Dahlonega City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE VI
OFF-STREET PARKING, LOADING AND ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 601.- Off-street parking and loading spaces required.
- Sec. 602. - Minimum number of off-street parking spaces required.
- Sec. 603. - Handicapped parking requirements.
- Sec. 604. - Minimum number of off-street loading spaces required.
- Sec. 605. - Parking and loading area design requirements.
- Sec. 606. - Exemption of B-3 Historical Business District.
- Sec. 607. - Parking areas must be appropriately zoned.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 701.- Use, occupancy and erection.
- Sec. 702. - Minimum requirements.
- Sec. 703. - Height limitations.
- Sec. 704. - Every use must be upon a lot.
- Sec. 705. - One principal building on a lot.
- Sec. 706. - Separation between principal buildings.
- Sec. 707. - Reduction in lot size prohibited.
- Sec. 708. - Annexation.
- Sec. 709. - Street frontage requirement.
- Sec. 710. - Use prohibited when not specified.
- Sec. 711. - Accessory buildings and uses.
- Sec. 712. - Regulations for specific accessory structures.
- Sec. 713. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 714. - Visibility at intersections.
- Sec. 715. - Parking or storage of recreational vehicles.
- Sec. 716. - Abandoned, wrecked or junked vehicles and materials.
- Sec. 717. - Subdivision plats must meet zoning requirements.
- Sec. 718. - Yard sales.
ARTICLE XIII
PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 1301.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 1302. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 1303. - Development summary report required.
- Sec. 1304. - Site plan approval required.
- Sec. 1305. - Report and site plan are minimum requirements.
- Sec. 1306. - Revisions to approved PUD application.
- Sec. 1307. - Minimum site area and frontage required.
- Sec. 1308. - Suggested site planning guidelines.
ARTICLE XXI
BUFFER, LANDSCAPE, SCREENING AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 2101.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 2102. - Buffer Required.
- Sec. 2103. - Buffer specifications.
- Sec. 2104. - Landscape strip required.
- Sec. 2105. - Acceptable plant materials.
- Sec. 2106. - Maintenance of buffers and landscape strips.
- Sec. 2107. - Tree protection zone.
- Sec. 2108. - Parking area landscaping requirements.
- Sec. 2109. - Screening of outdoor storage areas required.
- Sec. 2110. - Screening of dumpsters required.
- Sec. 2111. - Administration and enforcement.
ARTICLE XXII
FLOOD HAZARD AREA REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 2201.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 2202. - Application of regulations.
- Sec. 2203. - Establishment of special flood hazard areas.
- Sec. 2204. - Establishment of base flood elevations.
- Sec. 2205. - Encroachment within floodway prohibited.
- Sec. 2206. - Permitted uses within special flood hazard areas.
- Sec. 2207. - Permit requirements and procedures.
- Sec. 2208. - Duties and responsibilities of the City of Dahlonega Building Official.
- Sec. 2209. - Development provisions.
- Sec. 2210. - Warning and disclaimer of liability.
- Sec. 2211. - Appeals.
- Sec. 2212. - Variances.
- Sec. 2213. - Criteria for granting variances to provisions of this Article.
- Sec. 2214. - Conditions of variance and limits on variance authority.
- Sec. 2215. - Standards for streams without established base flood elevation and/or floodways.
ARTICLE XXIV
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Sections
- Sec. 2401.- Creation and appointment.
- Sec. 2402. - Meetings and records.
- Sec. 2403. - Powers and duties limited.
- Sec. 2404. - Appeals.
- Sec. 2405. - Determination of district boundaries.
- Sec. 2406. - Variances.
- Sec. 2407. - Conditional approval permitted.
- Sec. 2408. - Approval period limited.
- Sec. 2409. - Application, hearings and notice.
ARTICLE XXVI
AMENDMENT, APPLICATION AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 2601.- Authority to amend.
- Sec. 2602. - Initiation of zoning amendments.
- Sec. 2603. - Frequency of application; pre-application meeting.
- Sec. 2604. - Withdrawal of amendment application.
- Sec. 2605. - Application requirements.
- Sec. 2606. - Site plan requirements.
- Sec. 2607. - Criteria to consider for map amendments (rezonings) and text amendments.
- Sec. 2608. - Criteria to consider for conditional uses.
- Sec. 2609. - Public notice and public hearing required.
- Sec. 2610. - Recommendation by zoning administrative officer; additional duties.
- Sec. 2611. - Planning commission recommendation.
- Sec. 2612. - Conduct of public hearings.
- Sec. 2613. - Action by the appropriate body.
- Sec. 2614. - Conditional approval permitted.
- Sec. 2615. - Reversion of conditional zoning and/or conditional use approval.
- Sec. 2616. - Approval required by appropriate body.
- Sec. 2617. - Procedure for approved zoning ordinance text amendments.
- Sec. 2618. - Designation of approved applications on official zoning map.
- Sec. 2619. - Appeals.
- Sec. 2620. - Designation of officer for perfection of service; stay of proceedings.