No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, moved or altered except in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located, and without first obtaining a building or occupancy permit, except as hereinafter provided. In the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance the administrative officer may withhold building or occupancy permits until all provisions of this ordinance are complied with or his decision is rescinded by the board of zoning appeals.

Any structure or use of land existing at the time of the enactment or subsequent amendment of this ordinance not in conformity with its use regulations and provisions, may be continued with the following limitations. It shall not be:

502.1.

Changed to another non-conforming use.

502.2.

Extended except that the structure or use in its entirety be in conformance with this ordinance.

502.3.

Re-established after discontinuance for twelve (12) months.

502.4.

Rebuilt, altered or repaired after damage exceeding fifty (50) percent of the fair sales value of the building immediately prior to damage.

Only one principal building and its customary accessory buildings may hereafter be erected on any lot, except for multi-family buildings, commercial and industrial buildings.

No lot shall be reduced in size so that lot width, yard requirements, lot area per dwelling unit, or other requirements of this ordinance are not maintained.

No building shall be erected on a lot which does not abut or have access to a publicly dedicated or maintained street.

Off-street automobile parking or storage space shall be provided on every lot for uses and structures hereafter established in all districts, except in cases where no parking space can be reasonably provided on the same lot, such space shall be provided on any lot, a substantial portion of which is within four hundred (400) feet of the use it serves. The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined on one lot, but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to another use at the same time; except that one-half (½) of the parking space required for churches, theaters, assembly halls, or similar uses where peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays, may be used to augment parking for adjacent day-use activities. Maneuvering space shall be provided at all residential and commercial establishments to prevent any vehicle from backing into the street. Such space shall be provided with vehicular access to a street or alley; such use shall not thereafter be encroached upon or altered; and shall be equal in number to at least the minimum requirements for the specific use set forth below. When application of said provision results in a fractional space requirement, it shall be construed to mean one (1) additional space.

Every building or structure used for business, trade, or industry hereafter erected, shall provide space as indicated herein for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the street or public alley. Such space shall have access to an alley or, if there is no alley, to a street. For the purpose of this section, off-street loading spaces shall have minimum dimensions of twelve (12) feet by sixty (60) feet and an overhead clearance of fourteen (14) feet above the alley or street grade.

507.1.

Retail business, except home occupations: The number of spaces required to provide off-street loading adequate for the type of business involved. All plans must be approved by the administrative officer.

507.2.

Wholesale and industry: The number of spaces required to provide off-street loading adequate for type of activity involved subject to approval by the administrative officer.

507.3.

Terminal facilities for trucks, buses, or railroads: One (1) space for each bus or truck to be stored, loaded, or unloaded at the terminal at any one time. Plans must be approved by the administrative officer.

On a corner lot in any zoning district, no planting, structure, fence, wall, or other obstruction to vision more than three (3) feet in height from the street level shall be placed so that it obscures the vision of either drivers or pedestrians approaching the intersection.

At the intersection of any private drive or entrance or exit for a common parking area with a public street or alley, no fence, wall, hedge, structure, or other impediment to visibility shall be placed so that it obstructs the vision of drivers or pedestrians entering a public traffic way.

It shall be unlawful in any zoning district to locate a recreational vehicle or travel trailer for the purpose of occupancy for more than thirty (30) days annually.

No building or structure shall be erected or use established unless upon a lot of record as defined by these regulations except as otherwise provided herein.

Unless otherwise stated, any use not specifically permitted in a use district as provided in these regulations shall be prohibited in that district.

All "land-disturbing activity," as defined in or applicable to the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Tallulah Falls, Georgia, shall comply with the State of Georgia's Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975, codified in O.C.G.A. § 12-7-1 et seq.

(Ord. of 1-6-2022(3), § 2)

All development, as applicable, shall comply with the water conservation ordinance of the Town of Tallulah Falls, Georgia adopted by the Town of Tallulah Falls as may subsequently be amended from time to time.

All subdivisions and campgrounds, as applicable, shall comply with the subdivision regulations and campground standards for Tallulah Falls, Georgia adopted by the Town of Tallulah Falls as may subsequently be amended from time to time.