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ORDINANCE NO. 6351
An Ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted by the Board of
Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of Augusta effective
November 15, 1983, entitled "An Ordinance to Readopt and Reconfinn the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted March 25, 1963, by the Board of
Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of Augusta, by amending
Section 8 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
THE AUGUSTA COMMISSION HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by deleting the current
language from Section 8-8-(a) as follows:
Front Setback: There shall be a front setback in an R-l Zone of not less than thirty (30)
feet from any structure to the front lot line on minor or local streets and a front setback of
forty (40) feet from any structure to the front lot line on all other streets and highways.
Where a lot is situated in a block face with non-uniform front setbacks the minimum
front setback requirement on such lot shall be the average of the front yards of the
existing structures on the block face. In the event the average front setbacks of the block
face exceed fifty (50) feet, there shall be no setback requirement greater than a distance
of fifty (50) feet from the front of the building to the front lot line, If there are less than
two existing structures on either side of the lot in question, then the provisions regarding
non-unifonn lots shall not apply.
SECTION II. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by adding the following
language to 2 as follows:
Front Setback: There shall be a front setback in an R-l Zone of not less than thirty (30)
feet from any structure to the front lot line on minor or local streets and a front setback of
forty (40) feet from any structure to the front lot line on all other streets and highways.
For lots in Residential Subdivisions, approved after adoption of this Section, where a
sixty (60) foot or greater right-of-way is utilized and such lots are approved by the
Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission and the Augusta Commission, there
shall be a front setback of not less than twenty-five (25) from any structure to the front lot
line on minor or local streets,
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Where a lot is situated in a block face with non-uniform front setbacks, the minimum
front setback requirement on such lot shall be the average of the front yards of the
existing structures on the block face. In the event the average front setbacks of the block
face exceed fifty (50) feet, there shall be no setback requirement greater than a distance
of fifty (50) feet from the front of the building to the front lot line. If there are less than
two (2) existing structures on either side of the lot in question, then the provisions
regarding non-uniform lots shall not apply.
SECTION III. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Done in Open Meeting under the Common Seal thereof this 2nd
day of
Jan'lary
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APPROVED THIS 2nd
day of January
2001
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1st Reading 12-19-00
2nd Reading 1-2-01
Published in the Augusta Chronicle January 9, 2001