In order that the purposes of this ordinance as defined in section 1 may be accomplished, there are hereby established within the City of Fitzgerald zoning districts identified as follows:

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R-20 Single-Family Residential: The purpose of this district is to provide single-family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development and excessive density and from the encroachment of these uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

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R-15 Single-Family Residential: The purpose of this district is to provide single-family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet, said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development and excessive density and from the encroachment of those uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

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R-9 Single-Family Residential: The purpose of this district is to provide single-family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of nine thousand (9,000) square feet, said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development and excessive density and from the encroachment of those uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

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R-6 Residential: The purpose of this district is to provide residential areas with a minimum lot size of six thousand (6,000) square feet, said areas being protected from uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

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R-6-M Residential: The purpose of this district is to create an area that, in addition to conventional housing, allows mobile homes as a matter of right in a conventional subdivision. Lots in this district must have a minimum of six thousand (6,000) square feet. These districts shall be protected from the encroachment of incompatible uses which are detrimental to a sound residential environment.

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MHP Mobile Home Park: The purpose of this district is to provide for the development of property that is located and planned for mobile home use. Property developed in this district is to remain under single ownership for rental purposes only. Mobile home parks shall be developed only in strict accordance with the mobile home park provisions of this ordinance.

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M-R Multiple Residential: The purpose of this district is to provide orderly development of higher density residential areas for one (1), two (2), and multifamily dwellings, with minimum lot sizes of six thousand (6,000) square feet, said areas being protected from the encroachment of those uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

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P Professional: The purpose of this district shall be to create an area in which residential, professional, educational, and institutional uses can be compatibly mixed while maintaining a healthful living environment for the residents of the district and at the same time preventing the development of blight and slum conditions. The minimum lot size in this district shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet.

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N-C Neighborhood Commercial: The purpose of this district shall be to provide and protect convenient areas for neighborhood shopping facilities consisting of sales and services oriented to the adjacent neighborhoods.

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C-C Community Commercial: The purpose of this district shall be to provide and protect convenient areas for community shopping facilities consisting of a wide variety of sales and service.

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G-B General Business: The purpose of this district shall be to provide for and encourage the proper grouping and development of uses which include a wide variety of sales and services that will best accommodate the needs of the city and the traveling public in order to reduce highway traffic congestion, traffic hazards, and blight along the public streets of the city.

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D-C Downtown Commercial: The purpose of this district shall be to provide a higher density commercial development which will include a wide variety of sales which should locate in the city's historical Central Business District.

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WLI Wholesale-Light Industrial: The purpose of this district shall be to provide and protect areas for those wholesale and light industrial uses which do not create excessive noise, odor, smoke, dust, and which do not possess other objectionable characteristics which might be detrimental to surrounding neighborhoods, or to the other uses permitted in the district.

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H-I Heavy Industrial: The purpose of this district shall be to provide and protect areas for those industrial uses which cannot comply with the requirements of the WLI district.

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Tiny house village (THV). The purpose of this district is to provide orderly development of property and to create a district that allows tiny houses as a matter of right. All parcels zoned as such shall be surveyed with individual lots with a minimum size of two thousand (2,000) square feet. Each lot may be occupied by a single tiny house.

(Ord. No. 23-1609, § 2, 10-9-23)

The boundaries of each zoning district are shown on a map entitled "City of Fitzgerald Zoning District Map". The classification of streets (local and collector streets and principal and minor arterials) within Fitzgerald, Georgia are shown on a map entitled "Major Thoroughfare Plan, Street and Road Classifications, Fitzgerald, Georgia". Both maps shall be dated and certified by the mayor and the city clerk, and said maps and all explanatory matter thereon accompanies and is hereby made a part of this ordinance.

Accurate copies of the "City of Fitzgerald Zoning District Map, and the "Major Thoroughfare Plan, Street and Road Classifications, Fitzgerald, Georgia", shall be on file in the office of the zoning administrator at all times. Said map shall accurately show all map amendments made in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, and the date when said amendments became effective. It shall be the duty of the zoning administrator to insure that the "City of Fitzgerald Zoning District Map" and the "Major Thoroughfare Plan, Street and Road Classifications, Fitzgerald, Georgia", displayed in his office are kept up-to-date and accurately show all amendments.

When uncertainty exists with respect to the location of boundaries of any zoning district as shown on the "City of Fitzgerald Zoning District Map", the following rules shall apply:

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Unless otherwise specifically indicated, where district boundaries are indicated on the zoning map as approximately following the centerline of a street right-of-way, highway, railroad right-of-way line, stream bed, or river bed; such centerlines shall be interpreted to be such district boundaries.

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Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be interpreted as following such lot lines.

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Where district boundaries are indicated on the zoning map as approximately following the corporate limit lines, then such corporate limit lines shall be interpreted to be such district boundaries.

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Where district boundaries are indicated on the zoning map as being setback from the centerline of a street right-of-way, road, highway, railroad, stream, or river, and parallel thereto, then such district boundaries, unless otherwise specifically indicated, shall be interpreted as being at the scaled distance from the centerline of such street, road, highway, railroad, stream, or river as being parallel thereto.

The use provisions of section 5 of this ordinance shall govern the use of all properties, regardless of any inconsistency or conflicting provision of section 4.