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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
ORDINANCE NO. 17-04-312
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE R-2A (RESIDENTIAL) DISTRICT, PRE-
DEVELOPMENT NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING IN
SEC. 64-487 AND DEFINITIONS IN SEC. 64-488 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a regularly called
council meeting on April 24, 2017 6:00 p.m. as follows:
SECTION 1. That the amendment of the R-2A (Residential) District regarding
Development Notification and Public Informational Meeting and Definitions 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are repealed.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 241h day of April, 2017.
Attest:
Sudie AM Gordon, City Clerk
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(Ord. No. 16-09-284 , § 1, 9-7-2016)
Sec. 64-488. -Definitions.
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[The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:]
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,
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 with in 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
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(6) Other person in control of the site.
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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.
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 40-foot primary rural viewshed setback that section located closest to the exterior street;
and, a 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 restric ive, 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 wh ich the land development
project is located.
Tract is synonymous with lot and parcel.
(Ord. No. 16-09-284 , § 1, 9-7-2016)
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