Height limits provided for herein may be exceeded only as provided for in section 52.2 of these regulations.

(Ord. No. 32-14, 11-3-14)

Yard requirements shall be modified subject to the following conditions:

103.1. On double frontage lots, the required front yard shall be provided on each street.

103.2. Whenever a rear property line of a lot abuts upon an alley, one-half (½) of the alley width shall be considered as a portion of the required rear yard.

103.3. An unroofed porch may project into a required front yard for a distance not exceeding ten (10) feet.

(Ord. No. 32-14, 11-3-14)

Access to public streets, except if provided for herein, shall be maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

104.1. Each principal use shall be located on a lot or parcel which provides frontage on a public street having a right-of-way of not less than thirty (30) feet.

104.2. Any additional dwelling shall have access to a public street by means of a passageway open to the sky at least fifteen (15) feet in width.

104.3. If and when a development plan indicates the construction of streets, utilities or common space on private property, the owner shall indicate planned means for the maintenance of such streets and utilities, and such streets shall conform to construction specifications for the City of Warner Robins, and access shall be provided over such streets to a public street having a right-of-way of not less than thirty (30) feet. In addition, the owner shall state, through an agreement prepared or approved by the city attorney, that the mayor and council for the City of Warner Robins shall be relieved of any responsibility for the maintenance of said improvements. Such agreements shall conform to the Georgia Condominium Act as applicable, and shall receive such approval prior to the final review by the planning and zoning commission.

The setback requirements of these regulations for side yards on corner lots and/or front yards shall not apply to any lots where the average setback on developed lots located, wholly or in part, one hundred (100) feet on each side such lot and within the same block and zoning district and fronting on the same streets as such lot, is less than the minimum required setback. In such cases, the setback on such lot may be less than the required setback but not less than the average of the existing setbacks on the existing developed lot.

(Ord. No. 32-14, 11-3-14)

Upon review and approval by the planning and zoning commission, the side yard setback requirements for single-family (detached) dwelling lots may be reduced to allow a zero (0) side yard setback on one (1) side of a lot providing the following conditions are met:

106.1. Any reduction in one (1) side yard requirement shall result in a corresponding increase in the side yard requirement for the opposite side yard. In this manner the overall side yard requirement of the district shall be met.

106.2. Front yard, rear yard and corner side yard requirements of the district shall not be modified.

106.3. Side yard setback requirements shall not be modified for an individual lot unless it is part of a block in which each lot's side yard setback is to be modified. The arrangement of modified side yard requirements shall allow for an open side yard area between each dwelling unit.

106.4. The developer of a subdivision for which modifications to the side yard setback requirements are requested shall furnish to the planning and zoning commission a copy of proposed deed restrictions, conditions, or covenants. Such covenants shall include, as a minimum, provisions for:

(1)

A maintenance easement which will allow for the maintenance of exterior dwelling walls facing a zero setback line.

(2)

A requirement that dwelling walls facing a zero setback be windowless.

(Ord. No. 32-14, 11-3-14)

The planning and zoning commission, after review of an application and public hearing thereon, may grant a special exception to permit one (1) additional single-family dwelling, or mobile home on the same lot or parcel of land as that of the main dwelling provided that:

107.1. Each additional dwelling conforms to the minimum lot area, minimum width and maximum lot coverage requirements for such dwelling as set forth in section 81, and conforms to the yard requirements as set forth in section 82;

107.2. The arrangement of such additional dwellings are in such a manner that if the lot or parcel of land is ever subdivided, no nonconforming lots or nonconforming buildings are created; and

107.3. Each additional dwelling or mobile home has access to a public street by means of an unobstructed passageway of at least fifteen (15) feet in width.

(Ord. No. 32-14, 11-3-14)

Ponies and horses may be kept in the R-1 and R-2 districts subject to the district regulations and the following conditions.

108.1. The minimum lot area upon which livestock may be kept in the R-1 and R-2 districts is two (2) acres for the first head of livestock and one-half-acre for each additional head of livestock.

108.2. Space or shelter shall be provided where livestock is kept or fed, and shall not be permitted within fifty (50) feet of any property line in the R-1 and R-2 districts.

(Ord. No. 32-14, 11-3-14)