Griffin City Zoning Code

Unless otherwise specified in this ordinance, principal dwellings permitted in the LDR-A district shall conform to the following standards:

1.

Minimum lot area: One acre or 43,560 square feet.

2.

Minimum heated floor area per dwelling unit: 2,000 square feet for single story; minimum building footprint for two or more story dwellings shall be 1,180 square feet.

3.

Minimum street frontage: 100 feet for non-cul-de-sac lots; 35 feet for cul-de-sac lots.

4.

Minimum lot width: 100 feet as measured at building line.

5.

Minimum front yard: 50 feet.

6.

Minimum side yard: 20 feet.

7.

Minimum rear yard: 25 feet.

8.

Maximum building height: 35 feet.

9.

Maximum lot coverage by impervious surface: 25 percent.

10.

All dwellings shall be provided with a paved driveway accommodating a minimum of two automobiles and a garage or carport for a minimum of two automobiles.

11.

100-year Floodplain.No permanent structure shall be constructed within the boundary of the 100-year floodplain unless the structure meets minimum floodplain ordinance requirements as established in Chapter 50, Floods, of the Griffin Code of Ordinances.