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Macon City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 32

STREET CLASSIFICATION CHART AND SPECIAL SETBACKS1

The following definitions and street classifications shall be used in determining setback, the location of certain uses, and in meeting other requirements of this Resolution.


Footnotes:
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Editor's note— Amendment ZA11-003, adopted November 14, 2011, repealed the former Ch. 32, §§ 32.01—32.05, and enacted a new Ch. 32 as set out herein. The former Ch. 32 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from ZA97-02-01, February 10, 1997.


Section 32.01.- Definitions.

All streets and highways in Macon-Bibb County are hereby divided into seven (7) classes.

[1]

Freeways are those streets which are used primarily for fast or heavy through traffic, and which are divided with full control of access and with no crossing at grade.

[2]

Expressways are those highways or streets which are used primarily for fast or heavy through traffic, and which are divided with full or partial control of access and generally with grade separations at intersections.

[3]

Arterial streets and highways are those which are used primarily for fast or heavy through traffic.

[4]

Collector streets are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of freeways, expressways, and arterial streets and highways.

[5]

Minor or local residential streets are those which are used primarily for access to the abutting residential properties.

[6]

Minor or local commercial and industrial streets are those which are used primarily for access to the abutting commercial and industrial purposes.

[7]

Alleys are those which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

(Amended November 14, 2011, ZA11-003)

Section 32.02. - Street and highway functional classifications.

The following streets and highways shall be classified as follows:

Road NameFunctional

Classification
[1] Airport Drive Collector
[2] Allen Road: Collector
Houston Road to Hawkinsville Road.
[3] Anthony Road: Arterial
Mercer University Drive to Felton Avenue
[4] Arkwright Road Arterial
[5] Audubon Drive Collector
[6] Avondale Mill Road: Arterial
Industrial Highway to Hawkinsville Road
[7] Bass Road** Arterial
[8] Bethel Church Road Collector
[9] Bloomfield Drive: Arterial
Bloomfield Road to Rocky Creek Road
[10] Bloomfield Road Arterial
[11] Broadway: Arterial
Pio Nono Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. @
Intersection of Concord Street
[12] Brookdale Avenue: Collector
Napier Avenue to Vineville Avenue
[13] Brownley Drive Collector
[14] Chambers Road Collector
[15] Chestney Road Collector
[16] Clairmont Avenue: Collector
Audubon Drive to Red Oak Drive
[17] Clinton Road: Arterial
Gray Highway to Wood Valley Road
[18] Clayton Street: Collector
Corbin Avenue to Rogers Avenue
[19] Cochran Field Road: Collector
Hawkinsville Road to Airport Drive
[20] Coleman Avenue: Arterial
Adams Street to College Street
[21] Coliseum Drive: Arterial
Ocmulgee River to Emery Highway
[22] College Street: Collector
Riverside Drive to Georgia Avenue
[23] College Street: Arterial
Georgia Avenue to Coleman Avenue
[24] Columbus Road Collector
[25] Corbin Avenue Collector
[26] Cotton Avenue: Arterial
Mulberry Street to First Street
[27] D.T. Walton Sr. Way: Arterial
Poplar Street to Forsyth Street
[28] Davis Road: Collector
Franklinton Road to Donnan Davis Road
[29] Dixon Road Collector
[30] Donnan Road Collector
[31] Donnan Davis Road Collector
[32] Edna Place Road Collector
[33] Eisenhower Parkway Arterial
[34] Emery Highway Arterial
[35] Emery Road Arterial
[36] Estes Road Collector
[37] Feagin Road Collector
[38] Felton Avenue: Collector
Jeff Davis Street to "A" Street
[39] Fifth Street: Arterial
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. to Ocmulgee River
[40] First Street: Arterial
Riverside Drive to Telfair Street
[41] Forest Avenue Collector
[42] Forest Hill Road:** Arterial
Wesleyan Drive to Forsyth Road
[43] Forsyth Road: Arterial
Monroe County to Vineville Avenue
(intersection of Forest Hill Road)
[44] Forsyth Street Arterial
[45] Fort Hill Street Collector
[46] Foster Road** Arterial
[47] Franklinton Road Collector
[48] Fulton Mill Road Collector
[49] Georgia Avenue Arterial
[50] Graham Road Collector
[51] Gray Highway Arterial
[52] Guy Paine Road Collector
[53] Hall Road Collector
[54] Hamlin Road Collector
[55] Hardeman Avenue: Arterial
College Street to Vineville Ave
[56] Hartley Bridge Road: Collector
Crawford County to Interstate 75
[57] Hartley Bridge Road:** Arterial
I-75 to Houston Road
[58] Hawkinsville Road: Arterial
Houston County Line to Houston Road
[59] Heath Road** Arterial
[60] Hemlock Street Collector
[61] Hightower Road Collector
[62] Hillcrest Avenue: Collector
Napier Avenue to Pio Nono Avenue
[63] Hitchcock Road Collector
[64] Hopewell Road Collector
[65] Houston Avenue: Arterial
Pio Nono Avenue to Broadway
[66] Houston Road:** Collector
Peach County Line to Walden Road
[67] Houston Road: Arterial
Walden Road to Pio Nono Avenue
[68] Idle Way: Collector
Tucker Road to Mumford Road
[69] Interstate 75 Freeway
[70] Interstate 475 Freeway
[71] Interstate 16 Freeway
[72] Industrial Highway Arterial
[73] Ingleside Avenue Collector
[74] Irwinton Road Arterial
[75] Jeff Davis Street: Arterial
Telfair Street to Felton Avenue
[76] Jeffersonville Road:** Arterial
Emery Highway to Millerfield Road
[77] Jeffersonville Road:** Collector
Millerfield Road to Ocmulgee East Boulevard
[78] Jeffersonville Road: Arterial
Ocmulgee East Boulevard to Twiggs County Line
[79] Jones Road Collector
[80] Key Street Collector
[81] Knoxville Road: Collector
Crawford County Line to Columbus Road
[82] Liberty Church Road: Collector
Houston Road to Hawkinsville Road
[83] Little Richard Penniman Blvd: Arterial
Stadium Drive to Telfair Street
[84] Log Cabin Drive: Arterial
Napier Avenue to Bloomfield Road
[85] Lower Thomaston Road: Arterial
Monroe County Line to Thomaston Road
[86] Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Boulevard Arterial
[87] Mead Road Collector
[88] Mercer University Drive:
Interstate 475 to Stadium Drive Arterial
[89] Millerfield Road:** Arterial
Jeffersonville Road to Jones County Line
[90] Montpelier Avenue: Arterial
Mercer University Drive to Coleman Avenue
[91] Moseley Dixon Road Collector
[92] Mt. Pleasant Church Road: Collector
Fulton Mill Road to Hartley Bridge Road
[93] Mulberry Street Arterial
[94] Mumford Road/North Mumford Road: Collector
Idle Way to Napier Avenue
[95] Napier Avenue Arterial
[96] Newberg Avenue Collector
[97] New Clinton Road Collector
[98] New Forsyth Road Collector
[99] New Street: Collector
Riverside Drive to Cotton Avenue
[100] North Avenue: Arterial
Ocmulgee River to Gray Highway
[101] North Lizella Road: Collector
Lower Thomaston Road to Eisenhower Parkway
[102] Northside Drive: Collector
Riverside Drive to Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard
[103] Northside Drive: Arterial
Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard to Forest Hill Road
[104] Northside Drive: Collector
Forest Hill Road to Rivoli Drive
[105] Nottingham Drive: Collector
Gray Highway to Twin Pines Drive
[106] Ocmulgee East Boulevard: Arterial
Jeffersonville Road to Twiggs County Line
[107] Oglesby Place: Collector
Mercer University Drive to Eisenhower Parkway
[108] Oglethorpe Street: Arterial
College Street to Fifth Street
[109] Old Gordon Road Collector
[110] Park Street Collector
[111] Peake Road Collector
[112] Pierce Avenue Arterial
[113] Pine Street Collector
[114] Pio Nono Avenue:** Arterial
Vineville Avenue to I-75
[115] Poplar Street: Arterial
Washington Avenue to Fifth Street
[116] Redoak Drive: Collector
Riverside Drive to Clairmont Avenue
[117] Ridge Avenue: Collector
Forsyth Road to Ingleside Drive
[118] Riggins Mill Road: Arterial
Emery Highway to Swift Creek
[119] Riggins Mill Road: Collector
Swift Creek to Twiggs County Line
[120] Riverside Drive: Arterial
Monroe County Line to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
[121] Riverside Drive: Collector
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd to Seventh Street
[122] Riverview Road: Collector
Riverside Drive to Audubon Drive
[123] Rivoli Drive Collector
[124] Rocky Creek Road Arterial
[125] Rogers Road: Collector
Knoxville Road to Dixon Road
[126] Sardis Church Road:** Arterial
I-75 to Walden Road
[127] Sardis Church Road: Collector
Hartley Bridge Road to I-75
[128] Second Street: Arterial
Gray Highway to Elm Street
[129] Second Street: Collector
Elm Street to Houston Avenue
[130] Seventh Street Collector
[131] Shurling Drive: Arterial
Gray Highway to Millerfield Road
[132] Skipper Road: Collector
Sardis Church Road to Hartley Bridge Road
[133] Little Richard Penniman Blvd: Arterial
Stadium Drive to Telfair Street
[134] South Lizella Road Collector
[135] Spring Street: Arterial
North Avenue to Mulberry Street
[136] Spring Street: Collector
Mulberry Street to Washington Avenue
[137] Telfair Street: Arterial
First Street to Jeff Davis Street
[138] Thomaston Road: Arterial
Monroe County Line to I-475
[139] Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard Arterial
[140] Tucker Road Arterial
[141] Twin Pines Drive: Collector
Nottingham Drive to Upper River Road
[142] Upper River Road: Arterial
Old Clinton Road to Jones County Line
[143] Vineville Avenue: Arterial
Forsyth Road to Forsyth Street
[144] Walden Road: Arterial
Houston Road to Industrial Highway
[145] Walnut Street: Arterial
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Spring Street
[146] Walnut Street: Collector
Spring Street to Rogers Avenue
[147] Washington Avenue Arterial
[148] Weaver Road Collector
[149] Wesleyan Drive: Collector
Rivoli Drive to Forest Hill Road
[150] Wesleyan Drive: Arterial
Forest Hill Road to Riverside Drive
[151] Williamson Road Collector
[152] Wimbish Road Collector
[153] Zebulon Road: Collector
Monroe County Line to I-475
[154] Zebulon Road: Arterial
I-475 to Forsyth Road

 

** Indicates that special setbacks apply to portions of these streets. See Section 32.05.

(Amended November 14, 2011, ZA11-003)

Section 32.03. - Minor or local residential streets.

All streets not otherwise designated elsewhere in this Resolution which have a right-of-way width greater than twenty (20) feet.

(Amended November 14, 2011, ZA11-003)

Section 32.04. - Alleys.

All streets not otherwise designated elsewhere in this Resolution which have a right-of-way width of twenty (20) feet or less shall not be considered a minor street for setback distance purposes.

(Amended November 14, 2011, ZA11-003)

Section 32.05. - Special minimum setbacks.

[1]

Special minimum setbacks for streets and highways. The following special setbacks are hereby imposed to provide for the future widening of streets and highways to prevent future traffic congestion:

Name of Street or HighwaySetback from

Right-of-way Line
Setback from

Center Line of

Right-of-way
(a) Bass Road:
Interstate 75 to Zebulon Road 75 FT N/A
(b) Forest Hill Road:
Wimbish Road to Bonita Place 45 FT N/A
Bonita Place to Drury Drive 60 FT N/A
Drury Drive to Forsyth Road 50 FT N/A
(c) Forest Hill Road: 55 FT N/A
Wimbish Road to Northside Drive
(d) Foster Road 75 FT N/A
(e) Hartley Bridge Road:
Skipper Road to Houston Road 60 FT N/A
(f) Heath Road 75 FT N/A
(g) Houston Road: 90 FT N/A
Blocks between 6619 and 7065
(h) Jeffersonville Road: 65 FT N/A
Emery Highway to Millerfield Road
(i) Jeffersonville Road: 62.5 FT N/A
Millerfield Road to Emery Road
(j) Millerfield Road: 50 FT N/A
Jeffersonville Road to Shurling Drive
(k) Pio Nono Avenue: 75 FT N/A
I-75 to Houston Road
(l) Sardis Church Road:
I-75 to Skipper Road 75 FT N/A
Skipper Road to 3944 Sardis Church Road 80 FT N/A
3944 Sardis Church Road to Houston Road 65 FT N/A

 

[2]

Special setbacks for Lake Tobesofkee. The three hundred sixty-nine (369) contour lines shall be considered the rear property line for all property adjacent to the lake. Whichever is greater of the following setback requirements shall be imposed:

(a)

All buildings on public sewer shall meet the rear yard setback requirements of the zone in which they are located;

(b)

All buildings requiring a septic tank shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from the three hundred sixty (360) contour line; or

(c)

Buildings requiring a septic tank shall be set back at least fifty (50) feet from the rear property line, or the Macon-Bibb County Health Department may require a greater distance for the positioning of the septic tank.

(Amended November 14, 2011, ZA11-003)