Portal City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 4
- GENERAL PROCEDURES
Sections
- Section 401.- Initial information.
- Section 402. - Compliance with zoning ordinance required.
- Section 403. - Continuance of nonconforming uses or structures.
- Section 404. - Height of fences and walls in a residential zoning district.
- Section 405. - Buffers, screening and landscaping, intent and general provisions.
- Section 406. - Buffers, screening and landscaping; applicability.
- Section 407. - Buffers, screening and landscaping, specifications and plan review.
- Section 407A. - Minimum yard setback.
- Section 408. - Reserved.
- Section 409. - Appealing an action of the building and zoning official or planning and zoning commission.
- Section 410. - Procedures: variances, conditional uses and amendments.
- Section 411. - Variances.
- Section 412. - Developments of regional impact (DRI).
- Section 413. - Conditional use.
- Section 414. - Amendments.
- Section 415. - Planning and zoning commission.
- Section 416. - Designation of officers for service of petitions and appeals.
- Section 417. - Fees.
- Section 418. - Penalties.
- Section 419. - Remedies.
ARTICLE 10
- MHP MANUFACTURED HOME PARK5
Sections
- Section 1001.- Purpose.
- Section 1002. - Boundaries of MHP districts.
- Section 1003. - Permitted uses.
- Section 1004. - Development standards of MHP districts.
- Section 1005. - Infrastructure.
- Section 1006. - Setbacks.
- Section 1007. - Lot regulations.
- Section 1008. - Accessory structures.
- Section 1009. - Permit requirements.
- Section 1010. - Owner responsibilities.
- Section 1011. - Review process.
ARTICLE 12
- PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS7
Sections
- Section 1201.- Purpose.
- Section 1202. - Definitions.
- Section 1203. - Boundaries of PUD districts.
- Section 1204. - Types of PUD districts permitted.
- Section 1205. - General criteria.
- Section 1206. - Review criteria.
- Section 1207. - Master development plan approval.
- Section 1208. - Final development plan approval.
- Section 1209. - Amendment of a planned unit development.
- Section 1210. - Planned unit development time limitations.
- Section 1211. - Permitted uses.
- Section 1212. - Development performance standards.
- Section 1213. - Bonus incentives.
ARTICLE 14
- SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC USES8
Sections
- Section 1401.- Purpose.
- Section 1402. - Applicability.
- Section 1403. - Accessory uses.
- Section 1404. - Accessory dwellings.
- Section 1405. - Animals (domesticated livestock).
- Section 1406. - Asphalt or concrete plant (temporary or permanent).
- Section 1407. - Automotive sales and rental facilities, and commercial and industrial machinery and equipment sales and leasing facilities.
- Section 1408. - Automotive repair, and automotive oil change and lubrication shop.
- Section 1409. - Bed and breakfast inn.
- Section 1410. - Boarding house.
- Section 1411. - Body art studio.
- Section 1412. - Building material dealers.
- Section 1413. - Cemeteries.
- Section 1414. - Church or place of worship.
- Section 1415. - Commercial cryptocurrency mining operation.
- Section 1416. - Commercial vehicle washing facilities.
- Section 1417. - Contractor.
- Section 1418. - Day care facility, residential and commercial zones.
- Section 1419. - Drive through facility (principal and accessory).
- Section 1420. - Electric vehicle charging station (public use).
- Section 1421. - Family or group personal care home (agricultural-residential zone, or residential zone).
- Section 1422. - Farm winery.
- Section 1423. - Freight trucking facility.
- Section 1424. - Gasoline station with convenience store.
- Section 1425. - Home occupation, cottage industry.
- Section 1426. - Home occupation, residential.
- Section 1427. - Hotel, extended stay.
- Section 1428. - Junk yard, salvage and auto wrecking yard.
- Section 1429. - Liquor stores.
- Section 1430. - Manufactured home and prefabricated structure/building dealers.
- Section 1431. - Mini-warehouses and self-storage units.
- Section 1432. - Natural resource development.
- Section 1433. - Outdoor seasonal sales, transient merchants and mobile vendors.
- Section 1434. - Pawn shop, check cashing and small loan establishments.
- Section 1435. - Planned commercial development, large-scale.
- Section 1436. - Planned commercial development, medium scale.
- Section 1437. - Planned commercial development, small scale.
- Section 1438. - Planned residential developments with multi-family dwellings, including mixed-use or mixed residential developments.
- Section 1439. - Planned residential developments with single-family and/or two-family dwellings, including mixed-use and mixed-use residential developments.
- Section 1440. - Private and public event facilities.
- Section 1441. - Recreation facility, outdoor commercial.
- Section 1442. - Recreation facility, outdoor private.
- Section 1443. - Recreational vehicle park and campground.
- Section 1444. - Solar electric power generation.
- Section 1445. - Temporary occupancy unit during single-family building construction.
- Section 1446. - Tobacco shops, vape shops and hookah lounges.
- Section 1447. - Transfer station.
- Section 1448. - Utility substation.
- Section 1449. - Variety store.
- Section 1450. - Veterinary services, and commercial and private kennels.
- Section 1451. - Wastewater pre-treatment facility.
- Section 1452. - Dispenser of low THC oil.
ARTICLE 19
- IGO, INTERSTATE GATEWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- Section 1901.- IGO district boundaries.
- Section 1902. - IGO district design standards; intent.
- Section 1903. - IGO district design standards; applicability.
- Section 1904. - Development enhancements.
- Section 1905. - Streets and roads.
- Section 1906. - U.S. 301 corridor road and utility access.
- Section 1907. - Signage.
- Section 1908. - Architectural design guidelines.
- Section 1909: - Exterior lighting.
- Section 1910. - Landscaping.
- Section 1911. - Frontage landscape strips.
- Section 1912. - Parking lot plantings.
- Section 1913. - Landscaping plans; plant materials.
- Section 1914. - Water and sewer.
- APPENDIX 19.1. - WATER/SEWER AGREEMENT "A" FOR TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT #1
- APPENDIX 19.2. - WATER/SEWER AGREEMENT "B" FOR TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT #1
ARTICLE 21
- PROTECTION OF RIVER CORRIDOR
Sections
- Section 2101.- Purposes.
- Section 2102. - Definitions.
- Section 2103. - Applicability.
- Section 2104. - Protection criteria.
- Section 2105. - Permitted activities within the river corridor.
- Section 2106. - Prohibited activities within the river corridor.
- Section 2107. - Variances.
- Section 2108. - Penalties and enforcement.
- Section 2109. - Permit requirements and enforcement.
- Section 2110. - Miscellaneous provisions.
ARTICLE 22
- SIGNS13
Sections
- Section 2201.- Purposes.
- Section 2202. - Definitions.
- Section 2203. - Permit procedures.
- Section 2204. - Signs exempt from permit.
- Section 2205. - Prohibited signs.
- Section 2206. - Nonconforming signs.
- Section 2207. - Temporary signs and banners.
- Section 2208. - Changeable copy signs and electronic message center signs.
- Section 2209. - Illuminated signs.
- Section 2210. - Reflective surfaces.
- Section 2211. - Location, number and dimension of permitted signs.
- Section 2212. - Billboards.
- Section 2213. - Design, construction, and maintenance.
- Section 2214. - Violations and enforcement; penalties and remedies.
- Section 2215. - Miscellaneous provisions.
ARTICLE 23
- OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF BULLOCH COUNTY, GEORGIA OFFICIAL MAP
Sections
- Section 2301.- Official Zoning Map, Bulloch County, Georgia (official map).
- Section 2302. - Identification, alteration, and replacement of the official map.
- Section 2303. - Reserved.
- Section 2304. - Reserved.
- Section 2305. - Zoning district boundaries.
- Section 2306. - Relationship between official map and the county comprehensive plan.
ARTICLE 26
- STANDARDS FOR TOWERS AND WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES14
Sections
- Section 2601.- Purposes.
- Section 2602. - Definitions.
- Section 2603. - Co-location or location on alternative tower structure required; exception.
- Section 2604. - Zoning districts.
- Section 2605. - Development standards.
- Section 2606. - Application procedures.
- Section 2607. - Public safety telecommunications.
- Section 2608. - Annual reports.
- Section 2609. - Abandoned towers.
- Section 2610. - Penalties for violation.
- Section 2611. - Miscellaneous provisions.
- Section 2612. - Applicability.
- Section 2613. - Global positioning satellite service tower for agricultural purposes.