HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO 16 09 282STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
ORDINANCE NO. 16 -09-282
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE R-1 (RESIDENTIAL) DISTRICT. CHAPTER 64. ARTICLE VI,
DIVISION 3
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a regularly called
council meeting on September 7, 2016 6:00 p.m. as follows:
SECTION 1. That the amendment of the R-1 (Residential) District, Article VI ,
Division 3 of the City of Milton Zoning Ordinance is hereby adopted and
approved; and is attached hereto as if fully set forth herein, and;
SECTION 2. All ordinances, parts of ordinances. or regulations in conflict herewith
are repealed.
SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption.
ORDAINED this the 71h day of September, 2016.
Attest:
DIVISION 3. -R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
Sec. 64-437. -Scope and intent.
The regulations set forth in this division are the R-1 district regulations. Article IX should be consulted
to determine uses and minimum standards for uses allowed by administrative or use permit. The R-1 district
encompasses lands devoted to residential areas and closely related uses.
Sec. 64-438. -Use regulations.
Within the R-1 district, land and structures shall be used in accordance with standards herein. Any use
not specifically designated as permitted shall be prohibited.
(1) Permitted uses. Structures and land may be used for only the following purposes:
a. Single-family dwelling.
b. Agriculture, general and specialized farming, initiated prior to March 7, 1990, including
horticulture, plant nursery, dairy farming, truck gardening and poultry raising; provided,
however, that agricultural buildings must be at least 200 feet from all side and rear property
lines, and that no products shall be offered for sale on land so util ized.
(2) Accessory uses. A building or lot may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted
use and a dwelling may be used for a home occupation .
Sec. 64-439. -Development standards.
(a) Height regulations. No building shall exceed 40 feet in height except for single family dwellings, see
Sec. 64-1141 (c).
(b) Minimum front yard shall be 60 feet.
(c) Minimum side yard shall be as follows:
(1) Adjacent to interior line: 25 feet.
(2) Adjacent to street: 40 feet.
(d) Minimum rear yard shall be 50 feet.
(e) Minimum lot area shall be two acres.
(f) Minimum lot width shall be 200 feet.
(g) Minimum lot frontage shall be 35 feet adjoining a street.
(h) Minimum heated floor area shall be as follows:
(1) For less than two-story dwelling: 1,800 square feet on ground level.
(2) For two-story dwelling : 2,000 square feet; or
(3) For more than two-story dwelling: 2,000 square feet with 1,200 square feet on ground floor.
(i) Minimum accessory structure requirements. Accessory structures may be located in the rear or side
yards only but shall not be located within a minimum yard.
U) Entrances off of a public right-of-way for subdivisions with more than three lots shall be rural , simple
and rustic in design. These entrances shall be subject to the approval of the city architect. These
entrances shall comply with the following requirements:
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(1) Signage shall be one of the following designs:
a. Shingle style
b. Sign mounted in or on pillar
i. Pillar shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height.
(2) Walls:
a. Knee walls may be utilized where required by existing topography and shall not exceed 20
linear feet on either side of the subdivision 's road entrance.
i. Knee walls shall be constructed of natural materials such as boulders, stacked stone, or
wood formed brick or materials designed to give the appearance of such natural materials.
Stucco is prohibited.
(3) Gate or guard structures shall be setback a minimum of 60 feet from the exterior street's right of
way.
(4) No water features are permitted.
(k) Rural viewshed.-The following requirements of this subsection shall only apply to subdivisions with
more than three lots The requirements of th is subsection except for Section 64-416(K)(4) shall not
apply to a single lot of record or to subdivisions with three or less lots where no individual lot abuts an
exterior street.
(1) Provide a 40-foot primary rural viewshed setback from all proposed Milton Trail or sidewalk
easements or proposed rights-of-way, wh ichever is more restrictive, along the exterior streets for
buildings, accessory structures, and swimm ing pools for lots adjacent to exterior streets:
a. No disturbance within the 40 foot primary rural viewshed setback shall be allowed until a design
review process is completed and the design of the rural viewshed is approved by the design
committee.
b. Driveways accessing exterior streets shall be prohibited within the 40-foot primary rural viewshed
setback, except where they cross the rural viewshed in a perpendicu lar manner.
c. Individual septic systems may be installed in the primary rural viewshed setback with an
approved primary variance if the primary and secondary septic fields fail and the property may be
condemned by the Fu lton County Health Department without such variance. The property owner
shall provide proof of such potential condemnation prior to the application for a primary variance.
(2) Provide a 20-foot secondary rural viewshed setback from the primary rural viewshed setback for
buildings, accessory structures, and swimming pools for lots adjacent to exterior streets;
a. Individual septic systems may be installed in the secondary rural viewshed setback with an
approved primary variance.
b. Driveways accessing exterior streets shall be prohibited within the 20-foot secondary rural
viewshed setback, except where they cross the rural viewshed in a perpendicular manner.
c. No disturbance within the 20 foot secondary rural viewshed setback shall be allowed until a
design review process is completed and the design of the rural viewshed is approved by the design
committee.
(3) The intent of the rural viewshed is to preserve the bucolic views from the roads throughout the
Rural Milton Overlay. The views may contain natural vegetation as well as equestrian related
structures and uses. It is the intent to utilize the existing vegetation when possible as well as provide
additional native plantings to enhance the existing viewshed when needed.
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a. When performing a design review of the primary rural viewshed and secondary rural viewshed
setbacks, the design committee shall address the following:
i. Evaluation of current state of site including, both the primary and secondary rural
viewshed setbacks;
ii. Determination of whether existing vegetation should be removed or vegetation should
be planted to enhance the rural viewshed;
iii. Consideration of whether screening of the structures is necessary; and
iv. Consideration of the existence of pastoral or agricultural operations in area.
(4) For structures located on lots subject to a rural viewshed, an architectural review process is
required. Such process will include a review of building elevations and landscape plans by the city
architect. These structures shall be designed with 360-degree architecture and shall meet the intent
of section 64-1151 ; and
(5) After issuance of the necessary permits to disturb the property but before the required pre-
construction meeting, the developer shall install a 4 foot high orange tree save fence at least at the
combined primary rural viewshed and secondary rural viewshed setback measured from the proposed
Milton Trail or sidewalk easement or the proposed right of way. The fence shall be installed so as to
protect heritage trees, protected trees and specimen trees as defined in Chapter 60 of the City Code
or any other sign ificant vegetation as determined by the city arborist. Location of such fencing shall be
approved by the city arborist. In addition, a sign shall be posted on the fence every 25 feet indicating
"rural viewshed" Tree save fence shall be removed at such time as issuance of certificate of occupancy
for each lot abutting the viewshed;
(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, agricultural operations may occur in
the primary rural viewshed and secondary rural viewshed setbacks.
(7) Prior to the transfer of any legal interest in an AG-1 zoned parcel that is subject to a rural viewshed,
every legal or beneficial owner of such a parcel shall ensure that there is recorded in the chain of title
for the parcel an Affidavit stating the following:
"At the time of the execution of this Affidavit, the property with respect to which this Affidavit is filed is
subject to certain restrictions contained in the City of Milton Zoning Ordinance, located in Chapter 64
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Milton , Georgia. Such restrictions may include restrictions on
development and disturbance of property located in the rural viewshed, which includes portions of
property adjacent to streets not located with in a platted subdivision."
In addition, a copy of the Affidavit must be provided to any transferee of a legal interest in the parcel
no later than the final closing of the transfer.
Sec. 64-440 -Fencing .
(a) Fencing along exterior streets shall be as follows:
(1) Allowed fencing material shall be three or four board wooden fencing with wood, stone or masonry
posts.
(2) Fences shall not exceed 60 inches in height from finished grade.
(3) Fences shall be white, black, or dark brown in color.
(4) Opaque fences are prohibited .
(5) Chain link fences are prohibited.
(6) Fences shall be set back a minimum of three feet from a public right-of-way.
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(7) If the side, side corner or rear yard is adjacent to an exterior street, any type of fence including
opaque may be installed as long as the opaque fence is not visible from the street at any time of
the year.
(b) Fencing along interior subdivision streets, including front, side corner, side and rear of platted
subdivision lots shall be as follows:
(1 ) Allowed fencing material and type along the front is limited to three or four board wooden fencing
or as otherwise subject to the approval of the community development director; and
(2) Along sides and rear of a lot fencing material can be of any type.
(3) Fences shall not exceed eight feet in height but not including fencing in the front which shall not
exceed 60 inches in height from finished grade.
(4) If a front, side, side corner, or rear lot line borders an exterior street, subsection U) applies.
(c) Fencing along side, side corner, or rear of nonsubdivision lots:
(1) Allowed fencing material and type is not limited to three or four board wooden fencing.
(2) Fences shall not exceed eight feet in height.
(3) If a front, side, side corner or rear lot line borders an exterior street, see subsection U).
(d) Barbed wire is prohibited on any single-family residential lots, except when part of a legitimate
agricultural use.
Sec. 64-441 -Pre-Development Notification and Public Informational Meeting
(a) Prior to the approval of a conceptual plan for residential uses or a land disturbance permit for non-
residential uses, the community development department shall hold a public informational meeting at
the subject site within 30 days of the conceptual plan or Land Disturbance Permit being submitted.
(b) The applicant or agent shall post a sign as directed by the community development department in a
conspicuous location on each street frontage of the subject property at least 14 days prior to the public
informational meeting. It will be the applicant's responsibility to ensure the posting remains in a
conspicuous location on site until after the scheduled public, on site informational meeting.
(c) The department shall give notice of the public informational meeting by regular mail to all property
owners or current residents within 500 feet of the boundaries of the subject property and a minimum
of 75 owners who appear on the city tax records as retrieved by the city's geographic information
system in the surrounding area around the subject property, which 75 owners may include those
located within 500 feet of the subject property. The notices shall be mailed a minimum of 14 days prior
to the public informational meeting.
(d) The mailed notices shall contain the time, place, and purpose of the public informational meeting, the
location of the property, and description of the proposed development. The posted sign shall include
all of the items required in the mailed notice except the location of the property.
(e) At least one City Staff member shall be present at the public informational meeting.
(f) Members of the City Council and Planning Commission shall be notified of the public informational
meeting.
Sec. 64-442 -Definitions
Agricultural operations used synonymously with agricultural purposes means the following activities:
raising , growing, harvesting, or storing of crops, including, but not limited to, soil preparation and crop
production services such as plowing, fertilizing , seed bed preparation, planting, cultivating, and crop
protecting services; feeding , breeding, or managing livestock, equine, or poultry; producing or storing feed
for use in the production of livestock, including, but not limited to, cattle, calves, swine, hogs, goats,
sheep, equine, and rabbits, or for use in the production of poultry, including, but not limited to, chickens,
hens, ratites, and turkeys; producing plants, trees, fowl, equine, or other animals; producing aquacultural,
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horticultural, viticultural, silvicultural, grass sod , dairy, livestock, poultry, egg, and apiarian products;
processing poultry; post-harvest services on crops with the intent of preparing them for market or further
processing, including but not limited to crop cleaning, drying, shelling, fumigating, curing, sorting, grading,
packing, ginning, canning, pickling , and cooling; slaughtering poultry and other animals; and
manufacturing dairy products. Agricultural operations also include equestrian related activities such as
riding rings, dressage fields , and related activities to the equine industry. Agricultural operations does
NOT include constructing , installing, altering, repairing, dismantling, or demolishing real property
structures or fixtures, including, but not limited to, grain bins, irrigation equipment, and fencing.
Construction means the process, act or manner of constructing something.
Developer means person or entity listed as the applicant on a land disturbance application or building
permit.
Development means any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate including, but not
limited to:
(1) Buildings or other structures;
(2) Mining;
(3) Dredging, filling, clearing and grubbing;
(4) Grading and paving; and
(5) Any other installation of impervious cover, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment
or materials.
Development area means geographic area included within a land disturbance permit or building permit.
Design committee means a committee composed of the Community Development Director, City Architect,
City Arborist and if necessary any other city staff as required to provide design review of the rural
viewshed .
Lot is synonymous with tract and parcel.
Owner means the legal or beneficial owner of a site including, but not limited to:
(1) A mortgagee or vendee in possession;
(2) Receiver;
(3) Executor;
(4) Trustee;
(5) Lessee; or
(6) Other person in control of the site.
Parcel means the basic lawful unit of land, identifiable by a single deed. A group of two or more
contiguous lots owned by the same entity and used for a single use shall be considered a single lot.
The terms "lot," "tract" and "parcel" are synonymous.
Plan, conceptual, means a drawing that shows the proposed layout of a subdivision in sufficient detail
to indicate its workability and feasibility, but is not in final form for recording, pursuant to these
regulations. The conceptual plan is the first stage in securing a land disturbance permit.
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Rural Viewshed means the view that can be seen from an exterior street and its purpose is to protect the
scenic view and promote the city's visual and aesthetic character. The viewshed shall be comprised of
two sections: a forty (40) foot primary rural viewshed setback, that section located closest to the exterior
street; and, a twenty (20) foot secondary rural viewshed setback, located immediately contiguous to, the
primary setback.
Setback, primary rural viewshed means an area adjacent to an exterior street or easement, whichever is
more restrictive, in which no structures shall be constructed.
Setback, secondary rural viewshed means a space contiguous to and to the interior of the primary rural
viewshed setback in which no structures shall be constructed .
Site means the parcel of land being developed, or the portion thereof on which the land development
project is located.
Tract is synonymous with lot and parcel.
Sec. 64-443 -Violations and Penalties
For any disturbance of the rural viewshed before the appropriate approvals are issued, the property shall
be barred from being developed for three years and shall restore the land to its original landscape or if
applicable with appropriate tree recompense as determined by the City Arborist.
Sec. 64-444. -Other regulations.
The following headings contain provisions applicable to uses allowed in the R-1 district:
(1) Development regulations: article XVII of this zoning ordinance.
(2) Exceptions: article 11, division 3 of this zoning ord inance.
(3) Floodplain management: article IV of this zoning ordinance.
(4) Off-street parking and loading: article VIII of this zoning ordinance.
(5) Outside storage: article II, division 2 of this zoning ordinance.
(6) Landscape area and buffer regulations: article Ill of this zoning ordinance.
(7) River protection: Metropolitan River Protection Act, O.C.G.A. § 12-5-440 et seq .
(8) Signs: article XVI of this zoning ordinance.
Secs. 64-445-64-459. -Reserved.
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