31.1 Words used in the present tense include the future tense.

31.2 Words used in the singular number include the plural and words used in the plural number include the singular.

31.3 The word "person" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, corporation, trust and company as well as an individual.

31.4 The word "lot" includes the word "plot" and "parcel."

31.5 The word "building" includes the word "structure."

31.6 The word "shall" is mandatory, not directory.

31.7 The words "used" or "occupied" as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied."

31.8 The words "planning commission" shall refer to the planning and zoning commission of the City of Jesup, Georgia.

31.9 The words "board of commissioners" shall refer to [the] board of commissioners of the City of Jesup, Georgia.

31.10 The word "map," "zoning map" or "Jesup Zoning Map" shall mean the "official zoning map of the City of Jesup, Georgia."

32.1 Accessory use or building. A use or building, located on the same lot as the principal building, which is clearly incidental and secondary to permitted use or building and which does not change the character of such use or building, including, but not limited to, private garages, living quarters for servants, bathhouses, greenhouses, tool sheds, storage buildings, animal shelters.

32.2 Alley. A public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

32.3 Billboard. Any notice of advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, with an area of 300 or more square feet, as well as all those used as an outdoor display for the purpose of making anything known, the origin or place of sale of which is not on the lot with such display, except that governmental notices shall be considered to be billboards.

32.4 Boardinghouse. A building where for compensation lodging and/or meals are provided for not more than ten persons.

32.5 Buffer strip. A buffer strip shall consist of a 20-foot-wide continuous planted strip composed of healthy plants, which possesses growth characteristics of such nature as to produce a dense compact planting screen no less than six feet in height.

32.6 Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and intended for shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind.

32.7 Building, principal. A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which said building is situated. In any residential district any structure containing a dwelling unit shall be defined to be the principal building on the plot on which same is situated.

32.8 Building, height of. The vertical distance measured from the grade of the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof; or to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.

32.9 Building setback lines. A line establishing the minimum allowable distance between the main or front wall of the building and the street right-of-way line when measured perpendicularly thereto. Covered porches, whether enclosed or not, shall be considered as a part of the building and shall not project into the required yard.

32.10 Dwelling. A building, other than a hotel, motel, boardinghouse or a like structure, designed, arranged or used for permanent living quarters.

32.11 Dwelling unit. A building, or portion thereof, designed, arranged and used for living quarters for one or more persons living as a single housekeeping unit with cooking facilities, but not including units in hotels or other structures designed for transient residence.

32.12 Dwelling, single-family. A building designed or arranged to be occupied by one family only.

32.13 Dwelling, two-family. A building designed or arranged to be occupied by two families living independently of each other.

32.14 Dwelling, multifamily. A building designed or arranged to be occupied by three or more families living independently of each other.

32.15 Family. Any number of persons living together as a single housekeeping unit.

32.16 Home occupation. Any use conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the occupants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwellings for residence purposes and does not change the character thereof, and in connection with which there is no display, no stock-in-trade nor commodity sold on the premises, and no person not a resident on the premises is employed specifically in connection with the home occupation, except that not more than one assistant may be employed by the following occupations: Dentist, physician, chiropractor and osteopath. Provided further, that no mechanical equipment is installed or used except such as is normally used for domestic or professional purposes, and that not more than 25 percent of the total floor space of any dwelling is used for such home occupation.

32.17 Lot. A parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied by a building or group of buildings devoted to a common use, together with the customary accessories and open spaces belonging to the same.

32.18 Lot depth. The mean horizontal distance between front and rear lot lines.

32.19 Lot of record. A lot which is part of a subdivision, a plat of which has been recorded in the recorder's office at the Wayne County Courthouse.

32.20 Lot width. The distance between side lot lines measured at the building line.

32.21 Manufactured home. A dwelling unit fabricated in an off-site facility, transportable in one or more sections, built on a permanent chassis, and designed as a dwelling unit with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and which meet certain building standards. All manufactured homes shall be deemed a class "A" or "B" manufactured home.

(a)

Class "A" manufactured home. A dwelling unit fabricated in an off-site facility for installation or assembly at the building site, bearing a label certifying it is constructed in compliance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, 42 USC 5401—5445 (the HUD Code, which became effective June 15, 1976), and meeting the following development standards:

1.

The home has a length not to exceed four times its width, measured at the most narrow point and a minimum floor area of 900 square feet.

2.

The pitch of the home's roof has a minimum vertical rise of 2½ feet for every 12 feet of horizontal run, and the roof is finished with a type of shingle that is commonly used in standard residential construction or a standing seam metal roof.

3.

The exterior siding consists of wood, hardboard or aluminum (vinyl covered or painted, but in no case exceeding the reflectivity of gloss white paint) comparable in composition, appearance and durability to the exterior siding commonly used in standard residential construction.

4.

The manufactured home must be placed on a permanent foundation, either slab or pier, which meets the requirements of the building code. In addition, a curtain, consistent with the siding, unpierced except for the required ventilation and access, must be installed so that it encloses the area under the manufactured home to ground level. Tie downs as recommended by the manufacturer and the building inspector will also be required.

5.

The tongue, axles, transporting lights and towing apparatus shall be removed from the manufactured home and the building lot after placement of the manufactured home on the lot and before occupancy.

6.

The minimum ceiling height for all rooms in the manufactured home shall be seven feet.

7.

Utility meters for the manufactured homes are to be mounted to the structure rather than on a utility pole.

8.

All entrances shall be of permanent nature, joined with the manufactured home, placed on a fixed foundation, with a minimum size of 15 square feet, with steps which lead to ground level. Both the landing and steps must meet the building code.

(b)

Class "B" manufactured home. A dwelling unit fabricated in an off site facility for installation or assembly at the building site, bearing a label certifying it is constructed in compliance with Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act 42 USC 5401—5445 (the HUD Code which became effective on June 15, 1976), but does not satisfy the criteria necessary to qualify the house as a class "A" manufactured home.

32.22 Manufactured home park. Any lot, tract or parcel of land used, leased or rented for occupancy by one or more class "B" manufactured homes, together with accessory structures provided in connection therewith. This definition shall not include manufactured home sales lots on which are parked for the purpose of inspection and sale.

32.23 Nonconforming use. A structure or land lawfully occupied by an existing use which does not conform with the permitted uses for the zoning district in which it is situated, either at the effective date of this ordinance, or as a result of subsequent amendments to this ordinance.

32.24 Open space. All areas of natural plants or sites replanted with vegetation after construction such as replanted natural areas; tree, shrub, hedge or groundcover planting area; and lawns. Landscaped divider strips, terminal and interior parking lot islands, stormwater retention or detention areas that are left in a natural state after development of identified wetland areas can be included in meeting open space requirements.

32.25 Open storage. The storing, depositing or accumulating of materials, goods, equipment, etc., for use or sale, within any uncovered area, whether enclosed by a fence or not.

32.26 Parking space. An area having dimensions, exclusive of drives, of not less than 200 square feet to be used exclusively as a temporary storage space for a private motor vehicle.

32.27 Roominghouse. A building where, for compensation, lodging only is provided for not more than ten persons.

32.28 Sign area. The area that is measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle or combination thereof, which will encompass the entire advertising copy area excluding architectural trim and structural embellishments. In computing the area, only one side of a double-face sign structure shall be considered.

32.29 Sign, business. Any notice or advertisement, pictorial or otherwise, with an area of less than 300 square feet, which directs attention to goods, commodities, products, services, or entertainment sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located.

32.30 Sign, professional or announcement. A sign, used to identify only the name of the individual, family, organization or enterprises occupying the premises; the profession of the occupant; the name of the building on which the sign is displayed. Such sign shall not exceed six square feet in area. No such sign shall be illuminated.

32.31 Story. That portion of a building comprised between a floor and the floor or roof next above. The first floor of a two- or multistory building shall be deemed the story that has no floor immediately below it that is designed for living quarters or for human occupancy. Those stories above the first floor shall be numbered consecutively.

32.32 Street. A dedicated and accepted public right-of-way for vehicular traffic which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties.

32.33 Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground or which is attached to something having more or less permanent location on the ground.

32.34 Tourist home. A dwelling where for compensation, lodging only is providing for not more than ten persons, and is open to transients.

32.35 Yard. A space on the same lot with a principal building, open, unoccupied, and unobstructed by buildings or structures from ground to sky except where encroachments and accessory buildings are expressly permitted.

32.36 Yard, front. An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a principal building, extending the full width of the lot, and situated between the street, right of-way and the front line of the building projected to the side lines of the lot.

32.37 Yard, rear. An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a principal building, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the building projected to the side lines of the lot.

32.38 Yard, side. An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the principal building, situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending from the rear line of the front yard to the front line of the rear yard.

(Ord. of 6-23-1992, §§ 2, 3; Ord. of 10-17-2000, §§ 1, 2)