.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 42-261. - Definitions.
- Sec. 42-262. - Applicability.
- Sec. 42-263. - Exemptions to watershed protection requirements.
- Sec. 42-264. - Hazardous materials handling facilities.
- Sec. 42-265. - Requirements for large water supply watersheds with reservoirs.
- Sec. 42-266. - Requirements for small water supply watersheds.
- Sec. 42-267. - Water supply reservoirs.
- Sec. 42-268. - Jurisdictional wetland determination required.
- Sec. 42-269. - Uses permitted within delineated wetlands.