Within a single-family residential district (R-I), the following uses shall be permitted:

(1)

Residential subdivisions (single-family).

(2)

Single-family detached dwelling (excluding mobile homes, manufactured housing, tiny houses, park models, and recreational vehicles).

(3)

Churches.

(4)

Public or private schools offering general education courses. Private schools require site approval by the board of commissioners.

(5)

Park, playgrounds, museums, library and community buildings owned and operated by public agencies.

(6)

Country club or golf courses, except miniature course or practice driving range operated for commercial purposes.

(7)

Home gardens and noncommercial greenhouses shall be permitted.

(8)

Accessory uses may generally be considered as private garages, storehouses, noncommercial greenhouses, children's playhouses, summer houses, and home workshops, swimming pools, provided that auto repair facilities shall not be included if used as a business. Where the rear yard abuts upon a street, no accessory building shall be closer to the rear lot line than the required front setback for the zone.

(9)

Quasi-public service uses. Utility company facilities on premises which are necessary for the convenience and general welfare of the public, such as telephone exchanges, pump houses, transformer substations, pressure resources, cable easements, etc. Such structures shall be architecturally harmonious with the general character of the surrounding area, shall be enclosed by proper fencing, and shall be suitably landscaped.

(10)

None of the residential uses described in this section shall be used for commercial purposes.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 51; Ord. of 08-28-2018(2), 8-28-2018)

Within a two-family residential district (R-II), the following uses shall be permitted:

(1)

Any use permitted in the single-family (R-I) residential district.

(2)

Two-family dwellings (duplexes). (Not to exceed the maximum allowable building height.)

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 52)

Within a multifamily residential district (R-III), the following uses shall be permitted:

(1)

Any use permitted in the two-family district (R-II).

(2)

Multiple-family dwelling units which includes condominiums, townhouses or attached dwelling units, not to exceed the maximum allowable building height.

(3)

Roominghouses or boardinghouses accommodating more than two persons.

(4)

Bed and breakfast accommodations.

(5)

Institutions of a religious, educational, charitable or philanthropic nature, but not a penal institution.

(6)

Private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges, excepting, if any of the above should engage in a service customarily carried on as a business and affords this service to the general public, such use would not be permitted.

(7)

Mobile or manufactured homes in a mobile or manufactured home park subject to approval by the planning commission and after a public hearing by the county board of commissioners, provided that:

a.

A minimum area of five acres shall be devoted to mobile home park purposes;

b.

There shall be a lot of not less than 5,000 square feet for each mobile home space;

c.

Provisions for sewage must be through a municipal sewage system or on-site treatment facility approved by the county health department. No septic tanks will be permitted;

d.

Each mobile home shall be underpinned;

e.

Mobile homes shall be separated by at least 30 feet and shall be at least 20 feet from internal and external roadways;

f.

There shall be two parking spaces for each mobile home;

g.

The front, side and rear setback requirements shall apply to the exterior boundaries of the park;

h.

That the planning commission approve the location and design of the mobile home park. The planning commission may disapprove an application for a mobile home park provided that the park does not meet the stated requirements and/or the park will be detrimental to the neighborhood;

i.

At least 30 percent of the land be greenbelt. Roads, parking area and required setback areas are not included as greenbelt.

(8)

Accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses when located on the same lot and not involving the conduct of a business, including a storage garage on a lot occupied by a multiple dwelling or institution.

(9)

No signs exceeding 12 square feet in area will be permitted to identify R-III zone uses. Such signs shall be located not less than 15 feet from the front lot line of the property so identified.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 53)

Within a vacation cottage district (V-C), the following uses shall be permitted:

(1)

Single-family detached residences (excluding mobile, manufactured or modular homes or industrialized dwelling units).

(2)

Noncommercial greenhouses and home gardens.

(3)

Municipal, county, state and other public uses, including parks and playgrounds.

(4)

Churches.

(5)

Accessory buildings provided such shall be permitted only in a rear yard and shall not be less than ten feet from any property lines.

(6)

Static electrical transformer stations and gas regulator stations if essential for the service of the immediate area, and subject to the following conditions: such uses shall be enclosed within a woven wire fence; shall be suitably landscaped; and the storage of vehicles and equipment on the premises shall be prohibited.

(7)

Rental cabins. A minimum of one acre is required for each cabin and each cabin must have its own septic system or be connected to a municipal sewage system. (Rental cabins shall not be sold separately unless applicable zoning requirements and subdivision regulations are met.)

(8)

Short-term rental. A minimum of one acre is required for each short-term rental. However, it shall be permissible for a tract of land of less than one acre to operate as a short-term rental in vacation cottage zoning if the property seeking to be licensed as a short-term rental had a plat of survey recorded in the Office of the Rabun County Clerk of Court prior to the adoption of this amendment.

(Ord. of 8-28-2007(1), § 54; Ord. of 12-27-2022)