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Home My WebLink AboutORD 6380 AMEND COMP ZONING DELETING SEC 8 R-1 Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME 0 - ). 00 \ - Vi 3 W DOCUMENT TYPE: 0 (d " () CA. y1 c e- YEAR: ~Db\ BOX NUMBER: \)-. FILE NUMBER' , ~ 73/ NUMBER OF PAGES: '1 - 1~6 . ' ORDINANCE 6380 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, R-1 (One-family Residential) Zone of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. THE AUGUSTA COMMISSION HEREBY ORDAINS:' SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by deleting the following from Section 8, R-l (One-family Residential) Zone: Section 8-1 (b) Fence wall or landscape feature: A fence, latticework screen, wall or hedge, in a required side or rear yard shall not exceed six (6) feet in height. A fence, latticework screen, wall, or hedge located in a required front yard shall be limited to four (4) feet in height. Any fence, wall, or landscape feature located at the corner of intersection streets described in Section 3-6 of this Ordinance shall be subject to additional restrictions discussed in that subsection. Section 8-2 Special Exceptions: The following Special Exceptions shall apply in an R-I Zone and may be permitted upon approval of location by the Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commission: (a) Single-family attached dwellings and condominiums developed in accordance with Section 13 provided that the density of dwellings shall not exceed three (3) units per acre. (b) Public parking areas, when located and developed as in Section 4 and where the area adjoins a use other than provided for in the R-1 Zone, provided such transitional use does not extend more than one hundred (100) feet from the boundary of the less restricted zone. Section 8-6 Section 8-8 (a) Height: No building or structure hereafter shall be erected, constructed or altered in an R-l Zone to exceed a height of two stories or thirty- five (35) feet. Setbacks: 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, there shall be a front setback of not less than twenty-five (25) feet from any structure to the front line on minor or local streets. 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 II. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amending by adding the following to Section 8, R -1 (One-family Residential) Zone: Section 8-1 (b) Fence, walls: A fence, latticework screen, or wall in a required side or rear yard shall not exceed six (6) feet in height. A fence, latticework screen, or wall located in a required front yard shall be limited to four (4) feet in height. Any fence, waIl, or landscape feature located at the corner of intersection streets described in Section 3-6 of this Ordinance shaIl be subject to additional restrictions discussed in that subsection. Section 8-2 Special Exceptions: The following may be permitted in an R-1 Zone by Special Exception: (a) Single-family attached dwellings and condominiums developed in accordance with Section 13 provided that the density of dwellings shall not exceed three (3) units per acre. .. Section 8-6 Section 8-8 (b) Public parking areas, when located and developed as in Section 4 and where the area adjoins a use other than provided for in the R-l Zone, provided such transitional use does not extend more than one hundred (100) feet from the boundary of the less restricted zone. Height: No building or structure hereafter shall be erected, constmcted or altered in an R-l Zone to exceed a height of two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or forty-five (45) feet. (a) Setbacks: 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, there shall be a front setback of not less than twenty-five (25) feet from any structure to the front line on minor or local streets. 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 stmctures located within 500 feet 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 , !':t day of May , 2001. APPROVED THIS 1st day of May ,2001. MAYOR, AUGUST AUGUSTA, 1st Reading 4-17-01 ATTEST: ~'l~ Published in the Augusta Chronicle May 10, 2001