Nassau County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 9
- RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY: RS-1 AND RS-2
INTENT: The purpose of the residential single-family districts, RS-1 and RS-2, is to provide for the orderly expansion of low and medium density development in those areas where public services, utilities and transportation facilities are adequate or may be made available; and to exclude uses not compatible with such low and medium density residential development thereby preserving and protecting the characteristics of single-family neighborhoods.
Section 9.01.- Permitted uses and structures.
Single-family dwellings.
Section 9.02. - Permitted accessory uses and structure.
See article 28, section 28.15.
Section 9.03. - Conditional uses.
See article 28, section 28.14.
Section 9.04. - Minimum lot requirements.
(A)
RS-1:
(1)
Minimum lot width: Ninety (90) feet.
(2)
Minimum lot area: Ten thousand eight hundred (10,800) square feet.
(B)
RS-2:
(1)
Minimum lot width: Seventy-five (75) feet.
(2)
Minimum lot area: Eight thousand seven hundred (8,700) square feet.
Section 9.05. - Minimum yard requirements.
(A)
Front yard:
(1)
RS-1, Thirty (30) feet.
(2)
RS-2, Twenty-five (25) feet.
(B)
Side yard:
(1)
RS-1, Ten (10) feet.
(2)
RS-2, Ten (10) feet.
(C)
Rear yard:
(1)
RS-1, Fifteen (15) feet.
(2)
RS-2, Ten (10) feet.
Section 9.06. - Building restrictions.
(A)
Maximum building height:
(1)
RS-1, Thirty-five (35) feet.
(2)
RS-2, Thirty-five (35) feet.
(B)
Maximum lot coverage:
(1)
RS-1, Thirty (30) percent.
(2)
RS-2, Thirty-five (35) percent.
Section 9.07. - Special requirements.
(A)
If a site engineering plan and plat for a single-family detached subdivision, which is duly approved by the Development Review Committee and has not commenced vertical construction of individual homes, preserves at least 30% of the gross site area as natural areas or recreation lands outside of any building site (Lot), storm water management facility, perimeter landscape area per Section 37.05.D LDC, utility area/easement or right-of-way then the following incentives are provided:
(1)
Minimum yard requirements.
(a)
Front yard: RS-2, Minimum fifteen (15) feet, provided however, the minimum front setback of the face of the garage shall be twenty (20) feet.
(b)
Side yard: RS-2, Five (5) feet.
(c)
Rear yard: RS-2, Ten (10) feet.
(2)
Building restrictions.
(a)
Maximum building height: RS-2, Forty (40) feet.
(b)
Maximum building height within the unincorporated areas of Amelia Island is thirty-five (35) feet.
(c)
Maximum lot coverage: RS-2, Fifty (50) percent.
(Ord. No. 2017-22, 8-28-17; Ord. No. 2021-08, § 2B, 6-14-21)