Garden City City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 90-1.- Title of chapter.
- Sec. 90-2. - Statutory authority.
- Sec. 90-3. - Applicability of chapter.
- Sec. 90-4. - Purpose of chapter.
- Sec. 90-5. - Definitions and rules of construction.
- Sec. 90-6. - Conflicting provisions.
- Sec. 90-7. - Interpretation of chapter.
- Sec. 90-8. - Compliance with chapter.
- Sec. 90-9. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 90-10. - Number and type of principal buildings on lot.
- Sec. 90-11. - Street access to lots.
- Sec. 90-12. - Reduction in lot size.
- Sec. 90-13. - Maintenance of open spaces.
- Sec. 90-14. - Accessory buildings.
- Sec. 90-15. - Setbacks for lots with multiple frontage.
- Sec. 90-16. - Encroachment on public right-of-way.
- Sec. 90-17. - Screening for commercial or industrial uses adjacent to residential district.
- Sec. 90-18. - Temporary business offices.
- Sec. 90-19. - Temporary mobile home parks during declared emergencies.
- Sec. 90-20. - Restriction upon placement of clotheslines in residential zones.
- Sec. 90-21. - Vehicles for sale on residential properties.
- Sec. 90-22. - Portable on demand storage units (PODs).
ARTICLE IV
EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 90-96.- Walls and fences; permit required.
- Sec. 90-97. - Structures excluded from height limitations.
- Sec. 90-98. - Vision clearance at intersections.
- Sec. 90-99. - Reduction of front yard setback.
- Sec. 90-100. - Substandard lots of record.
- Sec. 90-101. - Reduction of side yard.
- Sec. 90-102. - Group development projects.
- Sec. 90-103. - Live-in guards.
ARTICLE V
- OFFSTREET PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES
Sections
- Sec. 90-126.- Applicability of article.
- Sec. 90-127. - Variances.
- Sec. 90-128. - General standards.
- Sec. 90-129. - Number of parking spaces.
- Sec. 90-130. - Size and marking of parking spaces.
- Sec. 90-131. - Location of parking spaces for one-family and two-family dwellings.
- Sec. 90-132. - Remote parking—Generally.
- Sec. 90-133. - Same—Location in residential district.
- Sec. 90-134. - Combined parking facilities.
- Sec. 90-135. - Sharing of parking facilities.
- Sec. 90-136. - Loading facilities.
- Sec. 90-137. - Parking of boats and trailers restricted to driveways in front yards of residentially zoned properties.
ARTICLE VI
SIGNS
Sections
- Sec. 90-156.- Penalty for violation of article.
- Sec. 90-157. - Enforcement actions by zoning administrator.
- Sec. 90-158. - Administration and enforcement generally; issuance of sign permit.
- Sec. 90-159. - Suspension or revocation of sign permit or contractor's license.
- Sec. 90-160. - Bond and insurance for sign contractors.
- Sec. 90-161. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 90-162. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 90-163. - Exempt signs.
- Sec. 90-164. - Size.
- Sec. 90-165. - Number.
- Sec. 90-166. - Height.
- Sec. 90-167. - Clearance.
- Sec. 90-168. - Setback.
- Sec. 90-169. - Illumination.
- Sec. 90-170. - Resistance to wind pressure.
- Sec. 90-171. - Distance from historical sites or monuments.
- Sec. 90-172. - Maintenance.
- Sec. 90-173. - Temporary portable signs.
- Sec. 90-174. - Outdoor advertising or separate use signs.
- Sec. 90-175. - Off-site business signs for businesses served by streets/roads running from Highway 21 or Highway 80 through residentially-zoned properties.
ARTICLE VII
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- Sec. 90-196. - Administrative officer.
- Sec. 90-197. - Building permit.
- Sec. 90-198. - Certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 90-199. - Responsibilities of building official, board of appeals and mayor and council.
- Sec. 90-200. - Remedies for violation of chapter; penalty.
- Sec. 90-201. - Amendments to chapter or zoning map.
- Sec. 90-202. - Fee for petitions and applications for amendment.
- Sec. 90-203. - Reasonable accommodation policy.
- Sec. 90-204. - Additional public hearing required for zoning decisions seeking to locate or relocate a halfway house, drug rehabilitation center, or other facility for the treatment of drug dependency.
- Sec. 90-205. - Additional public notice and hearings required for zoning amendments revising one or more zoning classifications or definitions relating to single-family residential users of property to authorize multifamily uses pursuant to such classifications or definitions, or to grant blanket permission, under certain or all circumstances for property owners to deviate from the existing zoning requirements of a single-family residential zoning.
- Sec. 90-206. - Procedures for processing applications to the planning commission for the approval of development or site plans; methods for providing public notice of such applications and the hearings thereon; conducting hearings on applications; timing of decisions; and method for appealing decisions.
- DIVISION 2. - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS[2]
- Sec. 90-211. - Jurisdiction.
- Sec. 90-212. - Meetings.
- Sec. 90-213. - Powers.
- Sec. 90-214. - Filing of appeal.
- Sec. 90-215. - Notice of hearing.
- Sec. 90-216. - Effect of appeal.
- Sec. 90-217. - Action on appeal.
- Sec. 90-218. - Refiling of appeals.
- Sec. 90-219. - Conduct of hearing.
- Sec. 90-220. - Appeals to superior court.
ARTICLE VIII
TREE PROTECTION AND LANDSCAPING3
Sections
- DIVISION 1 - GENERALLY
- Sec. 90-251. - Purpose.
- Sec. 90-252. - Definitions.
- Sec. 90-253. - Applicability.
- Sec. 90-254. - Permitting procedures.
- Sec. 90-255. - Tree protection and replacement.
- Sec. 90-256. - Planning and design consideration.
- Sec. 90-257. - Protection of existing trees.
- Sec. 90-258. - Determination of site density factors.
- Sec. 90-259. - Specimen trees.
- Sec. 90-260. - Parking lot tree requirements.
- Sec. 90-261. - Landscape planting strip requirements.
- Sec. 90-262. - Buffers.
- Sec. 90-263. - Screening.
- Sec. 90-264. - Building landscape requirements.
- Sec. 90-265. - Preparation of the tree protection plan.
- Sec. 90-266. - Tree removal standards and guidelines.
- Sec. 90-267. - Tree removal.
- Sec. 90-268. - Tree pruning.
- Sec. 90-269. - Maintenance and fiscal surety.
- Sec. 90-270. - Plant establishment.
- Sec. 90-271. - Single-family residential requirements.
- DIVISION 2 - PROTECTION OF TREES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
- Sec. 90-271. - Purpose.
- Sec. 90-272. - Definitions.
- Sec. 90-274. - Authority and power.
- Sec. 90-275. - Tree advisory board.
- Sec. 90-276. - Tree planting and care standards.
- Sec. 90-277. - Planting, maintenance, or removal of trees upon any public parkway or public property.
- Sec. 90-278. - Prohibition against harming public trees.
- Sec. 90-279. - Adjacent owner responsibility.
- Sec. 90-280. - Certain trees declared a nuisance.
- Sec. 90-281. - Violations and penalty.
- Sec. 90-282. - Appeals.
- Sec. 90-283. - Emergencies.
ARTICLE IX
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIRSPACE ZONING
Sections
- Sec. 90-300.- Short title.
- Sec. 90-301. - Purposes and intent.
- Sec. 90-302. - Conflicting regulations.
- Sec. 90-303. - Jurisdiction.
- Sec. 90-304. - Definitions.
- Sec. 90-305. - Airspace zones established.
- Sec. 90-306. - Height limits established.
- Sec. 90-307. - Nonconforming obstructions.
- Sec. 90-308. - Permits.
- Sec. 90-309. - Hazard marking and lighting required.
- Sec. 90-310. - Removal of nonconforming structures.
- Sec. 90-311. - Variances prohibited.
- Sec. 90-312. - Administrative agency.
- Sec. 90-313. - Penalties.