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Flowery Branch City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 7

- TND, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT5


Footnotes:
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Editor's note—Ord. No. 348-16, § 1 (Exh. A), adopted July 19, 2018, repealed former Art. 7, §§ 7.1—7.5, and enacted a new Art. 7 as set out herein. Former Art. 7 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 348-11, § 10, 11-18-2010.


Sec. 7.1.- Purpose and Description.

This zoning district is intended to provide for neighborhoods that are designed according to the principles of "new urbanism" with a grid or modified-grid street network, pedestrian scale and orientation, shallow front yards, relatively narrow local streets planted with shade trees and provided with wide sidewalks, and with automobile garages located to the rear or side of residential lots. TND districts are further distinguished from conventional suburban subdivision developments in their provision of public greens or common areas, when new neighborhoods are created.

(Ord. No. 348-16, § 1 (Exh. A), 7-19-2018; Ord. No. 657, § 1(Exh. A), 12-16-2021)

Sec. 7.2. - Character.

Development within this district consists mostly of residential neighborhoods in a rectangular or square block, lot, and street pattern.

(Ord. No. 348-16, § 1 (Exh. A), 7-19-2018; Ord. No. 657, § 1(Exh. A), 12-16-2021)

Sec. 7.3. - Permitted and Conditional Uses.

Permitted and conditional uses shall be as provided in Table 7.1, "Permitted and Special Uses in Traditional Neighborhood Development Districts."

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Table 7.1
Permitted and Conditional Uses in
Traditional Neighborhood Development Districts
(P = Permitted Use C = Conditional Use X = Prohibited)

Use TND
Accessory apartment, attached C
Accessory apartment, detached, above a garage in rear yard P
Accessory building, structure, or use P
Church, temple, synagogue, or place of worship, including specified accessory uses
(see Sect. 14.3) (Ord. 348-11) 		X
Adaptive reuse of a detached single-family dwelling for a club or lodge, nonprofit,
sponsored by a civic or similar organization 		C
Club or lodge, nonprofit, sponsored by a civic or similar organization, other than
adaptive reuse of a detached single-family dwelling (Ord. 348-11) 		C
Community recreation P
Conservation areas and passive recreational facilities P
Dwelling, single-family detached, fee-simple P
Dwellings, single-family detached, condominium P
Dwelling, townhouse (single-family attached, fee-simple) P
Dwelling, two-family (duplex) X
Dwelling, multi-family (apartment, attached residential condominium) X
Dwelling, located within a building containing a nonresidential principal use C
Garden, non-commercial, accessory to single-family detached dwelling P
Greenhouse, non-commercial, accessory to single-family detached dwelling P
Guest house (accessory building/use) P
Home occupation, including family day care home P
Institutional residential living and care facility, serving no more than 17 persons X
Live/work unit C
Mixed use development, within a detached single-family dwelling (adaptive reuse) C
Office, within a detached single-family dwelling (adaptive reuse) P
Office, other than adaptive reuse of a detached single-family dwelling C
Personal service establishment, within a detached single-family dwelling only
(adaptive reuse) 		C
Retail trade establishment, enclosed within a detached single-family dwelling only
(adaptive reuse) 		C
Public or semi-public use P
School, private, elementary, middle, or high C
School, public P
School, special C
Temporary use P
Zero lot line housing P

 

(Ord. No. 348-16, § 1 (Exh. A), 7-19-2018; Ord. No. 657, § 1(Exh. A), 12-16-2021)

Sec. 7.4. - Dimensional Requirements.

Dimensional requirements shall be as provided in Table 7.2, "Dimensional Requirements in Traditional Neighborhood Development Districts."

Table 7.2
Dimensional Requirements in Traditional Neighborhood Development Districts

Requirement (measurement unit) TND
Maximum height (feet) 30
Maximum height (number of stories) 3
Maximum density (Net) 6.5*
Minimum lot size for detached single-family dwelling (square feet) 6,700
Minimum lot size for other uses (square feet) 5,000
Minimum lot width (feet) 40
Minimum lot depth (feet) 80
Minimum heated floor area per dwelling unit (square feet) 1,200
Minimum front yard setback from lot line (feet) 0
Minimum side setback, interior lot line or corner lot, all principal buildings (feet) 5
Minimum rear setback, all principal buildings (feet) 25
Rear setback for an accessory building when abutting an alley None
Minimum landscape strip required along rights-of-way for any nonresidential use if permitted (width in feet) 15
Maximum coverage of impervious surface (percent of lot) 45
Minimum landscaped open space, all principal uses except detached, single-family residential lots and townhomes (percent) 20

 

*Density shall be calculated per the definition of Net Density in Article 2 - Section 2.2

(Ord. No. 348-16, § 1 (Exh. A), 7-19-2018; Ord. No. 657, § 1(Exh. A), 12-16-2021; Ord. No. 735, § 1(Exh. A), 4-3-2025)

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Sec. 7.5. - Additional Development Requirements.

(a)

Maximum Block Width and Block Length. When a new subdivision is created within this district, the lots shall be designed in a grid-like pattern of blocks and interconnecting streets, where no new block created shall have a length or width exceeding 800 feet in length without an alley or intervening (mid-block) pedestrian footpaths.

(b)

Front Porches. Any new, detached dwelling shall have a front porch no less than sixteen feet in width as measured along the street frontage and no less than six feet in depth measured from the front property line to the interior of the lot.

(c)

On-site Parking. A two-car garage or carport located in the rear or side yard is required.

(Ord. No. 348-16, § 1 (Exh. A), 7-19-2018; Ord. No. 657, § 1(Exh. A), 12-16-2021)

Sec. 7.6. - Design Requirements.

See Articles 10, 12 and 40 of this Zoning Ordinance. Where there are conflicting requirements between the articles cited herein and this Article 7, the requirements of Article 7 shall apply.

(Ord. No. 657, § 1(Exh. A), 12-16-2021)