Macon County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
§ 155.115 R1 - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section, are the regulations in the R1 – Single Family Residence District.
(B) Use regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
(1) Permitted uses.
(a) Single-family dwellings, excluding mobile homes and manufactured homes;
(b) Publicly owned or operated park, playground, or community building, museum, library, or art gallery, provided that the building shall be located not less than 40 feet from any side or rear lot line;
(c) Church or other place of worship or Sunday School, provided that the building shall be located not less than 40 feet from any side or rear lot line;
(d) Public school, kindergarten, elementary and high, or a private school having a curriculum the same as ordinarily given in a public school, provided that the building shall be located not less than 40 feet from any side or rear lot line;
(e) Country club or golf course, except those that are lighted, miniature course, or practice driving tee operated for commercial purposes;
(f) Home occupation;
(g) Accessory building or use, including a private garage customarily incidental to the above uses, but not involving the conduct of a business; and
(h) A church or public bulletin board or temporary sign appertaining to the lease, hire, or sale of a building or premises, which sign or bulletin board shall not exceed ten square feet in area.
(2) Special uses.
(a) Governmental structures, facilities, and utilities, including but not limited to the following: police and fire stations, libraries, college or university, highway and road maintenance facilities, water towers, pump stations and all accessory uses normally incidental to the above uses;
(b) Parking lots when abutting a permitted use in the business or manufacturing districts, when incidental to the permitted use; and
(c) Day care or day nursery facilities.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.116 R2 - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section, are the regulations in the R2 – Single Family Residential District.
(B) Use regulations.
(1) Permitted uses. All those uses permitted in R1 District.
(2) Special uses. The same as those for R1 District.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.117 R4 - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section, are the regulations in the R4 – Single Family Residential District.
(B) Use regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
(1) Permitted uses.
(a) All those permitted in the R1 District; and
(b) Truck gardening, including a temporary roadside stand, offering for sale only those agricultural and nursery products produced upon the premises, provided that the stand shall be removed during any season or period when not in use.
(2) Special uses. The same as those for R1 District.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.118 RE5 - SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section, are the regulations in the RE5 – Single Family Estate District.
(B) Goal. The RE5 zone is established to provide that area which is topographically and locationally well suited to meet the metropolitan market for two-acre and larger residential lots, are set aside and used for that purpose; to encourage the orderly transition from agriculture to low density residential use; and to prohibit any uses which are incompatible with this objective.
(C) Use regulations. A building or premises shall be uses only for the following purpose:
(1) Permitted uses.
(a) All uses permitted in the R4 – Single Family District; and
(b) The keeping of livestock or poultry, providing that any structure, excluding fences for their shelter, shall be located not less than 75 feet from any street or lot line.
(2) Special uses. The same as the R4 – Single Family District.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.119 R6 - MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section are the regulations in the R6 – Multiple Dwelling District.
(B) Use regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
(1) Any use permitted in the R1 – Single Family Residential District;
(2) Two-family dwelling;
(3) Multiple dwelling;
(4) Rooming or boarding house;
(5) Institution of a religious, educational, eleemosynary, or philanthropic nature, but not a penal or mental institution;
(6) Hospital or sanitarium, except a criminal, mental, or animal hospital;
(7) Nursing or convalescent home;
(8) Fraternity or sorority;
(9) Nursery schools accommodating more than three children and private day or residential schools providing special education facilities; and
(10) Accessory buildings or use customarily incidental to any of the above uses, including a storage garage on a lot occupied by the uses.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.120 RMH1 - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section are the regulations in the RMH1 – Single Family Residential District.
(B) Goal. This district is created to preserve and enhance property values in the county by providing designated distinctive areas in which manufactured homes, as well as site-built and modular homes, may be situated for residential dwelling purposes. It is the intent that this district be a desirable permanent area providing adequate open space, and essentially the same considerations given to residents in R1 Districts.
(C) Use regulations. Building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
(1) Permitted uses. All those uses permitted in the R1 District including manufactured homes.
(2) Special use. Same as R1 District.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.121 RMH2 - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section are the regulations in the RMH2 – Single Family Residential District.
(B) Goal. This district is created to preserve and enhance property values in the county by providing designated distinctive areas in which manufactured homes, as well as site-built and modular homes, may be situated for residential dwelling purposes. It is the intent that this district be a desirable permanent area providing adequate open space, and essentially the same considerations given to residents of R2 Districts.
(C) Use regulations.
(1) Permitted uses. All those uses permitted in the R2 District including manufactured homes.
(2) Special uses. Same as R2 District.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.122 RMH4 - SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section are the regulations in the RMH4 – Single Family Residential District.
(B) Goal. This district is created to preserve and enhance property values in the county by providing designated, distinctive areas in which manufactured homes, as well as site-built and modular homes, may be situated for residential dwelling purposes. It is the intent that this district be a desirable permanent area providing adequate open space, and essentially the same considerations given to residents of R4 Districts.
(C) Use regulations. Building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
(1) Permitted uses. All those uses permitted in the R4 District including manufactured homes.
(2) Special uses. Same as R4 District.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)
§ 155.123 RMH5 - SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE DISTRICT.
(A) Purpose. The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section are the regulations in the RMH5 – Single Family Estate District.
(B) Goal. This district is created to preserve and enhance property values in the county by providing designated distinctive areas in which manufactured homes, as well as site-built and modular homes, may be situated for residential dwelling purposes. It is the intent that this district be a desirable permanent area providing adequate open space, and essentially the same considerations given to residents of RE5 Districts.
(C) Use regulations. Building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
(1) Permitted uses. All those permitted in the RE5 District including manufactured homes.
(2) Special uses. Same as RE5 District.
(Ord. O-95-2-12, passed 2-9-2012)