Savannah City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
0 General Provisions
Sections
- Sec. 1.1 Generally
- 1.1.1 Short Title
- 1.1.2 Components of this Zoning Ordinance
- 1.1.3 Authority
- 1.1.4 Purpose of this Ordinance
- 1.1.5 Jurisdiction
- 1.1.6 Relationship to the Comprehensive Plan and Other Adopted Plans
- 1.1.7 Minimum Requirements
- 1.1.8 Conflicting Provisions
- 1.1.9 Delegation of Authority
- 1.1.10 Effect of Conditions
- 1.1.11 Effective Date
- 1.1.12 Severability
- Sec. 1.2 Rules for Construction of Language
- Sec. 1.3 Zoning Map and Zoning Districts
- Sec. 1.4 Transitional Provisions
- Sec. 1.5 Commentary
- Sec. 1.6 Zoning of Property Relating to New Service Delivery
ARTICLE 2
0 Review Bodies and Administrators
Sections
- Sec. 2.1 General Provisions
- Sec. 2.2 Governing Body
- Sec. 2.3 Planning Commission
- Sec. 2.4 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Sec. 2.5 Historic Preservation Commission
- Sec. 2.6 Savannah Downtown Historic District Board of Review
- Sec. 2.7 Planning Director
- Sec. 2.8 City Manager
ARTICLE 3
0 Application and Review Procedures
Sections
- Section 3.1 Purpose
- Sec. 3.2 Public Notice
- Sec. 3.3 Development of Regional Impact
- 3.4 Comprehensive Plan Amendment
- 3.5 Rezoning (Map Amendment)
- 3.5.1 Applicability
- 3.5.2 Initiation of Rezoning
- 3.5.3 Application Procedures
- 3.5.4 Neighborhood Meeting Required
- 3.5.5 Required Public Notice
- 3.5.6 Review by the Planning Commission
- 3.5.7 Action by the Mayor and Aldermen
- 3.5.8 Review Standards for Rezoning Applications
- 3.5.9 Limitations on Rezoning Applications
- 3.5.10 Rezoning Applications Initiated by the Mayor and Aldermen
- 3.6 Rezoning (Map Amendment), Planned Development District
- 3.7 Zoning Text Amendment
- 3.8 Development Plan Review
- 3.8.1 Applicability
- 3.8.2 Development Review Process
- 3.8.3 Review Authority for Development Plans
- 3.8.4 Development Plan Review Procedures
- 3.8.5 City of Savannah Development Plan Review Process
- 3.8.6 Planning Commission Development Plan Review Process
- 3.8.7 Development Plan Revisions
- 3.8.8 Approved Development/Concept Plans
- 3.9 Traffic Impact Analysis
- 3.10 Special Use Permit
- 3.10.1 Applicability
- 3.10.2 General Provisions
- 3.10.3 Reserved
- 3.10.4 Reserved
- 3.10.5 Reserved
- 3.10.6 Review by the Planning Commission
- 3.10.7 Action by the Mayor and Aldermen
- 3.10.8 Review Criteria for Special Use Permits
- 3.10.9 Additional Conditions, Restrictions and Safeguards
- 3.10.10 Limitations on Filing of Special Use Request
- 3.10.11 Violation of a Special Use Permit
- 3.11 Temporary Use Permit
- 3.12 Special Exceptions
- 3.12.1 Purpose
- 3.12.2 Applicability
- 3.12.3 Required Public Notice
- 3.12.4 Review by the Planning Commission
- 3.12.5 Review by Historic Preservation Commission
- 3.12.6 Review by Savannah Downtown Historic District Board of Review
- 3.12.7 Review Criteria for Special Exceptions
- 3.12.8 Additional Conditions, Restrictions and Safeguards
- 3.12.9 Time Limitations for Approved Special Exceptions
- 3.12.10 Appeals
- 3.13 Home Occupation Permit
- 3.14 Wireless Communications Facilities
- 3.15 Sign Permit
- 3.16 Local Historic District Designation
- 3.17 Local Historic Property Designation
- 3.18 Certificate of Appropriateness for Local Historic Districts and Local Historic Properties
- 3.18.1 Purpose
- 3.18.2 Applicability
- 3.18.3 Exemptions
- 3.18.4 Pre-application Conference
- 3.18.5 Coordination with Development Plan Review
- 3.18.6 Required Public Hearing and Public Notice
- 3.18.7 Review by the Historic Preservation Commission
- 3.18.8 Criteria for Relocation or Demolition
- 3.18.9 Time Limitation on Approved Certificates of Appropriateness
- 3.18.10 Maintenance of Resources
- 3.18.11 Appeal
- 3.18.12 Enforcement
- 3.18.13 Violation and Penalty
- 3.19 Certificate of Appropriateness for the Savannah Downtown Historic District
- 3.19.1 Purpose
- 3.19.2 Applicability
- 3.19.3 Exemptions
- 3.19.4 Pre-application Conference
- 3.19.5 Coordination with Development Plan Review
- 3.19.6 Required Public Hearing and Public Notice
- 3.19.7 Review by the Planning Director
- 3.19.8 Review by the Historic Board of Review
- 3.19.9 Criteria for Relocation or Demolition of a Resource
- 3.19.10 Time Limitation on Certificate of Appropriateness
- 3.19.11 Maintenance of Resources
- 3.19.12 Appeals
- 3.19.13 Enforcement
- 3.19.14 Violation and Penalty
- 3.20 Proactive Preservation
- 3.21 Variances
- 3.21.1 Purpose
- 3.21.2 Applicability
- 3.21.3 Application Process
- 3.21.4 Reserved
- 3.21.5 Required Public Hearing/Public Hearing and Public Notice
- 3.21.6 Burden of Proof
- 3.21.7 Action by the Review Authority
- 3.21.8 Limitations on Power to Grant Variances
- 3.21.9 Authority to Grant Variances
- 3.21.10 Criteria for Approval
- 3.21.11 Time Limits for Variances
- 3.21.12 Circumstances which May Cause a Variance to be Revoked
- 3.21.13 Appeals
- 3.21.14 Limitations on Variance Applications
- 3.22 Written Interpretations
- 3.23 Appeals
- 3.23.1 Applicability
- 3.23.2 Application Requirements
- 3.23.3 Effect of an Appeal
- 3.23.4 Record of Decision
- 3.23.5 Public Notice Requirements
- 3.23.6 Action by the Zoning Board of Appeals
- 3.23.7 Appeal of Final Action by the Zoning Board of Appeals or the Mayor and Aldermen
- 3.23.8 Limitations on Appeals Applications
- 3.24 Relief for Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- 3.24.1 Purpose
- 3.24.2 Applicability
- 3.24.3 Types of Reviews
- 3.24.4 Reserved
- 3.24.5 Burden of Proof
- 3.24.6 Change of a Nonconforming Use
- 3.24.7 Re-establishment of a Nonconforming Use
- 3.24.8 Expansion of a Nonconforming Use
- 3.24.9 Reconstruction of a Nonconforming Structure
- 3.24.10 Public Notice Requirements
- 3.24.11 Action by the Zoning Board of Appeals
- 3.24.12 Appeals
- 3.24.13 Limitations on Nonconforming Uses and Structures Applications
ARTICLE 4
0 Measurements and Exceptions
Sections
- Sec. 4.1 Measurements of Standards
- Sec. 4.2 Visibility Triangle
- Sec. 4.3 Exceptions and Modifications
ARTICLE 5
0 Base Zoning Districts
Sections
- Sec. 5.1 Zoning District Categories
- Sec. 5.2 Reserved
- Sec. 5.3 Categorization of Uses
- Sec. 5.4 Principal Use Table
- D-C Uses
- D-CBD Uses
- D-W Uses
- D-X Uses
- OI-T Uses
- OI Uses
- OI-E Uses
- B-L Uses
- B-N Uses
- B-C Uses
- B-M Uses
- IL-R Uses
- IL-T Uses
- IL Uses
- IH Uses
- C Uses
- C-M Uses
- C-P Uses
- A-1 Uses
- RSF-E Uses
- RSF-30 Uses
- RSF-20 Uses
- RSF-10 Uses
- RSF-6 Uses
- RSF-5 Uses
- RSF-4 Uses
- TR-1 Uses
- TR-2 Uses
- TR-3 Uses
- RMF-1 Uses
- RMF-2 Uses
- RMF-3 Uses
- RMHP Uses
- TN-1 Uses
- TN-2 Uses
- TN-3 Uses
- TC-1 Uses
- TC-2 Uses
- D-R Uses
- D-N Uses
- Sec. 5.5 Conservation Districts
- 5.5.1 District Descriptions
- 5.5.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.5.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.5.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.5.5 Development Standards for Permitted Residential Uses
- 5.5.6 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.5.7 General Site Standards
- 5.5.8 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.5.9 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Conservation Districts
- Sec. 5.6 Agricultural Districts
- 5.6.1 District Descriptions
- 5.6.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.6.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.6.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.6.5 Development Standards for Permitted Residential Uses
- 5.6.6 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.6.7 General Site Standards
- 5.6.8 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.6.9 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Agricultural Districts
- Sec. 5.7 Residential Single-family Districts
- 5.7.1 District Descriptions
- 5.7.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.7.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.7.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.7.5 Development Standards for Permitted Housing Types
- 5.7.6 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.7.7 [Reserved]
- 5.7.8 General Site Standards
- 5.7.9 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.7.10 Additional Requirements Applicable to Residential Single-family Districts
- Sec. 5.8 Residential Two-family Districts
- 5.8.1 District Descriptions
- 5.8.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.8.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.8.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.8.5 Development Standards for Permitted Housing Types
- 5.8.6 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.8.7 Reserved
- 5.8.8 General Site Standards
- 5.8.9 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.8.10 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Residential Two-family District
- Sec. 5.9 Traditional Residential Districts
- 5.9.1 District Descriptions
- 5.9.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.9.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.9.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.9.5 Development Standards for Permitted Uses
- 5.9.6 [Reserved]
- 5.9.7 General Site Standards
- 5.9.8 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.9.9 Additional Requirements Applicable to Traditional Residential Districts
- Sec. 5.10 Residential Multi-family Districts
- 5.10.1 District Descriptions
- 5.10.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.10.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.10.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.10.5 Development Standards for Permitted Housing Types
- 5.10.6 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.10.7 Reserved
- 5.10.8 General Site Standards
- 5.10.9 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.10.10 Additional Requirements Applicable to Residential Multi-family Districts
- Sec. 5.11 Residential Manufactured Home Park Districts
- 5.11.1 District Description
- 5.11.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.11.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.11.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.11.5 Classification of Manufactured Homes
- 5.11.6 Development Standards for Permitted Housing Types
- 5.11.7 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.11.8 Open Space
- 5.11.9 General Site Standards
- 5.11.10 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.11.11 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Residential Manufactured Home Park District
- Sec. 5.12 Traditional Neighborhood Districts
- 5.12.1 District Descriptions
- 5.12.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.12.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.12.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.12.5 Development Standards for Permitted Uses
- 5.12.6 General Site Standards
- 5.12.7 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.12.8 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Traditional Neighborhood Districts
- Sec. 5.13 Traditional Commercial Districts
- 5.13.1 District Descriptions
- 5.13.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.13.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.13.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.13.5 Development Standards for Permitted Uses
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- 5.13.7 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.13.8 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Traditional Commercial Districts
- Sec. 5.14 Downtown Districts
- 5.14.1 District Descriptions
- 5.14.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.14.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.14.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.14.5 Development Standards for Permitted Uses
- 5.14.6 General Site Standards
- 5.14.7 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.14.8 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Downtown Districts
- Sec. 5.15 Office and Institutional Districts
- 5.15.1 District Descriptions
- 5.15.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.15.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.15.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.15.5 Development Standards for Permitted Residential Uses
- 5.15.6 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.15.7 General Site Standards
- 5.15.8 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.15.9 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Office and Institutional Districts
- Sec. 5.16 Business Districts
- 5.16.1 District Descriptions
- 5.16.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.16.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.16.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.16.5 Development Standards for Permitted Residential Uses
- 5.16.6 Development Standards for Permitted Nonresidential Uses
- 5.16.7 General Site Standards
- 5.16.8 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.16.9 Additional Requirements Applicable to the Business Districts
- Sec. 5.17 Industrial Districts
- 5.17.1 District Descriptions
- 5.17.2 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Consistency
- 5.17.3 Permitted Uses
- 5.17.4 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 5.17.5 Development Standards for Permitted Uses
- 5.17.6 Reserved
- 5.17.7 General Site Standards
- 5.17.8 Natural Resource Standards
- 5.17.9 Additional Requirements Applicable to Industrial Districts
ARTICLE 6
0 Special Purpose Districts
Sections
- Sec. 6.1 Planned Development District
- 6.1.1 District Description
- 6.1.2 Applicability
- 6.1.3 Initiation of a Rezoning
- 6.1.4 Neighborhood Meeting Requirement
- 6.1.5 Required Public Notice
- 6.1.6 Types of Planned Developments
- 6.1.7 General Master Plan and Final Master Plan
- 6.1.8 Permitted Uses
- 6.1.9 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 6.1.10 Large-Scale Planned Development (L-PD) Procedures
- 6.1.11 Small-Scale Planned Development (S-PD) Procedures
- 6.1.12 Review Standards for Planned Development Applications
- 6.1.13 Conditions for Approval
- 6.1.14 Limitations on Rezoning Applications
- 6.1.15 Development Standards
- 6.1.16 Waiver or Modification of Certain Development Standards
- 6.1.17 Items to be Provided on General Master Plan
- 6.1.18 Items to be Provided on Final Master Plan
- 6.1.19 Construction Plan Required
- 6.1.20 Phased Development
- 6.1.21 Conditions in the Master Plan
- 6.1.22 Amendments to an Approved Master Plan
- 6.1.23 Amendments to Combined General/Final Master Plans (S-PD)
- 6.1.24 Zoning Map Designation for Planned Development
- 6.1.25 Location of Planned Development Master Plans
- Sec. 6.2 Military Installation District
ARTICLE 7
0 Overlay Districts
Sections
- Sec. 7.1 Generally
- Sec. 7.2 Airport, Airfield Overlay District
- Sec. 7.3 Manufactured Home Overlay District
- Sec. 7.4 Canal District - Reserved
- Sec. 7.5 Short-term Vacation Rental Overlay District
- Sec. 7.6 Affordable Housing Overlay District
- Sec. 7.7 Historic Property Overlay District
- Sec. 7.8 Savannah Downtown Historic Overlay District
- 7.8.1 Purpose
- 7.8.2 District Boundaries
- 7.8.3 Relationship to Zoning Districts
- 7.8.4 Classification of Resources
- 7.8.5 Period of Significance
- 7.8.6 Certificate of Appropriateness Required
- 7.8.7 Criteria for a Certificate of Appropriateness
- 7.8.8 Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation
- 7.8.9 Visual Compatibility Criteria
- 7.8.10 Savannah Downtown Historic District Design Standards
- 7.8.11 Character Areas
- 7.8.12 Subdivision and Recombination Standards
- 7.8.13 Signs
- 7.8.14 Maintenance of Contributing Resources
- Sec. 7.9 Victorian Historic Overlay District
- 7.9.1 Purpose
- 7.9.2 District Boundaries
- 7.9.3 Relationship to Zoning Districts
- 7.9.4 Contributing Resources Map
- 7.9.5 Period of Significance
- 7.9.6 Certificate of Appropriateness Required
- 7.9.7 Criteria for a Certificate of Appropriateness
- 7.9.8 Secretary of Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation
- 7.9.9 Visual Compatibility Criteria
- 7.9.10 Victorian Historic District Design Standards
- 7.9.11 Monumental Buildings
- 7.9.12 Signs
- 7.9.13 Maintenance of Contributing Resources
- 7.9.14 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard-Montgomery Street Redevelopment Plan
- Sec. 7.10 Cuyler-Brownville Historic Overlay District
- 7.10.1 Purpose
- 7.10.2 District Boundaries
- 7.10.3 Relationship to Zoning Districts
- 7.10.4 Contributing Resources Map
- 7.10.5 Period of Significance
- 7.10.6 Certificate of Appropriateness Required
- 7.10.7 Criteria for a Certificate of Appropriateness
- 7.10.8 Secretary of Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation
- 7.10.9 Visual Compatibility Criteria
- 7.10.10 Cuyler-Brownville Historic District Design Standards
- 7.10.11 Monumental Buildings
- 7.10.12 Signs
- 7.10.13 Maintenance of Contributing Resources
- 7.10.14 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard-Montgomery Street Redevelopment Plan
- Sec. 7.11 Streetcar Historic Overlay District
- 7.11.1 Purpose
- 7.11.2 District Boundaries
- 7.11.3 Relationship to Zoning Districts
- 7.11.4 Classification of Resources
- 7.11.5 Period of Significance
- 7.11.6 Certificate of Appropriateness Required
- 7.11.7 Criteria for a Certificate of Appropriateness
- 7.11.8 Secretary of Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation
- 7.11.9 Visual Compatibility Criteria
- 7.11.10 Streetcar Historic District Design Standards
- 7.11.11 Monumental Buildings
- 7.11.12 Signs
- 7.11.13 Maintenance of Contributing Resources
- 7.11.14 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard-Montgomery Street Redevelopment Plan
- Sec. 7.12 West River Street Area Overlay
- Sec. 7.13 Hotel Development Overlay District
- Sec. 7.14 Alcohol Density Overlay District
- Sec. 7.15 Conservation Overlay District
ARTICLE 8
0 Use Standards
Sections
- Sec. 8.1 Residential Use Standards for Limited and Special Uses
- Sec. 8.2 Agriculture and Resource Extraction Use Standards for Limited and Special Uses
- Sec. 8.3 Civic Use Standards for Limited and Special Uses
- 8.3.1 Cemetery (Mausoleum, Columbarium, Memorial Park)
- 8.3.2 Cemetery, Private Family
- 8.3.3 Cemetery, Pet
- 8.3.4 Wildlife Refuge
- 8.3.5 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Substation/Ambulance Service
- 8.3.6 Shelter, emergency
- 8.3.7 Shelter, transitional
- 8.3.8 Soup Kitchen
- 8.3.9 Child/Adult Day Care Home
- 8.3.10 Child/Adult Day Care Center
- 8.3.11 Child/Adult Care Home, 24 hour
- 8.3.12 Child/Adult Care Center, 24 hour
- 8.3.13 College, University, Seminary; Educational building used by a college, university or seminary
- 8.3.14 School, public or private (K-12)
- 8.3.15 Place of Worship
- 8.3.16 Private Club, Lodge
- 8.3.17 All Detention and Correctional Facilities except Correctional Transition Facility
- 8.3.18 Correctional Transition Facility
- 8.3.19 Personal Care Homes
- 8.3.20 Substance Recovery Facilities
- Sec. 8.4 Commercial Use Standards for Limited and Special Uses
- 8.4.1 Office, general
- 8.4.2 Day Labor Employment Center
- 8.4.3 Office, Medical
- 8.4.4 Office, Utility/Contractor
- 8.4.5 Studio/Multimedia Production Facility
- 8.4.6 Indoor Firearm Range
- 8.4.7 Teen Club
- 8.4.8 Campground, Recreational Vehicle Park
- 8.4.9 Drive-in Theater
- 8.4.10 Outdoor Amusement
- 8.4.11 Outdoor Firearm Range
- 8.4.12 Racetrack / Drag Strip / Motocross Facility
- 8.4.13 Stadium or Outdoor Arena; Commercial Amphitheater; Outdoor Sports Facility or complex
- 8.4.14 Convenience Store with or without Fuel/Gas Sales; Fuel/Gas Station
- 8.4.15 Flea Market; Farmer’s Market; Open- Air Market
- 8.4.16 Food-oriented Retail
- 8.4.17 Manufactured/Modular Home
- 8.4.18 Outdoor Sales
- 8.4.19 Reserved
- 8.4.20 Pawnshop
- 8.4.21 Pharmacy
- 8.4.22 Garden Center
- 8.4.23 Warehouse or Office Showroom/Flex Space
- 8.4.24 Animal Services, Indoor
- 8.4.25 Animal Services, Outdoor
- 8.4.26 Check Cashing, Title Pawn
- 8.4.27 Crematorium
- 8.4.28 Personal Service Shop
- 8.4.29 Self-service Storage Facility
- 8.4.30 Bar, Tavern
- 8.4.31 Nightclub
- 8.4.32 Restaurant
- 8.4.33 Bed and Breakfast Homestay
- 8.4.34 Bed and Breakfast
- 8.4.35 Inn
- 8.4.36 Reserved
- 8.4.37 Short-term Vacation Rental
- 8.4.38 Heavy Equipment/Heavy Vehicle Sales, Rentals and Leasing
- 8.4.39 Vehicle Sales, Rentals and Leasing
- 8.4.40 Moped/motor scooter sales, rentals and leasing
- 8.4.41 Heavy equipment/Heavy vehicle service
- 8.4.42 Vehicle Service, minor
- 8.4.43 Vehicle Service, major
- 8.4.44 Vehicle Towing and Impound Facility
- 8.4.45 Vehicle Wash, Full or Self-service
- 8.4.46 Watercraft Sales, Repair and Services
- 8.4.47 Adult-Oriented Business
- 8.4.48 Boat Yard
- 8.4.49 Consumer Fireworks Retail Sales Facility
- 8.4.50 Food Truck Court
- 8.4.51 Pharmacy for Medical Cannabis Dispensary or Medical Marijuana Dispensary
- 8.4.52 Indoor Amusement
- 8.4.53 Indoor Sports Facility
- 8.4.54 Theatre/Cinema/Performing Arts
- Sec. 8.5 Industrial Use Standards for Limited and Special Uses
- 8.5.1 Container Storage Yard
- 8.5.2 Outdoor Storage Yard
- 8.5.3 Salvage Yard; Recycling Facility
- 8.5.4 Industry, Manufacturing and Processing (Artisan/Craft)
- 8.5.5 Industry, Manufacturing and Processing (Limited/Light)
- 8.5.6 Industry, Manufacturing and Processing (General)
- 8.5.7 Industry, Manufacturing and Processing (Intensive)
- 8.5.8 Research, Testing and Development Laboratory
- 8.5.9 Solid Waste and Industrial Landfill Facility
- 8.5.10 Mulch or Compost Processing Facility
- 8.5.11 Recycling Collection Facility
- 8.5.12 Waste Incinerator
- 8.5.13 Solid Waste Transfer Station
- Sec. 8.6 Transportation, Communication and Utilities Use Standards for Limited and Special Uses
- Sec. 8.7 Accessory Structures and Uses
- 8.7.1 Purpose
- 8.7.2 Generally
- 8.7.3 Accessory Structures
- 8.7.4 Accessory Dwelling Units (not including Caretaker’s Dwelling Unit)
- 8.7.5 Caretaker Dwelling Unit (does not include Accessory Dwelling Unit)
- 8.7.6 Residential Amenity Area, Clubhouse
- 8.7.7 Employee and Guest Services
- 8.7.8 Flagpoles, Vertical and Mast Arm
- 8.7.9 Outdoor Storage Units and Freezers
- 8.7.10 Helipads
- 8.7.11 Home Occupations
- 8.7.12 Outdoor Display Areas
- 8.7.13 Accessory Uses for Places of Worship
- 8.7.14 Accessory Uses at Public or Private Schools (K thru 12)
- 8.7.15 College, University, Seminary
- 8.7.16 Outdoor Storage of Personal Recreational Vehicles, Watercraft and Trailers
- 8.7.17 Recycling and Collection Units (Outdoor - Temporary or Permanent)
- 8.7.18 Satellite Dish
- 8.7.19 Solar Energy Systems
- 8.7.20 Reserved
- 8.7.21 Vehicle Sales
- 8.7.22 Outdoor Vending Machines, Freestanding Automatic Teller Machines (Less than 25 square feet)
- 8.7.23 Outdoor Vending Unit (25 square feet or greater)
- 8.7.24 Accessory Alcohol Sales
- Sec. 8.8 Temporary Uses
- Sec. 8.9 Wireless Communications Facilities
- 8.9.1 Purpose
- 8.9.2 Applicability and Exemptions
- 8.9.3 Wireless Communications Facilities Master Plan
- 8.9.4 Submittal Requirements
- 8.9.5 Additional Standards
- 8.9.6 Modifications
- 8.9.7 Maintenance
- 8.9.8 Abandonment and Discontinuation of Use
- 8.9.9 Reconstruction or Replacement of Existing Antenna Support Structures
- 8.9.10 Review Procedures
- 8.9.11
- 8.9.12 Review Responsibility
- 8.9.13 Notification
- 8.9.14 Supplemental Review
- 8.9.15 Appeals
- Sec. 8.10 Cluster Development Standards
ARTICLE 9
0 General Site Standards
Sections
- Sec. 9.1 Generally
- Sec. 9.2 Access Management and Connectivity
- 9.2.1 Purpose
- 9.2.2 Supplemental Standards
- 9.2.3 Roadway Classifications
- 9.2.4 Waivers and Modifications
- 9.2.5 Driveway Connections
- 9.2.6 Developments with Outparcels
- 9.2.7 Connectivity
- 9.2.8 Controlled Access Developments
- 9.2.9 Reserved
- 9.2.10 Change of Driveway Location
- 9.2.11 Vehicular Backing into Streets
- 9.2.12 Blocking Vehicular Access, Fire Lanes and Required Parking Areas
- 9.2.13 Reserved
- 9.2.14 Pedestrian Circulation and Access
- 9.2.15 Connectivity to Public Bikeway and Pedestrian Facilities
- Sec. 9.3 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- 9.3.1 Purpose
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- 9.3.3 General
- 9.3.4 Off-Street Parking Requirements
- 9.3.5 Design Standards
- 9.3.6 Downtown Savannah Parking District
- 9.3.7 Victorian and Streetcar Parking District
- 9.3.8 Alternative Parking Plan
- 9.3.9 Off-Street Loading Requirements
- 9.3.10 Vehicle Stacking Standards
- 9.3.11 Nonconformities
- 9.3.12 Reserved
- Sec. 9.4 Reserved
- Sec. 9.5 Screening and Buffers
- Sec. 9.6 Fences and Walls
- Sec. 9.7 Principal Use Outdoor Storage Areas
- Sec. 9.8 Lighting
- Sec. 9.9 Signs
- 9.9.1 Purpose
- 9.9.2 Applicability
- 9.9.3 General
- 9.9.4 Street Type Map for Building and Ground Signs
- 9.9.5 Sign Calculation Standards
- 9.9.6 Sign Illumination
- 9.9.7 Prohibited Locations
- 9.9.8 Prohibited Signs
- 9.9.9 Signs Allowed by District
- 9.9.10 Signs Allowed Without a Permit
- 9.9.11 Signs Requiring Permits
- 9.9.12 Maximum Sign Height
- 9.9.13 Maximum Sign Area
- 9.9.14 Special Public Signs
- 9.9.15 Billboards
- 9.9.16 Bus Stop Bench Signs
- 9.9.17 Special Sign Districts
- 9.9.18 Nonconforming Signs
- Sec. 9.10 Reserved
ARTICLE 10
0 Natural Resource Standards
Sections
- Sec. 10.1 Generally
- Sec. 10.2 Protected River Corridor Buffer
- Sec. 10.3 Groundwater Recharge Area
- Sec. 10.4 Wetlands Assessment
- Sec. 10.5 Wetland and Marsh Buffers
ARTICLE 11
0 Nonconformities
Sections
- Sec. 11.1 Generally
- Sec. 11.2 Intent
- Sec. 11.3 General Standards
- Sec. 11.4 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- Sec. 11.5 Nonconforming Lots of Record
- Sec. 11.6 Nonconforming Signs
- Sec. 11.7 Nonconforming Parking Areas
- Sec. 11.8 Nonconforming Development Features
ARTICLE 12
0 Violations, Penalties and Enforcement
Sections
- Sec. 12.1 Generally
- Sec. 12.2 Responsibility for Enforcement
- Sec. 12.3 Certificates, Entitlements, Permits, Licenses and Other Authorizations
- Sec. 12.4 Responsibility for Correcting Violations
- Sec. 12.5 Violations
- Sec. 12.6 Enforcement Powers and Procedures
- Sec. 12.7 Remedies are Cumulative
- Sec. 12.8 Enforcement, Penalties and Remedies
- Sec. 12.9 Termination of Permit or Certificate by Passage of Time.
- Sec. 12.10 Certificate of Occupancy or Completion
ARTICLE 13
0 Abbreviations and Definitions
Sections
- Sec. 13.1 Abbreviations
- Sec. 13.2 Defined Terms, General
- A
- Accessory Feature
- Accessory Structure:
- Accessory Use
- Adjoin
- Adult Care
- Adult-Oriented Business:
- Agriculture, general
- Agriculture, personal:
- Agriculture, restricted
- Animal Services, Indoor
- Animal Services, Outdoor
- Antenna
- Apartment
- Assisted Living Facility
- Back Barrier Island:
- Bank
- Bar; Tavern
- Bed and Breakfast Homestay
- Bed and Breakfast
- Block
- Block Face
- Block Front
- Boat Yard
- Body Art Services
- Botanical Garden/Arboretum
- Broadcast Transmission Tower (Static Transformer Station
- Building
- Building Coverage
- Building Elevation
- Building Footprint:
- Building Frontage
- Business Support Services
- Call Center
- Campground/Recreational Vehicle Park
- Canopy
- Caretaker’s Dwelling Unit:
- Catering Establishment
- Cemetery (Mausoleum, Columbarium, Memorial Park
- Cemetery, pet
- Cemetery, private family
- Character Area
- Check Cashing; Title Pawn
- C
- Child/adult day care center:
- Child/adult care home, 24 hour:
- Child/adult day care home
- C
- City:
- C
- Cluster Development
- College, University, Seminary
- Combined Development
- Community Center
- Correctional Transition Facility
- Community Garden
- C
- Composting
- Composting, In-vessel
- Concept Plan
- Condominium
- Continuing Care Retirement Community
- Construction Plan
- Consumer Fireworks
- Consumer Fireworks Retail Sales Stand
- Consumer Fireworks Retail Sales Facility
- Container Storage Yard:
- Contractor’s Office
- Convenience Store
- Corner Lot
- Correctional Transition Facility
- County:
- C
- Custodial Care
- Day Labor Employment Center
- Decibel (dB
- Deck
- Deed Restrictions
- Density
- Designated Affordable Housing:
- Detention and Correctional Facility
- Detention Basin
- Development Feature:
- Distillery, Craft
- DNL (also symbolized Ldn
- Dock, Commercial
- Dock, Private
- Dock, Residential Community
- Domestic Employee
- D
- D
- Driveway
- Dry Cleaner/Laundry, Neighborhood
- D
- Dry-cleaning/Laundry Plant
- Dwelling
- Educational building used by a college, university or seminary
- Façade
- Façade, Primary
- Fairgrounds
- Farmer’s Market
- Family
- Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG
- FCC
- Feedstock:
- Fireworks:
- Flex Space
- Flood Lighting
- Food-oriented Retail
- Food Truck Court
- Foot-candle
- F
- Frontage, Lot
- Front(s)/Fronting
- Fueling Station/Gas Station
- Full Cut-off Lights
- Garden Center
- Golf Course
- Governing Body:
- Governing Body Engineer
- Green
- H
- Hammock
- Heavy Equipment/Vehicle Sales, Rentals and Leasing
- Heavy Equipment/Heavy Vehicle Service
- Helipad
- Heliport
- Historic Structure
- Home Occupation
- Horse Stable, commercial
- Hospice
- H
- Hotel, Motel
- Hours of Operation
- Household
- H
- Housekeeping Facilities
- Human Scale
- Ice Vending Unit
- Impervious Surface
- Impoundment
- Individual Building
- Indoor Amusement
- Indoor Sports Facility
- Industrialized Building
- Industry, Manufacturing and Processing
- Inn:
- Instructional Studio or Classroom
- Intermediate Care Facility:
- Intermodal Freight Yard
- Intervening Building
- Island
- Kiosks, Information or Vending
- Kitchen
- Landfill
- Lane:
- L
- Lens
- Library
- Loading Area
- Lodging Establishment:
- Lot:
- Lot Frontage
- Lot Line Adjustment
- Luminaire (Light Fixture
- Manufactured Home:
- Manufactured Home Park
- Marina, Commercial
- Marina, Residential
- Marina, Private Membership
- Marine Store
- Mean High Water
- Metropolitan Planning Commission:
- Mixed Use
- M
- Mobile Food Service Establishment
- Mobile Food Service Unit
- Mobile Home
- Moped / Scooter Sales, Rentals and Leasing
- Multi-family
- Museum
- Nightclub
- Nonconformity
- Non Cut-off Lights
- Non-profit
- Non-transient Guest
- Nursing Home
- Office, general:
- O
- Office, utility/contractor
- Outdoor Amusement
- Outdoor Sales
- Outdoor Storage
- Outdoor Storage Yard
- Outdoor Display Area
- P
- Park, General
- Parking Facility
- Parking Structure
- Passenger Terminal
- Pawnshop
- Pedestrian Facility
- Penthouse
- P
- Personal Care Home:
- Personal Service Shop:
- Pet Cemetery
- Pharmacy for Medical Cannabis Dispensary or Medical Marijuana Dispensary
- Place of Worship
- Planning Director
- Plant Nursery
- Plot Plan
- Primary Entrance
- P
- Principal Building or Structure
- Principal Use
- Private Club/Lodge
- Private Club/Lodge with facility rental
- Produce Stand
- Recreational Vehicle
- Recycling Collection Facility
- R
- Refuse Storage Facility
- Repair-oriented Services
- Research, Testing and Development Laboratory
- R
- R
- Retention Basin
- Review Body/Review Authority
- Riding Academy; Equestrian Center
- Riparian Lands
- Road:
- Rooming House
- Salvage Yard
- School, public or private (K-12
- Seasonal Sales
- Self-service Storage
- Services, general:
- Shelter, Emergency
- Shelter, Transitional
- Shopping Center
- S
- Single-Family Detached
- Single-Family Attached
- Single Room Occupancy Residence (SRO):
- Solid Waste Transfer Station
- Soup Kitchen
- Special Use
- Stacked Townhouse:
- S
- Street:
- Street, Limited Access
- Street, Major Arterial:
- Street, Minor Arterial:
- Street, Collector:
- Street, Local:
- Street, Frontage:
- L
- Streetscape
- Structure
- Studio/Multimedia Production Facility
- Substance Recovery Facility
- Suite
- Surface Mine; Borrow Pit
- Teen Club
- Theater/Cinema/Performing Arts
- Three-family/Four-family
- T
- T
- T
- Transportation Dispatch and Storage
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facilities
- Tree Farming/Forestry
- Truck Stop
- Two-Family
- Upland(s):
- U
- Use:
- Utilities, major
- Utilities, minor
- Variance
- V
- Vehicle and Freight Terminal
- Vehicle Sales, Rentals and Leasing
- Vehicle Service, minor
- Vehicle Service, major
- V
- Vehicle Wash, full or self-service
- Vermicomposting
- Warehouse or Office Showroom/Flex Space
- W
- Waste Incinerator
- Waste-Related Services
- W
- Watercraft Launch/Ramp
- Watercraft, Personal:
- Watercraft Sales, Repair and Service
- Wetland:
- Wetland and Marsh Buffer
- Wholesaling
- Wildlife Refuge
- Wine Specialty Shop
- Winery, Meadery, Cidery
- Yard
- Yard, Street
- Yellow Grease Bin
- Zoning Map:
- Sec. 13.3 Defined Terms, Wireless Communications Facilities
- Abandonment
- A
- Antenna
- Antenna Array
- Antenna Support Structure
- Applicant
- A
- Base Station
- Breakpoint Technology
- Cellular Telecommunications
- Collocation
- Combined Antenna
- Concealed:
- Contributing Structure
- C
- DAS
- D
- D
- Dual Lighting Systems
- Equipment Cabinet
- Equipment Compound
- Existing Structures and Facilities
- Feed Lines
- Functionally Equivalent Services
- G
- Guyed Structure
- Lattice Structure
- Least Visually Obtrusive Profile
- Local System Master Plan
- Location
- M
- Monopole
- Mount
- P
- Provider:
- Radio Frequency Engineer
- Recognized Historic Area
- Review
- Screening
- Separation
- Small Cell Installation
- Siting
- Unlicensed Wireless Services
- W
- W
- Sec. 13.4 Defined Terms, Signs
- Sec. 13.5 Defined Terms, Historic
- Abutting Building
- Accessory Building
- A
- Adjacency
- Adverse Effect
- Appurtenance
- Apron
- Architrave
- Awning
- Baluster
- Base Zoning District Development Standards
- Beach Institute Character Area
- B
- B
- Building Form
- C
- Carrera Glass
- Central of Georgia National Historic Landmark District:
- Character Area
- C
- City Market Character Area
- Commercial building
- Compatibility
- Contributing Building
- Contributing Object
- Contributing Resource
- Contributing Site
- Contributing Structure
- Deck
- Demolition by Neglect
- Directional Character
- E
- Economic Hardship
- Elevation
- E
- E
- Exceptional Importance
- Executive Director
- Exterior Expression
- Façade
- Factors Walk Character Area
- F
- G
- Green Roof:
- Height of building
- Height, Floor
- High Stoop
- Historic Building Map
- Historic Context
- Historic District:
- Historic District Height Map
- Historic Fabric
- Historic Property:
- Historic Setback
- Historic Site
- Hopper Window
- Human Scale
- Individual Buildings
- I
- In-kind Repair
- L
- Large Scale Development:
- Low Emissivity Glass
- Material Change:
- Mechanical or Access Structure
- Meeting Rail
- M
- Monumental Building:
- Mullion:
- Muntin
- National Register Historic Districts without a Local Historic Overlay
- Non-contributing Resource
- Oglethorpe Plan Area:
- Oglethorpe Plan Ward
- Oriel:
- Penthouse
- Pergola
- Portico
- Primary Entrance
- Primary Façade:
- Raised Basement
- Retail structure
- Roofline:
- Roofline Variation
- Rooftop Garden
- S
- Scale
- Secondary Façades
- Service Street:
- Shade Structures
- S
- S
- S
- S
- Storefront:
- Story
- Street Types:
- Stucco:
- True Stucco
- Temporary
- Tithing Block:
- Through Street
- Trellis
- Trust Block:
- T
- Visual Compatibility
- Visually Related
- Ward
Appendix A-2
Planned Development Districts
Sections
- A-2.5 Eastern Wharf
- Sec. 8-3344. Established.
- Sec. 8-3345. Control.
- Sec. 8-3346. General Provisions.
- Sec. 8-3347. Modifications and Variances to the Adopted PUD.
- Sec. 8-3348. Administration and Enforcement.
- Sec. 8-3349. Master Plan
- Sec. 8-3350. Permitted and Prohibited Uses.
- Sec. 8-3351. General Development Standards.
- Sec. 8-3352. Signage.
- Sec. 8-3353. Definitions.
- A-2.11 Hopeton Landing PD
- A-2.16 New Hampstead PD
- ARTICLE 1.0 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- ARTICLE 2.0 ZONING DISTRICTS
- ARTICLE 3.0 USE REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE 4.0 COMMUNITY GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS
- Sec. 4.1 General
- Sec. 4.2 Subdivision Plats and Site Plans
- Sec. 4.3 Open Space
- Sec. 4.4 Buffers, Setbacks and Wetlands
- Sec. 4.5 Street Trees, Landscaping and Tree Preservation
- Sec. 4.6 Service Areas and Loading Docks.
- Sec. 4.7 Utilities and Utility Screening
- Sec. 4.8 Streets and Traffic Impact
- Sec. 4.9 Sidewalks and Pedestrian Leisure Trails
- Sec. 4.10 Parking
- Sec. 4.11 Lighting
- Sec. 4.12 Signage
- ARTICLE 5.0 DEFINITIONS
- d
- A-2.30 Keller PD
- A-2.31 Savannah Fairgrounds PD
Appendix A-3
Properties Approved to be Rezoned with Specific Conditions of Approval Provisions
Sections
- Introduction
- A
- A-3.2 Adams Funeral Services
- A-3.3 Antique Store/Real Estate Offices
- A-3.4 Beaumont Self Storage
- A-3.5 Reserved
- A-3.6 Canal District Tract
- A-3.7 Reserved
- A-3.8 Clearview Townehomes
- A-3.9 Former Pastoral Center
- A-3.10 Gateway Project
- A.3.11 Graham Street
- A-3.12 Limerick Self-Storage
- A-3.13 Memorial Health
- A-3.14 Montgomery Street Apartments
- A-3.15 Park + Broad
- A-3.16 Starland Village
- A-3.17 Trustees Garden
- A-3.18 Victorian/Mid-City
- A-3.19 Victory Mansion
- A-3.20 Victory Village
- A-3.21 Habersham Street
- A-3.22 East Broughton Street
- A-3.23 East Broad Street
- A-3.24 Sterling Street
- A-3.25 Alaska Street
- A-3.26 Canebrake Road
- A-3.27 Van Buren Avenue
- A-3.28 Morgan Family Property
- A-3.29 Little Neck Road
- A-3.30 Ogeechee Road
- A-3.31 Mohawk Street
- A-3.32 Woodcock Road
- A-3.33 Abercorn Street
- A-3.34 Savannah Harbor
- A-3.35 2327 East DeRenne Avenue
- A-3.36 Gateway Boulevard
- A-3.37 East 39th Street
- A-3.38 104 East DeRenne Avenue
- A-3.39 Ogeechee Road
- A-3.40 East 68th & 69th Streets
- A-3.41 10614 and 10816 Middleground Road
- A-3.42 East 32nd Street
- A-3.43 2818 Bee Road
- A-3.44 6908 Ogeechee Road
- A-3.46 7810 Abercorn Street
- A-3.47 618 East Montgomery Crossroads
- A-3.48 1750 Grove Point and 1754 and 1758 Pine Grove Roads
- A-3.49 6305 Garrard Avenue Extension
- A-3.50 Chatham Parkway near Ogeechee Road
- A-3.51 Rockingham Farms
- A-3.52 340 Buckhalter Road
- A-3.53 Ogeechee Road
- A-3.54 Buckhalter Road
- A-3.55 12500 Apache Avenue
- A-3.56 115 Bamboo Lane
- A-3.57 20 West 60th St.
- A-3.58 505 East 54th Street
- A-3.59 505 West 36th Street
- A-3.60 2025 Texas Avenue
- A-3.61 Wild Heron Road
- A-3.62 Buckhalter Road
- A-3.63 4801 Meding Street
- A-3.64 1201 Abercorn Street and 115 East Duffy
- A-3.65 Ft. Argyle Road
- A-3.66 3202 Ogeechee Road
- A-3.67 1100 East 31st Street
- A-3.68 1721 Grove Point Road
- A-3.69 29 East 67th Street
- A-3.70 Williams Street
- A-3.71 Ft. Argyle Road
- A-3.72 17 West Park Avenue
- A-3.73 1105 East Anderson Street
- A-3.74 112 East Henry Street
- A-3.75 Whitaker Street and West Park Avenue
- A-3.76 Bush Road
- A-3.77 West Gwinnett Street
- A-3.78 E. President Street
- A-3.79 Old River Road and Sandhill Road
- A-3.80 101 East 34th Street