(a)

Intent of district. This district is established to protect rural areas against the blight and depreciation, which can result from premature development; to encourage the development of rural areas in a coordinated and orderly manner; [and] to protect the use of land adjoining roads passing through the rural portions of the city against strip development, which can lead to traffic congestion and traffic hazards.

(b)

Permitted uses. Within an R-AF [R-AG] Agricultural District, the following uses are permitted:

(1)

Single-family dwellings.

(2)

Accessory buildings and uses when located on the same lot or parcel of land as the main structure and customarily incident thereto.

(3)

Home swimming pool, provided the location is not closer than ten feet to any property line and the pool is enclosed by a wall or fence of at least four feet in height and provided approval from the Peach County Health Department has been obtained.

(4)

Agricultural crops, including the raising of livestock and poultry, provided that all animals and fowl (except those generally recognized as household pets) shall be kept in a structure, pen, or corral, and that no structure containing livestock or poultry and no storage of manure or odor or dust producing substance or use shall be located within 50 feet of any property line.

(5)

Churches and related accessory buildings, provided they are located on a lot fronting an arterial or collector street and are placed not less than 50 feet from any property line.

(6)

Public utility structures and buildings provided installation is properly screened as otherwise required in this ordinance. No office shall be permitted and no equipment shall be stored on the site.

(Ord. No. 04-0819-47, 8-19-2004)

Within a Residential (R-1) District, the following uses are permitted:

(a)

(1)

Single-family residences.

(2)

A dwelling unit which meets the definition of manufactured home as defined in O.C.G.A. § 8-2-160, which bears a label certifying that it is constructed in compliance with federal safety laws and which meets the criteria hereby adopted and attached hereto. Certification of the meeting of the requirements of this subsection shall be made by the building inspector. Placement shall be authorized by the variance application process.

a.

A minimum width in excess of 28 feet.

b.

A minimum roof pitch of 5:12, which means having a pitch equal to at lease five inches of vertical height for every 12 inches of horizontal run. Any dwelling unit for which a building permit was obtained prior to the adoption of this amendment to the zoning ordinance may be extended, enlarged or repaired with the same roof pitch as required prior to the adoption of the amendment to the zoning ordinance.

c.

A minimum roof overhang of 12 inches is required. All roof surfaces exposed to view shall be covered with asphalt, fiberglass shingles, wood shakes or shingles, standing seam (noncorrugated tin or steel), clay tiles, slate, or similar materials.

d.

Exterior siding consisting of wood, hardboard, vinyl, brick, masonry, stone, or aluminum (vinyl covered or painted, but in no case exceeding the reflectivity of glass white paint) comparable in composition, appearance and durability to the exterior siding commonly used in site-built dwellings.

e.

A curtain wall, unpierced except for required ventilation and access, must be installed so that it encloses the area located under the home to the ground level. Such a wall shall have a minimum thickness of four inches and shall be constructed of masonry or similar material as approved by the building inspector.

f.

The dwelling must be placed on a permanent foundation, either slab or pier, which meets the requirement of the adopted standard building code or otherwise the Standard Building Code. In addition, the dwelling shall be completely underpinned with masonry, stone, or the similar materials manufactured for the purpose of underpinning as approved by the building inspector. Installation shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations for manufactured homes as required by state law.

g.

Utility meters must be mounted to the structure rather than a utility pole, and all axles, tongues, and transporting and towing apparatus must be removed before occupancy.

h.

A landing must be installed at each outside doorway. The minimum size of the landing shall be four feet by six feet (excluding steps) at each doorway. The structure must include steps which lead to ground level, and both landing and steps must meet the requirements of the applicable building code.

i.

The dwelling must be installed in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 8-2-160 et seq. and the rules promulgated thereunder.

j.

The dwelling must be comparable in assessed value to surrounding homes.

k.

These guidelines shall not apply to structures located in mobile home parks.

(b)

Two-family dwellings.

(c)

Public, private and parochial schools.

(d)

Nursery schools, providing a minimum open play area of 100 square feet is provided for each child and such play area is fenced to a minimum height of four feet and provided further that any building is placed at least 50 feet from residential property lines.

(e)

Golf courses of not less than 50 acres.

(f)

Public parks and public recreational facilities.

(g)

Noncommercial greenhouses, nurseries and truck gardens.

(h)

Churches and other places of worship provided they are located on a major or collector street as designated on the official zoning map of the city, and are placed not less than 50 feet from any property line.

(i)

Customary home occupations.

(j)

Accessory uses and buildings, provided such shall be permitted only in a rear yard and shall be not less than five feet from any property line.

(k)

Noncommercial clubs, lodges, social and recreational centers, provided they are located not less than 50 feet from any property line. No such use shall be permitted where the chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business.

(l)

Public utilities such as electrical substations, sewage treatment plants or pumping stations, etc., provided they are required for service of the immediate area. Said utilities shall be fenced with a chain link type woven wire fence and suitably landscaped. No offices shall be permitted and no equipment shall be stored on the site.

(Ord. of 11-18-1999)

Within a Residential (R-2) District, the following uses are permitted:

(a)

All uses permitted in a Residential (R-1) District.

(b)

Multi-family dwellings.

(c)

Cemeteries, provided that all vehicular entrances or exits shall be established on a major or collector street as designated on the official zoning map of the city.

(d)

Boardinghouses and roominghouses.

(e)

Undertaking establishments and funeral homes, provided that no such building shall be closer than 25 feet to any residential property line.

(f)

Mobile home parks to be used for purposes of permanent occupancy, provided that they are established on a major street as designated on the official zoning map of the city, and the minimum area to be developed as a mobile home park shall be eight acres, with a minimum number of 50 mobile home spaces. The minimum width of the park will be 200 feet. Each mobile home space shall have a minimum lot width of 35 feet and contain not less than 2,400 square feet. In no case shall the maximum density exceed ten mobile homes per acre. No mobile home shall be located closer than 15 feet to any other mobile home, building or structure and shall be set back from the street pavement a minimum of ten feet. A planting strip 30 feet in width composed of shrubbery and evergreen trees to act as a vegetative screening shall be located along all lot lines not bordering a street. The park shall provide at least two separate places of convenient access into the area, one of which shall front on a major street.

(g)

Condominiums.

It is the intent of this ordinance that neighborhood shopping facilities be of such character and in such locations that they provide only convenience shopping facilities for residents of nearby areas. Such facilities shall, in every case, front primarily on a major or collector street as designated on the official zoning map of the city. Within a Neighborhood Shopping (NS-1) District, the following uses are permitted:

(a)

Any convenience retail business or retail service establishment, including the making of articles the majority of which are sold at retail on the premises, provided such manufacturing is incidental to the retail business or service, occupies less than 40 percent of the floor area and employs no more than five persons.

(b)

Radio studios and transmission towers.

(c)

Offices and banks.

(d)

Laundry and dry cleaning plants where only inflammable solvents are used and all articles to be cleaned are brought, in person, to the business counter of the plant.

(e)

Reserved.

(f)

Theaters.

(g)

Churches and other places of worship provided they are located on a major or collector street as designated on the official zoning map of the city, and are placed not less than 50 feet from any property line.

(h)

Filling stations, providing all the following provisions are met:

(1)

All structures and buildings, including storage tanks, shall be placed not less than 25 feet from any side or rear property line except when such property lines abut a street, in which case the setback for said street shall apply.

(2)

All structures and buildings, except signs announcing the principal use of the parcel, shall comply with the setback requirements of any abutting street.

(3)

If a filling station is established on a corner lot, the means of ingress and egress shall be provided not less than 25 feet from the intersection of the curbline, if extended and measured along either one of the curblines.

(4)

Points of ingress and egress shall be arranged so as to minimize interference with the normal flow of traffic on the street and in no case shall there be more than two curb breaks per 100 feet of frontage, said curb breaks not to exceed 30 feet in width.

(5)

Major automobile repairs, such as radiator, generator, transmission, rear end, engine overhaul, etc., is prohibited.

(i)

Clinics.

(j)

Fraternal organizations.

(k)

Restaurants and eating establishments.

(Ord. No. 1968-5, § 1, 4-18-1968; Ord. of 9-15-1988; Mo. of 6-18-1998)

Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 22.

Within a Neighborhood Shopping (NS-2) District, the following uses are permitted:

(a)

Any convenience retail business or retail service establishment, including the making of articles the majority of which are sold at retail on the premises, provided such manufacturing is incidental to the retail business or service, occupies less than 40 percent of the floor area and employs no more than five persons.

(b)

Offices.

(c)

Filling stations, provided all the provisions of section 73(h) are met.

(Ord. No. 1968-5, § 2, 4-18-1968)

Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 22.

It is the intent of this ordinance that facilities within the Roadside Business (C-1) District be restricted to those uses which depend upon automobile and tourist trade. Within the Roadside Business (C-1) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

(a)

Hotels, motels, tourist courts.

(b)

Restaurants and eating establishments.

(c)

Bus stations.

(d)

Private clubs and accessory facilities and activities.

(e)

Signs announcing the principal use of the building and/or land.

(f)

Reserved.

(g)

Commercial recreation facilities.

(h)

Drive-in theaters, provided that there shall be not less than 200 feet of sight distance at any exit onto a major connector [collector] street and provided that there shall be off-street storage space to accommodate waiting automobiles at the ratio of one space for each five theater accommodations.

(i)

Any retail sales or service establishments which depend primarily on automobile and tourist trade.

(j)

Filling stations, providing all the following provisions are met:

(1)

All structures and buildings, including storage tanks, shall be placed not less than 25 feet from any side or rear property line except when such property lines abut a street, in which case the setback for said street shall apply.

(2)

All structures and buildings, except signs announcing the principal use of the parcel, shall comply with the setback requirements of any abutting street.

(3)

If a filling station is established on a corner lot, the means of ingress and egress shall be provided not less than 25 feet from the intersection of the curblines, if extended and measured along either one of the curblines.

(4)

Points of ingress and egress shall be arranged so as to minimize interference with the normal flow of traffic on the street and in no case shall there be more than two curb breaks per 100 feet of frontage, said curb breaks not to exceed 30 feet in width.

(k)

Mobile home parks to be used for purposes of transient occupancy, provided that all conditions as required for mobile home parks in section 72, subparagraph (f), are met, except that the minimum area to be developed as a park shall be six acres with a minimum lot area for each mobile home space of 2,000 square feet. No mobile home shall remain in the mobile home park for a period of more than 180 days.

(l)

Music/media retail.

(Ord. of 9-15-1988; Mo. of 6-18-1998)

Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 22.

It is the intent of this ordinance that the General Business (C-2) District provide space for the more intensive forms of commercial use which would detract from the retail service nature of the Central Business (C-3) District. Within a General Business (C-2) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

(a)

Any retail business or service.

(b)

Baking establishments.

(c)

Bus stations.

(d)

Cold storage plants.

(e)

Dry cleaning plants, newspaper offices, printing establishments.

(f)

Filling stations, providing all the following provisions are met:

(1)

All structures and buildings, including storage tanks, shall be placed not less than 25 feet from any side or rear property line except when such property lines abut a street, in which case the setback for said street shall apply.

(2)

All structures and buildings, except signs announcing the principal use of the parcel, shall comply with the setback requirements of any abutting street.

(3)

If a filling station is established on a corner lot, the means of ingress and egress shall be provided not less than 25 feet from the intersection of the curblines, if extended and measured along either one of the curblines.

(4)

Points of ingress and egress shall be arranged so as to minimize interference with the normal flow of traffic on the street and in no case shall there be more than two curb breaks per 100 feet of frontage, said curb breaks not to exceed 30 feet in width.

(g)

Hotels, motels, tourist courts.

(h)

Parking lots and parking garages.

(i)

Public buildings or use.

(j)

Reserved.

(k)

Signs announcing the principal use of the land and/or building.

(l)

Soft drink bottling and distribution plants.

(m)

Undertaking establishments and funeral homes.

(n)

Wholesale use including warehousing.

(o)

Mobile home parks for transient occupancy, provided all the provisions of section 74 which relate to said use are enforced.

(p)

Restaurants and eating establishments.

(q)

Laundry and dry cleaning plants where only inflammable solvents are used and all articles to be cleaned are brought, in person, to the business counter of the plant.

(Mo. of 3-19-1987; Ord. of 9-15-1988; Res. No. 03-0320-09, 3-20-2003)

Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 22.

It is the intent of this ordinance that the Central Business (C-3) District provide primarily retail services to the shopping public. Continuity and compactness of retail store frontage is necessary. Within the Central Business (C-3) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

(a)

Any retail business or service establishment including the making of articles to be sold at retail on the premises, provided such manufacturing is clearly incidental to the business or service.

(b)

Business and professional offices.

(c)

Municipal, county, state and federal uses.

(d)

Parking lots and garages.

(e)

Hotels, motels, tourist homes, banks and theaters.

(f)

Reserved.

(g)

Accessory uses.

(h)

Restaurants and eating establishments.

(i)

Loft apartments

(Ord. of 9-15-1988; Mo. of 8-15-1996; Res. No. 03-0116-01, 1-16-2003; Res. No. 05-0317-10, 3-17-2005)

Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 22.

Within an Institutional (I-N) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

(a)

Hospitals.

(b)

Nursing or convalescent homes.

(c)

Schools.

(d)

Nursery schools or kindergartens, provided that at least 100 square feet of outdoor play area is provided for each child and that such play area is enclosed by a fence having a height of at least four feet.

(e)

Professional offices.

(f)

Undertaking establishments and funeral homes.

(g)

Churches and other places of worship provided they are located on a major or collector street as designated on the official zoning map of the city, and are placed not less than 50 feet from any property line.

(h)

Florist shops.

(i)

Drugstores.

(j)

Offices or clinics for medical, dental or chiropractic practice.

(k)

Clinical laboratories.

(l)

Antique shops.

(m)

Public buildings and use.

(n)

Fraternal organizations.

(o)

Residences; provided, however, that no residential structure shall be closer to any other institutional use than 50 feet when such use is on the same side of the street.

(p)

Bed and breakfast.

(q)

Corrections facility or treatment center provided all of the following standards and criteria are met:

(a)

No such use shall be approved if located within 1,000 feet from another corrections facility or treatment center.

(b)

No such use shall be approved unless there is a separation of at least 500 feet from a residential zoning district or use.

(c)

No such use shall be approved within 500 feet of a school, university, church, playground, park, camp, community center, child care facility or other area where minor children assemble or congregate.

(d)

The minimum lot area for a treatment facility shall be 24,000 square feet

(e)

Off-street parking shall be one space per employee on the largest shift and 1.5 spaces per resident bed or one space per 300 square feet of building area, whichever is greater.

(f)

Commercial outdoor signs shall be prohibited. Identification and directional signs shall be allowed.

(g)

The city may attach to any approval conditions ensuring appropriate security measures, including, but not limited to, fencing or other barriers, cameras, lighting, guards, sign-in and sign-out sheets, curfews for residents, guard dogs, sirens and direct alarms with the police department.

(h)

The facility shall be built, maintained and operated so as to avoid potentially adverse influences and impacts upon surrounding properties and the general health, safety and welfare.

(Res. No. 05-0915-49, 9-15-2005; Ord. No. 08-1016-31, § II, 10-16-2008)

Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 22.

Within an Industrial (I) District, the following uses shall be permitted:

(a)

Any retail uses dependent upon or closely related to industry.

(b)

Any industry not causing injurious or obnoxious noise, vibration, smoke, gas, fumes, odor, dust, fire hazard or other objectionable conditions.

(c)

Wholesaling and warehousing.

(d)

Airports.

(e)

Truck and bus terminals.

(f)

Radio and television transmission towers.

(g)

Restaurants.

(h)

Filling stations, providing all the following provisions are met:

(1)

All structures and buildings, including storage tanks, shall be placed not less than 25 feet from any side or rear property line except when such property lines abut a street, in which case the setback for said street shall apply.

(2)

All structures and buildings, except signs announcing the principle use of the parcel, shall comply with the setback requirements of any abutting street.

(3)

If a filling station is established on a corner lot, the means of ingress and egress shall be provided not less than 25 feet from the intersection of the curblines, if extended and measured along either one of the curblines.

(4)

Points of ingress and egress shall be arranged so as to minimize interference with the normal flow of traffic on the street and in no case shall there be more than two curb breaks per 100 feet of frontage, said curb breaks not to exceed 30 feet in width.

(i)

Farm supply and equipment sales.

(j)

Storage yards including building materials and lumberyards.

(k)

Junkyards, provided any such use is screened from view by a solid wall, planted screen or similar opaque partition at least six feet in height. Such partition shall comply with all setback requirements of the district. All dismantling, storage or repair work shall take place within the screened area.

(l)

Feed and seed processing plants.

(m)

Personal care homes.

(Mo. of 6-18-1998)

Cross reference— Businesses, ch. 22.

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