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Sandersville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE B

- ZONING DISTRICTS

Sec. 8-4-41 - Establishment of districts.

In order that the purposes of this chapter may be accomplished, there are hereby established within the City the zoning districts identified as follows:

(1)

A-1 agricultural district. The purpose of these districts is to provide single-family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of three (3) acres, said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development, and also permitting rural agricultural uses.

(2)

R-1 single-family residential district. The purpose of this district is to provide single-family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of twelve thousand (12,000) square feet, said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development and excessive density and from the encroachment of those uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

(3)

R-2 single-family residential district. The purpose of this district is to provide single-family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of eight thousand (8,000) square feet, said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development and excessive density and from the encroachment of those uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

(4)

R-3 multi-family residential district. The purpose of this district is to provide orderly development of high density residential areas for one-, two- and multi-family dwellings, said areas being protected from the encroachment of those uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment.

(5)

R-4 manufactured home community district. The purpose of this district is to provide areas within the City exclusively for manufactured home communities, manufactured homes and mobile homes, and for buildings directly related to the operation of the manufactured home community. Manufactured home communities shall have a minimum of three (3) acres with manufactured home spaces of at least four thousand (4,000) square feet each.

(6)

C-1 central business district. The purpose of this district shall be to enhance and protect shopping facilities in the central business district of the City.

(7)

C-2 general commercial district. The purpose of the general commercial district is to provide for those business activities which are larger users of space than commercial uses serving the central commercial district and to provide for those business activities which cater to the needs of individual neighborhoods, and highway business areas.

(8)

I-1 light industrial district. The purpose of this district shall be to provide and protect areas for those industrial uses which do not create excessive noise, odor, smoke, dust, and which do not possess other objectionable characteristics which might be detrimental to surrounding neighborhoods, or to the other uses permitted in the district.

(9)

I-2 heavy industrial district. The purpose of the heavy industrial district is to provide a location for those industrial operations and processes which are not considered nuisances but which have objectionable characteristics that are not injurious to the health, safety and general welfare of the public.

(10)

F-H flood hazard district. The purpose of the flood hazard district is to identify areas of the City that are defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as being subject to periodic flooding and to limit development to uses that will be least damaged by flooding.

(11)

I-O institutional/office district. This district is intended to encourage development of suitable business and professional enterprises of a character and density deemed compatible with the general area in which it is located. It is restricted to professional and business offices and for retail uses in conjunction with any normally appurtenant institutional/office uses.

(Ord. No. 2019-01, 4/15/19)

Sec. 8-4-42 - Zoning map.

(a)

The boundaries of each district are shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map of Sandersville, Georgia," dated February 2, 1981, or subsequent revisions, and certified by the Mayor of Sandersville. Said map and all explanatory matter thereon accompanies and is hereby made a part of this chapter.

(b)

An accurate copy of the "Zoning Map of Sandersville, Georgia" shall be on file in the office of the zoning administrator at all times. Said map shall accurately show all map amendments made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and the date when said amendments became effective. It shall be the duty of the zoning administrator to see to it that the "Zoning Map of Sandersville, Georgia" displayed in his office is kept up to date and accurately shows all amendments approved by the Mayor and Council.

(Ord. No. 2019-01, 4/15/19)

Sec. 8-4-43 - Interpretation of zoning district boundaries.

When uncertainty exists with respect to the location of boundaries of any zoning district as shown on the "Zoning Map of Sandersville, Georgia," the following rules shall apply:

(1)

Where district boundaries are depicted as approximately following the center lines of streets or highways, center lines of streams or drainage ways, street lines, or highway right-of-way lines, such center lines, street lines, or highway right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

(2)

Where district boundaries are so depicted that they approximately follow the lot lines, such lots shall be construed to be said boundaries.

(3)

Where district boundaries are so depicted that they are approximately parallel to the center lines of streets, highways, or railroads, or rights-of-way of same, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated in the zoning map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on said zoning map.

(4)

Where a district boundary line, as appears on the zoning map, divides a lot in single ownership at the time of enactment of this chapter, the district requirements for the least restricted portion of such lot shall be deemed to apply to the whole thereof, provided that such extension shall not include any part of such a lot more than thirty-five (35) feet beyond the district boundary lines.

(Ord. No. 2019-01, 4/15/19)

Sec. 8-4-44 - Table of permitted uses.

Within the various zoning districts as indicated on the "Zoning Map of Sandersville, Georgia" no building, structure or land shall be constructed, erected, altered or used except as indicated in the following schedules:

(1)

Uses permitted by right. Uses permitted as a matter of right are indicated on the following schedule by the letter "X" in the appropriate column.

(2)

Special exceptions. Uses permitted only after special review and approval of the Mayor and Council (see Section 8-4-5(b)) are indicated on the following schedule by the letter "O" in the appropriate column.

Uses
A-1 R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 C-1 C-2 I-1 I-2 I-O
1. Accessory building or uses (See §§ 8-4-5(b), 8-4-15, see Exception § 8-4-19) X X X X X X X X X X
2. Acid storage and manufacturing X X
3. Advertising display mfg., sales O X O
4. Ambulance service or rescue squad X X
5. Amusement park X
6. Amusement or recreational activities (commercial), carried on outside a building such as a golf course, softball field, and uses of similar nature O O O O O X O O
7. Amusement or recreational activities (commercial), carried on wholly within a building, such as cinema, theater, auditorium and uses of a similar nature X X
8. Animal hospital, commercial kennels, veterinary clinic or animal boarding place, located at least 300' from the nearest residential district X
9. Antique shop (See § 8-4-51) X X X
10. Appliance stores X X
11. Armories, for meetings and training of military organizations X
12. Art studio (See § 8-4-51) X X X
13. Athletic club X X O
14. Athletic field, public X X X
15. Auditorium, assembly hall (commercial, see No. 7) X X O
15a. Automobile washateria X X X X
16. Automobile parking lot or parking garage (commercial) X X
17. Auto-truck sales, repair parts X X
18. Auto body repair shop X X
19. Bait sales X X O
20. Baked goods (commercial) X X
21. Banks, financial institutions X X O
22. Bar, cocktail lounge, tavern X X
23. Barber shop (See § 8-4-51) X X X
24. Barns, silos and farm buildings X
25. Beauty shop (See § 8-4-51) X X X
26. Beer and wine X X
27. Boarding house X X
28. Bottle gas, bulk storage and distribution X X
29. Bottling and canning plant X X
30. Bowling alley X X X
31. Broadcasting studio (radio, TV) O O O X X X X X
32. Builders equipment, material storage X X X X
33. Bus terminal, passenger X X
33a. Bed and Breakfast X X X X X
34. Business schools X X X
35. Cafe, restaurant, supper club X X X
36. Campground, private-public O X X
37. Canning plant X
38. Carnival, rodeo, horse show, or athletic event, tent revival, community fair or other event of interest to the public; not to exceed 30 days X X X X
39. Carpet and rug sales, storage X X
40. Cemetery O O O O
41. Church or other place of worship O O O O O O O O
42. Clinic, public-private O O X X X
43. Clothing and dry goods stores X X
44. Clubs or lodges, private O O O X X
45. Community center O O O X X O
46. Contractor equipment, material storage X X X X
47. Cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, manufacturing X
48. Curio and souvenir shop X X X
49. Dance school or studio X X O
50. Department store X X
51. Disposal plant, sewage X
52. Drive-in restaurant X X
53. Drive-in theater X
54. Driving range, golf X
55. Drug stores X X O
56. Dry cleaning plant, pick-up station X X
57. Dwelling, single-family X X X X X O
58. Dwelling, two-family (duplex) O O X
59. Dwelling, multi-family, group X O
60. Electric, power yards, substation O O O O O O O X
61. Electrical repair (commercial) X X
62. Experimental laboratory X X X
63. Fabrication shop, wood and fabric X X X X
64. Farm equipment, sales and service X X
65. Farmers market X
66. Farmlands (except livestock) X
67. Feed, grain or fertilizer wholesaling and storage X X
68. Feed, seed and insecticides and fertilizer retail sales X X
69. Fire station O O O O O O O O O
70. Fish-meat; wholesale, cure, storing X X O
71. Florist, greenhouse, nursery; retail and wholesale X X
72. Food manufacturing X
73. Food stores, including retail bakeries, meat markets, dairy products, confectioner shops, and stores of similar nature X X
74. Fraternities and sororities X
74a. Florist X X X
75. Freezer locker service X X
76. Freight express office X X
77. Frozen food, cold storage locker X X
78. Funeral home O O X X O
79. Furniture upholstery shop X X
80. Furniture store, retail X X
81. Garage apartment X
82. Garage, public storage X X
83. Gasoline petroleum bulk plant (storage and refining) X X
84. Gasoline, service station X X
85. Glass sales and storage X X
86. Golf course O X
87. Go-kart, motorbike track X
88. Grocery; fruit or vegetable market X X
89. Group development projects (See § 8-4-52) X
90. Hardware, appliance store or electrical X X
91. Historic site O O O O O O O O O O
92. Home-elderly, children, nursing X X X X X
93. Home furnishings and hardware X X
94. Home occupation (See § 8-4-51) O O O O O O
95. Hospital and care homes X X X X
96. Hotel X X
97. Housing, multi-family project (See § 8-4-52) X
98. Ice, mfg., sales X X X
99. Imported goods, warehouse sales X X
100. Impounds-settling ponds O O O O O O X
101. Jewelry store X X X
102. Junk and salvage yard X
103. Junk yard or auto graveyard, provided that:
(i) Said use shall not be located within 800 of a major or secondary street
(ii) If within 500 of a public right-of-way, an 8 high solid fence or wall shall be erected to screen the storage yard from view from the street 		X
104. Kennel X X
105. Laboratory, research-commercial X X X
106. Launderette or washateria (self-service laundries) X X
107. Library O O X X O
108. Liquor store X X
109. Locksmith, gunsmith X X X
110. Lumber yard, coal storage yards, or other storage not specifically listed in this column O X X
111. Machine shop, metal fabrication X X X
112. Manufacturing, heavy X
113. Manufacturing, light X
114. Medical, dental or similar clinic (See §§ 8-4-52, 8-4-55) X X X
115. Mining, quarry-equipment storage X X
115a. Manufactured home O O O O X O
116. Mobile home (not permitted)
117. Reserved
118. Mobile office, temporary (in conjunction with construction of a building) on a lot where construction is taking place or on adjacent lots, such temporary uses to be terminated upon completion of construction X X X X X X X X X X
119. Manufactured home community and recreational vehicle parks X
120. Mobile and modular home sales lot X X
121. Motel X X
122. Museum, historical display X X X X X X X X X X
123. Music teaching studio (See § 8-4-51) X X O
124. Newspaper or magazine publishing and distribution X X
125. Nursery schools, kindergarten provided that:
(i) Off-street loading and unloading spaces are supplied;
(ii) At least 100 of outdoor area is supplied for each child accommodated; and
(iii) The entire play area is enclosed by a fence having a minimum height of at least four feet and constructed in such a manner that maximum safety to the children is ensured. 		O X X X X X
126. Office equipment sales and service X X X
127. Parking lot, commercial X X
128. Park and playground O O O O O O O O
129. Paving, temporary batch plant X X
130. Pawn shops X X
131. Personal service shop, such as barber shops, beauty shops, shoe repair, laundry pickup stations, watch repair and services of a similar nature (See § 8-4-51) X X X
132. Pest control X X
133. Photography studio (See § 8-4-51) X X X
134. Pipelines O O O O O O O O X O
135. Police, sheriff, highway patrol office X X O
136. Printing, photo-engraving, book binding, blueprinting X X X
137. Professional offices (See §§ 8-4-51, 8-4-55) O O X X X X X
138. Public building X X
139. Public owned recreation centers, Y.M.C.A., and institutions of a similar nature O O X X
140. Public utilities plant and public services structures X X
141. Radio and TV towers X X X X
142. Radio-TV transmit; station studio X X O O
143. Railroad spur tracks O O X X
144. Railroad passenger station X X
145. Railroad freight station X X
146. Real estate office (See §§ 8-4-51, 8-4-55) O O X X X
147. Restaurant, supper club, cafe and food catering service X X
148. Retail auto parts and tire stores X X
149. Retail candy and ice cream stores X X X
150. Retail store X X
151. Rooming house X O
151a. Satellite TV receiving disk system (See § 8-4-14) X X X X X X X X X
152. Sawmill, lumber yard X
153. Schools, elementary, junior and senior high, public or private O O O O O O
154. School, commercial O O O O O O
155. Septic tank, manufacturing X X
156. Service station, automobile, provided that major auto repair shall not be permitted, nor shall there be outside storage of materials or equipment other than merchandise offered for sale X X
157. Sheet metal products X X X
158. Shell homes display yards X X
159. Signs (See §§ 8-4-5(b), 8-4-51(3)) X X X X X X X X X O
160. Silos X X
161. Skating rink, roller and ice X X
162. Small motor repair shops X X X X
163. Specialty shops X X X
164. Storage warehouse X X X X
165. Swimming pool, private (See §§ 8-4-14, 8-4-31(b)) X X X X X O
166. Swimming pool, public O O O
167. Tailor (See § 8-4-51) X X X
168. Tanks, for fuel, oil or other non-flammable element X X
169. Taxi station X X
170. Taxidermist X X X
171. Telephone, tower, substation X X X
172. Temporary buildings for storage of materials (in conjunction with construction is taking place or on adjacent lots, such temporary uses to be terminated upon completion of construction X X X X X X X X X X
173. Temporary structures (tents, canopies) X X X X X
174. Theater X X X
175. Tourist home X X
176. Travel trailer park X
177. Truck terminal X X
178. Upholstery shop (See § 8-4-51) X X X O
179. Vending machine distributor X X X
180. Warehouse, not related to sales on the premises X X X
181. Welding shop X X X

 

(Ord. No. 2019-01, 4/15/19)

Sec. 8-4-45 - Development standards.

Within the various zoning districts as indicated on the "Zoning Map of Sandersville, Georgia," no building or structure shall be constructed or erected except as indicated in the schedule below.

Zoning District A-1 R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 C-1 C-2 I-1 I-2 O-I
Minimum conditioned square footage of dwelling units 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1 1,000 — — — — —
Minimum lot area for:
Single-family dwelling units (sq. ft.) 3 acres 12,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 — — — — —
Multi-family, each (sq. ft.) 4,000
Minimum lot width at building line 200 100 70 60 40 24 50 50 50 50
Minimum front yard setback from center line (feet)
Major streets 75 75 75 65 75 10' from curb 75 75 75 75
All other streets 60 60 60 50 60 10' from curb 60 50 50 60
Minimum rear yard depth (feet) 20 20 20 20 20 20' where
abutting
resident
district 		30 where abutting resi-
dent district 		100 where abutting resi-
dent district 		5
Storage bldgs. only 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 20' when abutting resi-
dent district
Minimum side yard width (feet), each side 20 20 10 10 10 5' where
abutting
a resident
district 		30' where abutting resi-
dent district 		100' where abutting resi-
dent district 		10
Maximum building height (feet) 25 35 35 50 15 35 35 50 50 35

 

1 1,200 applies to single-family and two-family structures; for multi-family structures, see Section 8-4-46.

(Ord. No. 2019-01, 4/15/19; Ord. No. 2022-03, § 1(A), 7/5/22)

Sec. 8-4-46 - Multi-family dwellings (R-3).

(a)

Scope and intent. Regulations set forth in this section apply to multi-family dwellings in the R-3 zoning district and are intended to:

(1)

Encourage attractive apartment, condominium, and/or townhome development;

(2)

Encourage the provision of recreation areas and facilities;

(3)

Be located in areas of intense development near or adjacent to downtown, retail shopping, arterial and major collector streets;

(4)

Be located so as to provide a transition between medium to high density residential areas and nonresidential areas; and

(5)

Address the growing need for housing in the City.

(b)

Use regulations. Within the R-3 district, land and structures shall be used in accordance with the Table of Permitted Uses. Any use not specifically designated as a permitted use in this section shall be prohibited. Multi-family developments shall comply with these requirements.

(c)

Development standards.

(1)

Minimum width for individual unity lots in multifamily developments: twenty (20) feet (throughout depth from front to rear lot line).

(2)

Minimum heated floor area per unit:

a.

Three-bedroom and duplex dwellings: one thousand two hundred (1200) square feet.

b.

Two-bedroom: one thousand (1000) square feet.

c.

Single-bedroom: seven hundred fifty (750) square feet.

(3)

Minimum building separation. The minimum distances between buildings shall be twenty (20) feet.

(4)

Minimum buffer requirements. In addition to required setbacks, a twenty-five-foot wide buffer shall be required along all property lines which abut a single-family district or use to provide a visual screen and a ten-foot buffer adjacent to all other districts other than R-3.

(5)

Minimum open space requirements. Fifteen (15) percent of gross acreage shall be set aside as open space, and provisions shall be made for common areas within said open space for the use of residents of the development. Streets, parking areas, required yards, and required buffer zones shall not be counted as part of the minimum open space. Such area may serve as passive areas and/or developed for recreational purposes such as pools, playground equipment, walking trails, or basketball and tennis courts.

(6)

Gable or hip roofs. Gable or hip roofs shall have a minimum roof pitch of 6:12. Both gable and hip roofs shall provide overhanging eaves on all sides that extend a minimum of one (1) foot beyond the building wall.

(7)

Principal structures within the R-3 district shall have a minimum of fifty (50) percent finish product on the exterior walls of the buildings consisting of brick, stone, hard-coat stucco, or fiber cement siding.

(8)

Development application requirements. Application for rezoning to the R-3 zoning district for multi-family development shall require submission of a site plan and elevations showing compliance with the requirements of this ordinance, and shall show parking, landscaping and amenities, as well as an accompanying letter from the issuing water/sewer authority stating there is adequate water/sewer availability for the proposed development.

(Ord. No. 2022-03, § 1(B), 7/5/22)