HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances 22-10-523 - 10/17/2022 - Chapter 64STATE OF GEORGIA
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ORDINANCE J O' - /O - cJ oZ3
RZ22-03
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 64 - ZONING OF THE CITY CODE AS IT
RELATES TO ALCOHOL
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a regularly called
council meeting on October 17, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. as follows:
SECTION 1. That the amendment of Chapter 64 - Zoning related to alcohol
includes but not limited to definitions, uses within zoning districts, uses prohibited
in all zoning districts, Rural Milton Overlay District, and both Crabapple and
Deerfield Form Based Codes 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are repealed.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 17th day of October 2022.
P mison, Mayor
Attest:
C';amlmy Lo it, C
Sec. 64-1. Definitions.
(a) Scope. Words not defined herein shall be construed to have the meaning given by Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary, eleventh edition.
(b) Use and interpretation. The following shall apply to the use of all words in this zoning ordinance:
(1) Words used in the present tense shall include the future tense.
(2) Words used in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
(3) The word "shall" is mandatory.
(4) The word "may" is permissive.
(5) The nouns "zone," "zoning district" and "district" have the same meaning and refer to the zoning
districts established by this zoning ordinance.
(6) The phrase "used for" shall include the phrases "arranged for," "designed for," "intended far,"
"maintained for" and "occupied for."
(c) Terms.
Accessory site feature means mechanical, electrical and ancillary equipment, cooling towers, mechanical
penthouses, heating and air conditioning units and pads, exterior ladders, storage tanks, processing equipment,
service yards, storage yards, exterior work areas, loading docks, maintenance areas, dumpsters, recycling bins, and
any other equipment, structure or storage area located on a roof, ground or building.
Addition to an existing building means any walled and roofed expansion to the perimeter of a building in
which the addition is connected by a common loadbearing wall other than a firewall. Any walled and roofed
addition, which is connected by a firewall or is separated by independent perimeter loadbearing walls, is new
construction.
Adjoin means to have a common border with. The term "adjoin" also means coterminous, contiguous,
abutting and adjacent.
Administrative minor variance. See "Variance."
Administrative modification means a change to an approved condition of zoning that constitutes only a
technical change and does not involve significant public interest as determined by the director of community
development.
Administrative variance. See "Variance."
Adult bookstore means an establishment or facility licensed to do business in the city having a minimum of
25 percent of its stock in trade, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following materials:
(1) Books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures,
videocassettes, CDs, DVDs or other video reproductions, or slides or other visual representations which
are characterized by the depiction or description of "specified sexual activities" or "specified
anatomical areas," as defined herein; or
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(2) Instruments, devices, novelties, toys or other paraphernalia that are designed for use in connection
with "specified sexual activities" as defined herein or otherwise emulate, simulate, or represent
"specified anatomical areas" as defined herein.
Adult entertainment means permitting, performing, or engaging in live acts:
(1) Of touching, caressing, or fondling of the breasts, buttocks, and anus, vulva, or genitals;
(2) Of displaying of any portion of the areola of the female breast, or any portion of his or her pubic hair,
cleft of the buttocks, anus, vulva or genitals;
(3) Of displaying of pubic hair, anus, vulva, or genitals; or
(4) Which simulate sexual intercourse (homosexual or heterosexual), masturbation, sodomy, bestiality,
oral copulation, flagellation.
None of these definitions shall be construed to permit any act which is in violation of any county or state law.
Adult entertainment establishment.
(1) The term "adult entertainment establishment" means any establishment or facility licensed to do
business in the city where adult entertainment is regularly sponsored, allowed, encouraged, condoned,
presented, sold, or offered to the public.
(2) The term "adult entertainment establishment" does not include traditional or mainstream theater
which means a theater, movie theater, concert hall, museum, educational institution or similar
establishment or facility which regularly features live or other performances or showings which are not
distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the depiction, display, or description or the featuring
of "specified anatomical areas" or "specified sexual activities" in that the depiction, display, description
or featuring is incidental to the primary purpose of any performance. Performances and showings are
regularly featured when they comprise 90 percent of all performances or showings.
Alcoholic beverage means and includes all alcohol malt beverages wine or distilled spirits intended for
human consumption Any reference to alcoholic beverages shall be deemed to include alcoholic
consumables, regardless of whether such consumables are in liquid or solid form.
All weathersurface means any surface treatment, including gravel, which is applied to and maintained so as
to prevent erosion, and to prevent vehicle wheels from making direct contact with soil, sod or mud; and which
effectively prevents the depositing of soil, sod or mud onto streets from areas required to be so treated.
Alternative antenna support structure means clock towers, campaniles, freestanding steeples, light
structures and other alternative designed support structures that camouflage or conceal antennas as an
architectural or natural feature.
Alternative screening design means a vegetative screening as approved by the city arborist.
Amateur radio antenna means radio communication facility that is an accessory structure to a single-family
residential dwelling operated for noncommercial purposes by a Federal Communication Commission licensed
amateur radio operator. The term "antenna" includes both the electronic system and any structures it is affixed to
for primary support.
Antenna means any exterior apparatus designed for telephone, radio, or television communications through
the sending or receiving of electromagnetic waves.
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Apartment means a building which contains three or more dwelling units either attached to the side, above
or below another unit. The term "apartment' also refers to a dwelling unit attached to a nonresidential building.
(See "Dwelling, multifamily.")
Appeal means a request for relief from a decision made by:
(1) The director of community development;
(2) Other department directors;
(3) The board of zoning appeals; and
(4) The city council.
Applicable wall area means the wall on which a wall sign is attached, including all walls and windows that
have the same street or pedestrian orientation. All open air spaces shall be excluded from the applicable wall area.
Applicant means a property owner or his or her authorized representative who has petitioned the city for
approval of a zoning change, development permit, building permit, variance, special exception or appeal, or any
other authorization for the use or development of their property under the requirements of this zoning ordinance,
or a person submitting a post -development stormwater management application and plan for approval.
Application means a petition for approval of a zoning change, development permit, building permit, variance,
special exception or appeal, or any other authorization for the use or development of a property under the
requirements of this zoning ordinance.
Art gallery means a room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art.
Artist studio means an establishment where articles or goods are produced, assembled, processed or
manufactured on a custom or individual basis by an artist, craftsman or similar trained or skilled operator including
but not limited to a painter, patter, metalworker, custom dressmaker, photographer, jewelry maker, woodworker,
cabinet maker, and sculptor and may include the sale of such goods.
Assembly hall means a room or building typically accommodating the gathering of persons for deliberation,
legislation, worship or entertainment.
Attic means an unheated storage area located immediately below the roof.
Automobile and light truck sales/leasing means a facility used primarily for the retail sales and leasing of new
or used cars, and trucks.
Automotive garage means a use primarily for the repair, replacement, modification, adjustment, or servicing
of the power plant or drive -train or major components of automobiles and motorized vehicles.
(1) The term "automotive garage" does not include the repair of heavy trucks, equipment and automobile
body work.
(2) The outside storage of unlicensed and unregistered vehicle is prohibited as part of this use (see
"Automotive specialty shop and service station").
Automotive parking lots. See "Parking lot."
Automotive specialty shop.
(1) The term "automotive specialty shop" means a use which provides one or more specialized repair sales
and maintenance functions such as the sale, replacement, installation or repair of tires, mufflers,
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batteries, brakes and master cylinders, shock absorbers, instruments (such as speedometers and
tachometers), radios and sound systems or upholstery for passenger cars, vans, and light trucks only.
(2) The term "automotive specialty shop" does not include:
a. Any private or commercial activity which involves auto/truck leasing, painting, repair or
alteration of the auto body; or
b. Any repair, replacement, modification, adjustment, or servicing of the power plant or drive -train
or cooling system be permitted, except that minor tune-ups involving the changing of spark
plugs, points or condenser, including engine block oil changes, are permitted (see "Repair garage
(automotive, truck and heavy equipment) and service station").
Babysitting means a service in which shelter, care, and supervision are provided for four or fewer children
below the age of 12 years on an irregular basis.
Bail bondsmen means all persons who hold themselves out as signers or sureties of bail bonds for
compensation, and who are licensed as provided in article V, professional bondsmen, of the Milton City Code.
Banner.
(1) The term "banner" means any sign of lightweight fabric or similar material that is either with or
without frame and hung or mounted to a pole, building or other background by one or more edges.
(2) The term "banner" does not include flags.
Bar means an establishment whose Primary business is the Provision of alcoholic beverages and not the
consumption of food An establishment that derives 75 percent or more total annual gross revenue from the sale
of alcoholic beverages for consumption on -premises and does not meet the definition of any other establishment
qualified to hold a license under chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances will be presumed to be a bar. Bars are
specifically prohibited in the city. This provision does not Preclude a business that otherwise qualifies as an eating
establishment or restaurant from including the word "bar" in its name, provided that the name must also be
indicative of food service, such as "Joe's Sports Bar & Grille". shall have ♦he;ame definitigR as set `eFth in ehapteF
Barn means a structure housing livestock.
Barrierfree housing means structures designed to accommodate people of all ages and physical abilities
which include wheelchair and walker accessibility. A barrier free house shall incorporate universal design elements
whenever possible - such as one zero -step entrance, main floor doorways of at least 32 inches of clear passage
space, and a bathroom on the main floor. These provisions of universal design allow people, of various physical
abilities or who become disabled, to live at home.
Basement means the lower level of a building having a floor -to -ceiling height of at least six and one-half feet
and a portion of its floor subgrade (below ground level) on at least one side. See also "Cellar."
Beacon means any light with one or more beams directed into the atmosphere or directed at one or more
points not on the same lot as the light source; also any light with one or more beams that rotate or move.
Bed and breakfast inn means a residence in which the frequency and volume of visitors are incidental to the
primary use as a private residence and where guestrooms are made available for visitors for fewer than 30
consecutive days. Breakfast is the only meal served and is included in the charge for the room. Use is allowed in
nonresidential districts and permitted in AG-1 and TR with a use permit.
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Berm means a planted earthen mound.
Billboard means a sign which advertises services, merchandise, entertainment or information which is not
available at the property on which the sign is located.
Boardinghouse means a residential use other than a hotel or motel in which lodging may be provided to
nonhousehold members and which includes the provision of meals.
Body art or piercing establishment. See "Tattoo and body art or piercing establishment'.
Brewpub means any FestaWaAt that also qualifies as an eatiAg establishmeAt in whwh beeF, wine and�e
brewer that also qualifies as an eating establishment as defined in
chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances n which malt beverages, wine, and/or distilled spirits may be licensed
to be sold for consumption on -premises and malt beverages and wine may be sold by the package for off -premises
consumption. Malt beverages manufactured or brewed on -premises shall be limited to 5,000 barrels per calendar
year, of which no more than 5,000 barrels may be sold to licensed wholesale dealers.
Buffer, state water, means an area along the course of any state waters to be maintained in an undisturbed
and natural condition.
Buffer, tributary, means a protection area adjoining the tributaries of the Chattahoochee River. Tributary
buffer specifications are contained in Part D of each prospective land use section of the tree ordinance (chapter
60).
Buffer, zoning, means a natural undisturbed portion of a lot, except for approved access and utility crossings,
which is set aside to achieve a visual barrier between the use on the lot and adjacent lots and uses. A buffer is
achieved with natural vegetation and must be replanted subject to the approval of the director of community
development or his or her designated agent when sparsely vegetated. Clearing of undergrowth from a buffer is
prohibited except when accomplished under the supervision of the director of community development or his or
her designated agent.
Buildable area means the portion of a parcel of land where a building may be located and which shall contain
enough square footage to meet the minimum required by the zoning district. The term "buildable area" means
that portion of a parcel of land which is not located in the:
(1)
Minimum setbacks;
(2)
Utility corridors;
(3)
Driveways;
(4)
Slopes to build streets;
(5)
Tree save areas;
(6)
Landscape strips;
(7)
Specimen tree areas;
(8)
State water buffers;
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(9) Tributary buffers;
(10) Zoning buffers;
(11) Wetlands;
(12) Stormwater; and
(13) Sanitary sewer easements.
Building means any structure with a roof, designed or built for the support, enclosure, shelter, or protection
of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.
Building code means the technical codes approved for enforcement or otherwise adopted or adopted as
amended by the city under the Georgia Uniform Codes Act, which regulate the construction of buildings and
structures.
Building line means one which is no closer to a property line than the minimum yard (setback) requirements.
Building permit means a written permit that allows construction issued by the building official.
Business.
(1) The term "business" means a use involving retailing, wholesaling, warehousing, outside storage,
manufacturing or the delivery of services regardless of whether payment is involved.
(2) The term "business" does not include uses which are customarily incidental (accessory) to another use.
Canopy means a roofiike cover, excluding carports, that either projects from the wall of a building or is
freestanding.
Car wash, accessory, means a customarily incidental use of an attached or detached bay for cleaning
vehicles.
Car wash, principal, means a primary or main use which provides space for cleaning vehicles.
Catering, carryout or delivery of prepared foods means to provide prepared foods and/or service off -site of
the preparation facility whether by paid delivery or self-service collection. This does not include the delivery of
packaged foods for individual sale.
Cellar means the lower level of a building with more than one-half of its Floor -to -ceiling height below the
average finished grade of the adjoining ground on all sides, or with a Floor -to -ceiling height of less than six and
one-half feet. See also "Basement."
Cemetery, human, means the use of property as a burial place for human remains. Such a property may
contain a mausoleum.
Cemetery, pet, means the use of property as a burial place for the remains of pets. Such a property may
contain a mausoleum.
Check cashing establishment means any establishment licensed by the state pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 7-1-700
et seq.
Church, temple or place of worship means a facility in which persons regularly assemble for religious
ceremonies. The term "church", "temple" or "place of worship" includes, on the same lot, accessory structures and
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uses such as minister's and caretaker's residences, and others uses identified under the provisions for
administrative and use permits.
City means the City of Milton, Georgia.
G#yfiqed meMet shall have the same definitieR as set fwth OR GhaptPF 4 of the Milten Cade Of QWOAaAres.
Clear cutting means the removal of all vegetation from a property, whether by cutting or other means,
excluding stream buffer requirements.
Clear cutting permit means a permit for removing trees and vegetation on properties which are not subject
to an approved land disturbance permit.
Clinic means a use where medical examination and treatment is administered to persons on an outpatient
basis. No patient shall be lodged on an overnight basis.
Club means a nonprofit social, educational or recreational use normally involving:
(1) Community centers;
(2) Public swimming pools or courts;
(3) Civic clubhouses;
(4) Lodge halls;
(5) Fraternal organizations;
(6) Country clubs; and
(7) Similar facilities.
Club, neighborhood, means any club operated for recreation and social purposes solely by the residents of a
specific neighborhood or community.
Commercial amusement/indoor means a use where recreational activity such as movie theaters, arcades,
billiards, game rooms, bowling, skating rinks, sporting activities and other recreational amusements are conducted
within a building.
Commercial amusement/outdoor means a use where recreational activity such as skating rinks, batting
cages, miniature golf, drive-in theaters, skating rinks, and other recreational activities or amusements that are
conducted outside a building.
Commercial equipment means any equipment or machinery used in a business trade or industry, including
but not limited to: earth -moving equipment, trenching or pipe -laying equipment, landscaping equipment, mortar
and concrete mixers, portable or mobile pumps, portable or mobile generators, portable or mobile air
compressors, pipes, pool cleaning equipment and supplies, and any other equipment or machinery similar in
design or function. However, equipment and machinery for business use kept within enclosed vehicles are not
included.
Commercial vehicle means any vehicle used in a business, trade, industry or motorized equipment that has
two (2) or more of the following characteristics:
(1) Exceeds a grass vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 11,000 pounds;
(2) Is regularly used in the conduct of a business, commerce, profession, or trade;
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(3) Exceeds seven feet in height from the base of the vehicle to the top;
(4) Exceeds 20 feet in length;
(5) Has more than two axles;
(6) Has more than four tires in contact with the ground;
(7) Used, designed and built to carry more than eight passengers;
(8) Designed to sell food or merchandise directly from the vehicle or trailer itself;
(9) Bears signs, logos or markings identifying the owner or registrant, a trade, business, service or
commodity.
Composting.
(1) The term "composting" means a processing operation for the treatment of vegetative matter into
humuslike material that can be recycled as a soil fertilizer amendment, such as:
a. Trees;
b. Leaves;and
C. Plant material.
(2) The term "composting" does not include:
a. Organic animal waste;
b. Food;
C. Municipal sludge;
d. Solid waste; and
e. Other nonfarm or vegetative type wastes.
Concurrent variance. See "Variance."
Condominium means a form of ownership distinguished by the absence of individual lots or lot lines and
utilizing instead a system of ownership whereby the dwelling or other units are individually owned but where land
outside of the building walls is held in common and maintained by a condominium association in accordance with
O.C.G.A. § 44-3-70, known and cited as the "Georgia Condominium Act."
Construction material means building materials and rubble resulting from the construction, remodeling,
repair, and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings and other structures. The term
"construction material' includes, but is not limited to, asbestos containing waste, wood, bricks, metal, concrete,
wall board, paper, cardboard, inert waste landfill material, and other nonputrescible wastes which have a low
potential for groundwater contamination.
Convalescent center/nursing home/hospice.
(1) The term "convalescent center/nursing home/hospice" means a state -licensed use in which domiciliary
care is provided to convalescing chronically or terminally ill persons who are provided with food,
shelter and care and not meeting the test of family.
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(2) The term "convalescent center/nursing home/hospice" does not include hospitals, clinics, or similar
institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of the sick or injured.
Convenience store.
(1) The term "convenience store" means a use offering a limited variety of groceries, household goods,
and personal care items, always in association with the dispensing of motor fuels as an accessory use.
(2) The term "convenience store' does not include vehicle service, maintenance and repair.
Convenient location and time means suitable time and easily accessible place for applicants to meet with
interested parties to discuss rezoning and use permit petitions.
Council means the City of Milton, Georgia, mayor and city council.
Country inn means a facility, with the owner or innkeepers residing on the premises, where guestrooms are
made available for visitors for fewer than 30 consecutive days. The term "country inn" is distinguished from the
term "bed and breakfast inn" in that it serves both breakfast and lunch or dinner.
Courtyard means an open air area, other than a yard, that is bounded by the walls of a building.
(1) Used primarily for supplying pedestrian access, light, and air to the abutting buildings.
(2) Site furniture, lighting and landscaping are appropriate.
(3) Vehicular access allowed for unloading and loading only.
(4) No vehicular parking or vehicular storage is allowed.
Craft beerand/or wine market means a retail establishment whose primary Purpose must be the sale of craft
beers and/or wine for consumption off -premises in conjunction with the sale of Prepared food and/or groceries.
Sales of craft beers and wines may be for consumption on -premises and/or by the package.
Crematorium means a facility for the reduction of remains to ashes by incineration.
Cul-de-sac means a street having only one connection to another street, and is terminated by a vehicular
turnaround.
Curb cut means a connection between a roadway and a property for vehicular access. Curb cut applies to
access regardless of the existence of curbing.
Cutoff means a luminaire light distribution where the emission does not exceed 2.5 percent of the lamp
lumens at an angle of 90 degrees above nadir and does not exceed ten percent at a vertical angle of 80 degrees
above nadir.
Cutoff fixture means a luminaire light distribution where the candela per 1,000 lamp lumens does not
numerically exceed 25 (2.5 percent) at or above a vertical angle of 90 degrees above nadir, and 100 (ten percent)
at or above a vertical angle of 80 degrees above nadir. This applies to all lateral angles around the luminaire.
Day care facility means a use in which shelter, care, and supervision as provided for seven or more persons
on a regular basis away from their residence for less than 24 hours a day. A day care facility may provide basic
educational instruction. The term "day care facility" includes:
(1) Nursery school;
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(2) Kindergarten;
(3) Early learning center;
(4) Play school;
(5) Preschool; and
(6) Group day care home.
Day care home, family. See "Family day care home."
Day -night average sound level (DNL) means the 24-hour average sound level, in decibels, obtained from the
accumulation of all events with the addition of ten decibels to sound levels in the night from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00
a.m. The weighing of nighttime events accounts for the usual increased interfering effects of noise during the
night, when ambient levels are lower and people are trying to sleep. DNL is a weighted average measured in
decibels (db).
Deck means a structure abutting a dwelling with no roof or walls except for visual partitions and railings not
to exceed 42 inches above finished floor which is constructed on piers or a foundation above grade for use as an
outdoor living area.
Delicatessen means a store where ready to eat food products, typically meats and salads, are sold.
Department means the department of community development.
Department director or director means the community development director.
Design professional of record means the licensed professional whose seal appears on plats or plans subject to
these regulations.
Detention facility means a detention basin or structure designed for the detention of stormwater runoff and
gradual release of stored water at controlled rates.
Development clearing permit means a permit that allows for the removal of trees for the purpose of land
clearing, timber harvesting, tree farming and agricultural clearing. Development, duplex, means a development of
duplexes.
Development, multifamily means a development of multifamily dwelling units on a single lot of record.
Development of regional impact (DRQ study means a review by the Atlanta Regional Commission and the
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority of large-scale projects that are of sufficient size that they are likely to
create impacts beyond the jurisdiction in which each project will be located.
Development permit standards means requirements established for each administrative and use permit such
as setbacks, access, landscape and buffer areas, hours of operation, etc.
Development single-family, means a development of single-family dwelling units, with each dwelling unit
including accessory structures, on a separate lot of record.
Development standards means dimensional measurements as specified in zoning districts relating to such
standards as yard setbacks, lot area, lot frontage, lot width, height and floor area.
Development townhouse, means a development of townhouse dwelling units.
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Distilled spirits liquor, orsoirituous liquor means any alcoholic beverage obtained by distillation or containing
more than 24 percent alcohol by volume including but not limited to, all fortified wines. Any reference to distilled
spirits liquor, or spirituous liquor shall be deemed to include alcoholic consumables that contain distilled spirits or
spirituous liquor. The terms distilled spirits liquor, or spirituous liquor, when used in this chapter, shall all carry the
same meaning.
Distribution line means a pipeline other than a gathering or transmission line
District nonresidential, means a term used to identify all districts except single-family dwelling districts, all
apartment districts, R-6, Tit, MHP and residential portions of a CUP, includes AG-1.
District residential, means a term which applies to all single-family dwelling districts, all apartment districts,
R-6, TR, MHP and residential portions of a CUP, excludes AG-1.
Draft form is beermalt beverage served from a cask or pressurized keg rather than from a bottle or can.
Drainage facility means a facility which provides for the collection, removal and detention of surface water
or groundwater from land by drains, watercourse or other means.
Drive-in/up restaurant means a restaurant designed for customers to park and place and receive food orders
while remaining in their motor vehicles.
Drive through means a feature of an establishment which permits customers to receive services or obtain
goods while remaining in or on a motor vehicle.
Drive-in theater means an establishment laid out such that patrons may enter and park to view a motion
picture while remaining in their vehicle.
Driveway means a vehicular access way.
Dwelling means any building or portion thereof which is designed for or used for residential purposes for
periods of more than 30 consecutive days.
Dwelling, duplex, means a structure that contains two dwelling units.
Dwelling, multifamily.
(1) The term "multifamily dwelling' means a structure containing three or more dwelling units.
(2) The term "multifamily dwelling" does not include:
a. Townhouses;
b. Triplexes; or
C. Quadruplexes.
Dwelling, quadruplex, means four attached dwellings in one building in which each unit shares one or two
walls with an adjoining unit.
Dwelling, triplex, means a building containing three dwelling units, each of which has direct access to the
outside or to a common hall.
Dwelling unit means one or more rooms constructed with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities designed
for and limited to use as living quarters for one family.
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Dwelling unit single family, means one dwelling unit that is not attached to any other dwelling unit by any
means.
Dwelling unit rowhouse. See "Dwelling unit, townhouse."
Dwelling unit townhouse, means a single-family dwelling that shares a party wall with another of the same
type and occupies the full frontage line. The term dwelling unit, townhouse and dwelling unit, rowhouse are
synonymous.
Eating establishment_
^oM'RaRees.means an establishment which may be licensed to sell distilled spirits, malt beverages, or wines and
which derives at least 50 percent of its total annual gross food and beverage sales from the sale of prepared meals
or food. Provided, however, that when determining the total annual gross food and beverage sales for a brewpub,
barrels of malt beverages sold to licensed wholesale dealers or to the public for consumption off the premises shall
not be used.
Engineer means a registered, practicing engineer, licensed by the state.
Environmentally adverse means any use or activity which poses a potential or immediate threat to the
environment and is physically harmful or destructive to living beings as described in the Executive Order 12898
regarding environmental justice.
Environmentally stressed community means a community exposed to a minimum of two environmentally
adverse conditions resulting from:
(1) Public and private municipal uses:
a. Solid waste and wastewater treatment facilities;
b. Utilities;
C. Airports; and
d. Railroads; and
(2) Industrial uses:
a. Landfills;
b. Quarries; and
C. Manufacturing facilities.
Equine garment fabrication means the fabrication, wholesale distribution, and retail sale of blankets, saddles,
halters, and other similar garments utilized by the equine family of animals.
Escort and dating services means any business that arranges a meeting between an escort and a client for
entertainment or companionship for a fee.
Exotic animal means any animal that is not normally domesticated in the United States or is wild by nature.
Exotic animals include, but are not limited to, any of the following orders and families, whether bred in the wild or
captivity, and also any of their hybrids with domestic species. The animals listed in parentheses are intended to act
as examples and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list or limit the generality of each group of animals,
unless otherwise specified:
(1) Nonhuman primates and prosimians (monkeys, chimpanzees, baboons).
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(2) Felidae (lions, tigers, bobcats, lynx, cougars, leopards, jaguars).
(3) Canidae (wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals).
(4) Ursidae (all bears).
(5) Reptilia (all venomous snakes, all constricting snakes).
(6) Crocodilia (alligators, crocodiles).
(7) Proboscidae (elephants).
(8) Hyanenidae (hyenas).
(9) Artiodatyla (hippopotamuses, giraffes, camels, not cattle or swine or sheep or goats).
(10) Procyonidae (raccoons, coatis).
(11) Marsupialia (kangaroos, oppossums).
(12) Perissodactylea (rhinoceroses, tapirs, not horses or donkeys or mules).
(13) Edentara (anteaters, sloths, armadillos).
(14) Viverridae (mongooses, civets, and genets).
Exterior street means a street, either public or private that is not located within a subdivision or final plat.
Family.
(1) The term "family' means one or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship or
other duly authorized custodial relationship, or up to four unrelated persons, occupying a dwelling unit
and living as a single housekeeping unit.
(2) The term "family" does not include persons occupying a roominghouse, boardinghouse, lodginghouse,
or a hotel.
Family day care home means a home occupation in which shelter, care, and supervision are provided for six
or fewer persons on a regular basis. A family day care home may provide basic educational instruction.
Farm means:
(1) A parcel of land which is used for the raising of animals (including fish) on a commercial basis, such as:
a. Ranching;
b. Dairy farming;
C. Piggeries;
d. Poultry farming; and
e. Fish farming.
(2) A facility for the business of boarding or renting horses to the public; or
(3) A site used for the raising or harvesting of agricultural crops such as wheat, field forage and other plant
crops intended for food or fiber.
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Farm winery or Georgia Farm Winery shall have the same meaning as set forth by state law and chapter 4 of
the Milton Code of Ordinances.
Fast food restaurant. See "Restaurant, fast food."
Fence means an enclosure or barrier, composed of wood, masonry, stone, wire, iron, or other materials or
combination of materials used as a boundary, means of protection, privacy screening, or confinement, including
brick or concrete walls but not including hedges, shrubs, trees, or other natural growth.
Fence, equestrian means fences made from treated and/or painted wooden boards nailed or screwed to
posts, split rails with rounded ends that slide into holes in posts, composite board and minimum 4" x 4" for posts.
The height shall not exceed 60 inches from average grade and may include a three- or four -board configuration
with a parallel or cross design. Colors shall be black, dark brown, or white. Columns constructed of brick or
masonry is also acceptable and shall not exceed 66 inches in height from average grade.
Financial establishment means an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the
extensions of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds.
Flag lot means a lot where frontage to a public street is provided via a narrow strip of land forming a pole or
stem to the buildable portion of the lot.
Flea market and second hand surplus retailers means an establishment selling secondhand articles, antiques,
curios and cut-rate merchandise, typically outdoors and in individually rented stalls.
Flood lamp means a form of lighting designed to direct its output in a specific direction with a reflector
formed from the glass envelope of the lamp itself. Such lamps are so designated by the manufacturers and are
typically used in residential outdoor area lighting.
Floodlight means a form of lighting designed to direct its output in a diffuse, more or less specific direction,
with reflecting or refracting elements located external to the lamp.
Floodplain management terms. The following definitions apply to sections of the zoning ordinance on
floodplain management:
(1) As -built drawings means plans which show the actual locations, elevations, and dimensions of the
improvements as certified by a professional engineer or a licensed surveyor in the state.
(2) Base flood means the flood having a one -percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given
year the 100-year flood.
(3) Base flood elevation (BFE) means the highest water surface elevation anticipated at any given point
during the base flood.
(4) Development means any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate including, but not
limited to, buildings or other structures, such as mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or
drilling operations.
(5) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) means the federal agency which administers the
National Flood Insurance Program. This agency prepares, revises and distributes the maps and studies
adopted under sections 64-258 through 64-315.
(6) Flood or flooding means a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of
normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland waters or the unusual and rapid accumulation of
runoff of surface waters from any source.
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(7) Flood elevation study means an examination, evaluation, and determination of flood hazards and, if
appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations.
(8) Flood boundary and floodway map means an official map of Fulton County on which FEMA has
delineated the various flood boundaries, the floodway fringe, and the floodways.
(9) flood fringe means that area contained by the flood boundaries exclusive of the regulatory floodway.
(10) Flood insurance rate map (FIRM) means the official map of Fulton County on which FEMA has
delineated the risk premium zones.
(11) Flood insurance study (FIS) means a compilation of flood -related data obtained from the flood studies
for the unincorporated areas of Fulton County, Georgia, prepared by FEMA.
(12) Floodplain means lands subject to flooding, which have a one percent probability of flooding
occurrence in any calendar year; the 100-year floodplain is shown on the flood boundary and floodway
map. The term "floodplain" is also referred to as area of moderate flood hazard.
(13) Floodprone area means areas shown on the flood insurance rate map as "Zone B" (zone where the
contributing drainage area is less than one square mile) and which are determined by the public works
department to be a hazard to adjacent properties or development in the event of the base flood.
(14) Floodproofing means any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or
adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real
property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
(15) Floodway. See "Regulatory floodway."
(16) Freeboard means a factor of safety usually expressed in feet above a flood level for purposes of
floodplain management.
(17) Functionally dependent use means a use which cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located
or carried out in close proximity to water.
(18) Intermediate regional flood (IRF) elevation. See "Base flood elevation."
(19) Lowest floor means the lowest minimum floor including basement and attached garage.
(20) Map means the flood boundary and floodway map or the flood insurance rate map.
(21) Mean sea level means, for purposes of floodplain management, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum
(NGVD) of 1929.
(22) Mobile home. See "Mobile home."
(23) Mobile home park/mobile home subdivision means a parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into
two or more mobile home lots for rent or sale for which the construction of facilities for servicing the
lot on which the mobile home is to be affixed (including at a minimum the installation of utilities, either
final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads and construction of streets) was completed on or
after April 5, 1972.
(24) NGVD means the National Geodetic Vertical Datum.
(25) New structure means any proposed structure which does (did) not have a valid building permit prior to
the effective date of this (amendment) ordinance.
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Note —This resolution was adopted on March 11, 1955. Records suggest that floodplain management
provisions were first adopted on April 5, 1972.
(26) Regulatoryfloodway means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas
that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water
surface elevation more than a designated height.
(27) Riverine means relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, or brook.
(28) Special flood hazard area means those lands subject to periodic flooding and shown on the flood
insurance rate map as a numbered or unnumbered "A" zone.
(29) Start of construction means the first placement of permanent construction of a structure, excluding a
mobile home, on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footing or any work beyond excavation.
a. The term "start of construction" includes for any structure, except a mobile home, which has no
basement or poured footings, the first permanent framing or assembly of the structure or any
part thereof on its park or mobile home subdivision. For a mobile home, the term "start" means
the date on which the mobile home is to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the construction of
streets, either final site grading or the pouring of pads, and installation of utilities) is completed.
b. The term "permanent construction" does not include:
1. Land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling;
2. The installation of streets and walkways;
3. Excavation for a basement, footings, piers or foundations, and the erection of temporary
forms; or
4. The installation of accessory buildings, such as garages and sheds, apart from the main
structure.
(30) State coordinating agency means the floodplain management coordinator of the state department of
natural resources.
(31) Structure means all walled and roofed buildings, storage tanks and other structural improvements
located principally above ground.
(32) Water surface elevation means the relationship between the projected heights and the NGVD reached
by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains.
Floor area, gross, means the sum of all floors of a structure as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior
walls or the center of connected or common walls.
(1) The term "gross floor area" includes:
a. Common public areas, such as lobbies, restrooms and hallways; and
b. Spaces devoted exclusively to permanent mechanical systems, permanent storage areas,
stairwells and elevator shafts.
(2) The term "gross floor area" does not include:
a. Internal parking and loading areas;
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b. Attics;
C. Porches;
d. Balconies; and
e. Other areas outside of the exterior walls of the building.
(3) Gross floor area is used to determine the building sizes for all but single-family dwellings and to
determine required parking when floor area is the designated measure for a use. The term "gross floor
area" is commonly referred to as floor area.
Floor area, ground, means the heated floor area of the first story of a building above a basement or, if no
basement, the lowest story.
Floor area, heated.
(1) The term "heated floor area" means the sum of all heated area of a dwelling or dwelling unit, as
appropriate, measured to the inside surfaces of exterior walls.
(2) The term "heated floor area" does not include:
a. Porches;
b. Balconies;
C. Attics;
d. Basements (finished or unfinished);
e. Garages;
f. Patios; and
g. Decks.
Floor area, net.
(1) The term "net floor area" means the sum of all floors of a structure as measured to the outside
surfaces of exterior walls.
(2) The term "net floor area" does not include:
a. Halls;
b. Stairways;
C. Elevator shafts;
d. Attached and detached garages;
e. Porches;
f. Balconies;
g. Attics with less than seven feet of headroom;
h. Basements;
i. Patios; and
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j. Decks.
Floor area, net leasable, means the gross floor area less the common public areas.
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Footcandle means a unit of measure for illuminance on a surface that is everywhere one foot from a point
source of light of one candle, and equal to one lumen per square foot of area.
Fortune telling establishment means all persons, firms or corporations engaging in the business, trade or
profession of fortune-telling, astrology, phrenology, palmistry, clairvoyance, or related practices for a charge or by
donation.
Fuel oil means a liquid petroleum product that is burned in a furnace for the generation of heat or used in an
engine for the generation of power. The term "fuel oil' includes oil that may be:
(1) A distilled fraction of petroleum;
(2) A residuum from refinery operations;
(3) A crude petroleum; or
(4) A blend of two or more of the oils in subsections (1) through (3) of this definition.
Full cutoff means a luminaire light distribution where zero candela intensity occurs at or above an angle of 90
degrees above nadir. Additionally, the candela per 1,000lamp lumens does not numerically exceed 100 (ten
percent) at or above a vertical angle of 80 degrees above nadir. This applies to all lateral angles around the
luminaire.
Full cutoff fixture means an outdoor light fixture shielded or constructed in such a manner that it emits no
light above the horizontal plane of the fixture.
Funeral home means an establishment with facilities for the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation,
for the viewing of the body, and for funerals.
Garage, automobile repair. See "Repair garage, automobile."
Garden center means a business whose primary operation is the sale of seeds and organic and inorganic
materials, which include, but are not limited to, trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants for sale or transplanting,
mulch, pine straw, and other organic products for landscaping purposes, and other limited retail accessory
products for gardening and landscaping.
Gasoline station means a commercial retail establishment for the dispensing and distribution of automotive
fuels with or without a retail convenience store.
Gathering line means a pipeline that transports fuel oil/liquid petroleum product from a current production
facility to a transmission line or main.
Glare means the sensation produced within the visual field by luminance that is sufficiently greater than the
luminance to which the eyes are adapted, causing annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance and
visibility.
Golf course means a use of land for playing the game of golf.
(1) The term "golf course" includes a country club and a driving range as an accessory use.
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(2) The term "golf course" does not include miniature golf.
Governmental facility means a building or institution provided by the government to care for a specified
need, such as a courthouse or county jail.
Grade means the average elevation of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to all sides of any
structure.
Gravel road means an unpaved road surfaced with gravel material and may have a paved extension that is
constructed and maintained to function as an all-weather surface for vehicular and pedestrian travel and is
synonymous with unpaved road. Those gravel roads include the following:
Black Oak Road
Brittle Road
Burgess Drive
Burgess Road
Christophers Run
Clarity Road
Cowart Road
Darby Road
Day Road
Holly Road
King Circle
Knox Hill Drive
Lackey Road
Land Road
Landrum Road
Lively Road
Louis Road
Nix Road
Old Cogburn Road
Old Dorris Road
Old Henderson Road
Old Holly Road
Phillips Circle
Rowe Road
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Simmons Hill Road
Spring Falls Road
Summit Road
Sweet Apple Road
Westbrook Road
Wood Road
Green space means permanently protected land and water, including agricultural and forestry land that is in
its undeveloped, natural state or that has been developed only to the extent consistent with, or is restored to be
consistent with, one or more of the following goals:
(1) Water quality protection for rivers, streams, and lakes;
(2) Flood protection;
(3) Wetlands protection;
(4) Reduction of erosion through protection of steep slopes, areas with erodible soils, and stream banks;
(5) Protection of riparian buffers and other areas that serve as natural habitat and corridors for native
plant and animal species;
(6) Scenic protection;
(7) Protection of archaeological and historic resources;
(8) Provision of recreation in the form of boating, hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, running, jogging,
biking, walking, and similar outdoor activities; and
(9) Connection of existing or planned areas contributing to the goals set out in this definition.
Group residence for children means a dwelling unit or facility in which fulltime residential care is provided for
children under the age of 17 years as a single housekeeping unit. A group residence must comply with applicable
federal, state and local licensing requirements. A group residence may not serve the purpose of, or as an
alternative to, incarceration.
Group residence/shelter.
(1) The term "group residence/shelter" means a state -licensed 24-hour residential facility functioning as a
single housekeeping unit for the sheltered care of persons with special needs which, in addition to
providing food and shelter, may also provide some combination of personal care, social or counseling
services and transportation. Bedroom suites shall not include kitchen facilities.
(2) The term "group residence/shelter' does not include those facilities which exclusively care for children
under the age of 17 years.
Guesthouse means a detached accessory dwelling unit located on the same lot with a single-family dwelling
unit. A guesthouse may be only used by relatives, guests or employees that work on the property without payment
for rent.
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Gymnasium means a room or building used for various indoor sports and physical fitness usually equipped
with spectator accommodations, locker and shower rooms, classrooms, and/or swimming pools.
Hardship means the existence of extraordinary and exceptional conditions pertaining to the size, shape, or
topography of a particular property, because of which the property cannot be developed in strict conformity with
the provisions of this zoning ordinance.
Health club/spa means a commercial establishment whose members pay a fee to use its health and fitness
facilities and equipment. This definition does not include residential or subdivision amenities areas.
Height means the vertical distance measured from the finished grade along all walls of a structure to the
highest point of the coping or parapet of a flat roof or to the average height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip
and gambrel roofs.
Historic period lighting means commercial lighting with an architectural design from the late 19th and early
20th centuries.
Home occupation means an accessory use of a dwelling unit for business, operated by members of the
resident family only (see section 64-213).
Home schooling means the practice of teaching one's own children at home in accordance with O.C.G.A. §§
20-2-690 and 20-2-690.1.
Hoop stress means a causation of internal and external pressure loading on the pipe.
Hospital means the provision of inpatient health care for people, including:
(1) General medical and surgical services;
(2) Psychiatric care and specialty medical facilities; and
(3) Outpatient facilities.
Hotel, apartment means a use which provides individual units which include cooking facilities, and which are
used for temporary lodging to persons not related to the owner for fewer than 30 days.
Hotel/motel means a building in which lodging and boarding is provided for fewer than 30 days. The term
"hotel/motel" includes a restaurant in conjunction therewith. The term "hotel/motel" also means a tourist court,
motor lodge and inn.
IESNA means the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, a nonprofit professional organization of
lighting specialists that has established recommended design standards for various lighting applications.
Illuminance means the quantity of light arriving at a surface divided by the area of the illuminated surface,
measured in footcandles.
(1) Horizontal illuminance applies to a horizontal surface.
(2) Vertical illuminance applies to a vertical surface.
(3) The term "average illuminance" means the level of illuminance over an entire illuminated target area.
(4) The term "maximum illuminance" means the highest level of illuminance on any point within the entire
area.
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(5) The term "minimum illuminance" means the lowest level of illuminance on any point within the entire
area.
Illuminance levels.
(1) The term "illuminance levels" means illuminance levels and footcandles noted in this zoning ordinance.
(2) The term "illuminance levels" also means the illuminance levels occurringjust prior to lamp
replacement and luminaire cleaning.
(3) The average illuminance level applies to an entire illuminated target area.
(4) Minimum and maximum illuminance levels apply to small areas within the entire illuminated target
area. Unless otherwise noted, illuminance levels refer to horizontal illuminance levels.
Illumination.
(1) The term "direct illumination" means illumination which is projected from within a sign, building, etc.
(2) The term "indirect illumination" is illumination which is projected onto a sign, building, etc.
Impervious cover means any manmade paved, hardened or structural surface regardless of material.
Impervious cover includes, but is not limited to:
(1)
Rooftops;
(2)
Buildings;
(3)
Streets;
(4)
Roads;
(5)
Decks;
(6)
Swimming pools; and
(7)
Any concrete or asphalt.
Improvement setback means an area adjacent to a zoning buffer in which no improvements and structures
shall be constructed. No development activity such as tree removal, stump removal or grinding, land disturbance
or grading is permitted without the approval of the director of community development department.
Industrialized building means a building manufactured in accordance with the Georgia Industrialized Building
Act (O.C.G.A. §§ 8-2-110-8-2-112) and the Rules of the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community
Affairs issued pursuant thereto. State approved buildings meet the state building and construction codes and bear
an insignia of approval issued by the commissioner.
Institutional uses include:
(1)
Schools;
(2)
Colleges;
(3)
Vocational schools;
(4)
Hospitals;
(5)
Places of worship;
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(6) Asylums;
(7) Museums; and
(8) Other similar uses or facilities.
Junk facility. See "Salvage/storage/junk facility."
Kennel means a use for the shelter of domestic animals where the shelter of these animals involves an
exchange of revenue in which a business license is required. If the kennel is a nonbusiness operation, its use may
be certified by the Fulton County Animal Control Office.
Lamp means the component of an outdoor luminaire that produces light.
Land disturbance permit means a permit issued by the community development department that authorizes
the commencement of alteration or development of a given tract of land or the commencement of any land
disturbing activity.
Land disturbing activity means any alteration of land which may result in soil erosion from water or wind and
the movement of sediment into water or onto lands including, but not limited to:
(1) Clearing;
(2) Dredging;
(3) Grading;
(4) Excavating;
(5) Transporting; and
(6) Filling.
Landfill, inert waste disposal means a disposal facility, accepting only waste that will not or is not likely to
cause production of leachate of environmental concern by placing an earth cover thereon.
(1) The term "inert waste' means:
a. Earth and earthlike products;
b. Concrete;
C. Cured asphalt;
d. Rocks;
e. Bricks;
f. Yard trash;
g. Stumps;
h. Limbs; and
i. Leaves.
(2) The term "inert waste" does not include other types of industrial and demolition waste not specifically
listed in subsection (1) of this definition. Refer to the rules concerning solid waste management of the
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Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, as amended, for further
definition.
Landfill, solid waste disposal, means a disposal facility accepting solid waste excluding hazardous waste
disposed of by placing an earth cover thereon. The term "solid waste" includes waste from domestic, agricultural,
commercial and industrial sources. Refer to the rules concerning solid waste management of the Georgia
Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, as amended, for further definition.
Landscape architect means a registered, practicing landscape architect licensed by the state.
Landscape business means a business providing the services described herein at off -site locations. While
most of the actual landscape activity occurs off -site, the business owner's property may be approved for
equipment storage, parking, material storage and a building or buildings for storage and plant propagation.
Landscape businesses typically include outdoor activities such as: lawn installation; mowing and maintenance;
fertilization and/or insecticide treatment; the planting and maintenance of trees, shrubs and flowers; tree and
stump removal; the spreading and grading of top soil, mulch or other ground covers; the installation of stone, brick
and block walkways and retaining walls; and the temporary storage of plant trimmings.
Landscape strip means an area required by this zoning ordinance or by conditions of zoning which is reserved
for the installation and maintenance of plant materials.
Large-scale retail/service commercial development means a retail/service commercial development with at
least one large-scale retail structure but no more than four such structures whether freestanding or combined.
Large-scale retail/service commercial structure means an individual retail/service commercial structure that
is 75,000 square feet or greater. This size threshold refers to an individual establishment and its associated
outdoor areas used for display and storage.
Laundromat means any commercial laundry where coin -operated or other self-service washing machines are
available to individual customers.
Laundry and dry cleaning plant distribution center means an establishment performing the dry cleaning and
laundering processes on site with or without walk-in facilities and typically sending laundered products out to
separate pick up sites.
Laundry and dry cleaning shop means a commercial establishment whose business is the cleansing of fabrics
with non -aqueous organic solvents and may include laundering off -site.
Lawful use means any use of lots or structure which is not in violation of any existing federal, state or local
law, statute, regulation or ordinance.
Lawn service business means a commercial establishment providing lawn care, maintenance and propagation
for a fee. These services are provided at off -site locations.
Library means a place set apart to contain books and other literary material for reading, study, or reference,
for use by members of a society or the general public.
Light, direct, means light emitted directly from the lamp, off of the reflector or reflector diffuser, or through
the refractor or diffuser lens, of luminaire.
Light fully shielded, means outdoor light fixtures shielded or constructed so that no light rays are emitted by
the installed fixture at angles above the horizontal plane as certified by a photometric test report.
Light, indirect means direct light that has been reflected or has scattered off of other surfaces.
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Loading space means an area within the main building or on the same lot, which provides for the loading, or
unloading of goods and equipment from delivery vehicles.
Lodge and/or retreat/campground means a facility allowed with a use permit which provides space, food
and/or lodging facilities for social, educational or recreational purposes.
Lot 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.
Lot, corner, means a multiple frontage lot adjoining two streets at their intersection.
Lot coverage means the percentage of impervious surfaces located on a lot in comparison to the total lot
area, calculated by dividing impervious surface area by total lot area. For purposes of calculating lot coverage,
impervious surfaces shall include the following:
(1) The footprint of the main building regardless of size;
(2) The total footprints of any accessory buildings larger than 150 square feet;
(3) Swimming pools, hot tubs, and associated decks and;
(4) Parking pads and driveways.
For purposes of calculating lot coverage, total lot area shall be the area of the lot reduced by the area of the
following that is located within the boundaries of the lot:
(1) Streets.
lot frontage means the shortest property line adjoining a street or, for lots requiring no street frontage,
oriented toward a street. A property line adjoining a stub street shall not be considered as frontage unless it is
proposed for access or is the only street frontage. Front yard requirements shall be measured from this property
line. In situations where a multiple frontage lot has equal distance on street frontages, the director of community
development shall determine the legal lot frontage.
Lot line, front, means a lot line which extends the entire length of an abutting street from intersecting
property line to intersecting property line. The front lot line of a corner lot abuts the street which adjoins the lot
for the shortest distance.
Lot line/property line means a line established through recordation of an approved plat, or a deed in the
absence of a platting requirement, which separates a lot from other lots, or a lot from rights -of -way.
Lot line, rear, means, generally, the lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. For a pointed or
irregular lot, the rear lot line shall be an imaginary line, parallel to and the most distant from the front lot line, not
less than 20 feet long, and wholly within the lot. True triangular lots do not have rear lot lines. Lots with more than
one front lot line do not have rear lot lines. The director of the community development department or his or her
designee shall make the final determination of rear lot lines when in dispute or undefined by this definition.
Lot line, side, means a lot line which is not a rear or front lot line.
Lot, multiple frontage, means lots adjoining more than one street.
Lot, nonconforming. See "Nonconforming lot, use or structure."
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Lot -of -record means a lot, whether lawful or unlawful, which appears on a deed and plat recorded in the
official records of the clerk of superior court.
Lot, unlawful, means any lot -of -record which, at the time of recordation in the official records of the clerk of
superior court, was not in compliance with zoning and subdivision laws in effect at that time.
Lot width, minimum, means the least dimension required along the building line specified for each district,
parallel to the lot frontage and measured between side lot lines.
Luminaire means a complete lighting system and includes a lamp and a fixture.
Luminaire height means the vertical distance from the ground directly below the centerline of the luminaire
to the lowest direct -light -emitting part of the luminaire.
Maintenance, normal, means the upkeep of a sign for the purpose of maintaining safety and appearance
which may include:
(1) Painting;
(2) Bulb replacement;
(3) Panel replacement;
(4) Letter replacement; and
(5) Repair of electrical components and structural reinforcements to its original condition.
Manufactured home.
(1) The term "manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in
the traveling mode, is eight -body feet or more in width or 40-body feet or more in length or, when
erected on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to
be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities
and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.
(2) The term "manufactured home' includes any structure which meets all the requirements of this
definition except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a
certification required by the secretary of housing and urban development and complies with the
standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974, 42 USC 5401 et seq.
Manufactured home installation means the construction of a foundation system and the placement or
erection of a manufactured home or a mobile home on the foundation system. The term "manufactured home
installation" includes, without limitation, supporting, blocking, leveling, securing, or anchoring such home and
connecting multiple or expandable sections of such home.
Marquee means any permanent rooflike structure projecting beyond a building or extending along and
projecting beyond the wall of the building used for advertising or identification.
Massage parlor means any building, structure, or place, other than a regularly licensed and established
hospital or dispensary, whose principal business is to practice nonmedical or nonsurgical manipulative exercises or
devices upon the human body manually or otherwise by any person other than a licensed physician, surgeon,
dentist, occupational or physical therapist, chiropractor or osteopath with or without the use of therapeutic,
electrical, mechanical or bathing devices.
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Massing means varying the massing of a building and includes varying the surface planes of the building:
(1) With porches, balconies, bay windows, and overhangs;
(2) By stepping -back the buildings from the second floor and above; or
(3) By breaking up the roofline with different elements to create smaller compositions.
Mausoleum means a building where bodies are interred above ground in stacked vaults.
Medical related lodging means a use which provides temporary lodging for family members of a hospitalized
patient.
Micro -brewery
means a small-scale malt beverage manufacturing facility in which malt beverages manufactured on -premises or at
another of the brewer's licensed premises under common ownership as defined in OCGA 3-5-24.1 may be sold for
consumption on -premises or by the package for off -premises consumption. Malt beverages manufactured or
brewed on -premises shall be limited to 3,000 barrels per calendar year, of which no more than 6,000 barrels may
be sold at retail for on premises consumption or by the package for off -premises consumption.
Micro -distillery
means a small-scale distilled spirit manufacturing facility in which distilled spirits manufactured on -premises or at
another of the distiller's licensed premises as defined in OCGA 3-4-24.2 may be sold for consumption on -premises
or by the package for off -premises consumption. Distilled spirits manufactured or distilled on -premises shall be
limited to 3,000 barrels per calendar year, of which no more than 750 barrels may be sold at retail for on premises
consumption or by the package for off -premises consumption.
Millinery means an establishment for the crafting, production and, or sale of headwear.
Mineral extraction means severance and removal of sand, stone, gravel, top soil, and other mineral resources
whenever such severance and removal is not conducted in conjunction with a permitted development activity.
Mini -warehouse means a structure or group of structures containing separate spaces/stalls which are leased
or rented on an individual basis for the storage of goods.
Minor variance. See "Variance."
Mobile home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is
eight -body feet or more in width or 40-body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square
feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent
foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and
electrical systems contained therein; and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976, or otherwise does not comply with
the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
1974, 42 USC 5401 et seq.
Mobile home park.
(1) The term "mobile home park" means use of property for two or more mobile homes for living
purposes, and spaces or lots set aside and offered for use for mobile homes.
(2) The term "mobile home park" does not include mobile home sales lot.
Model home means a dwelling unit used for conducting business related to the sale of a development.
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Modification means an application requesting change to an approved condition of zoning or use permit,
except for conditions that pertain to a change in use, increase in density, and increase in height.
Modular building. See "Industrialized building."
Modular home means a dwelling manufactured in accordance with the Georgia Industrialized Building Act.
See "Industrialized building."
Mortuary. See "Funeral Home."
Motel. See "Hotel/motel."
Multi -tenant means two or more businesses that provide goods and services within separate structures
located on the same site or within the same structure that provides wall separation and private access for each
business.
Museum means an institution devoted to the exhibition, procurement, care, study and display of objects of
lasting interest or value.
NADIR means the point directly below the luminaire defined as zero degrees vertical angle.
Nightclub
means an establishment whose primary business is the Provision of alcoholic beverages and live entertainment
or Patron dancing and not the consumption of food A place that derives 75 percent or more of its total annual
gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on -premises and cover charges or entry
fees and does not meet the definition of any other establishment qualified to hold a license under chapter 4 of
the Milton Code of Ordinances will be presumed to be a nightclub Nightclubs are prohibited in the city.
Nonconforming (grandfathered) lot use or structure means a use, lot or structure that was nonconforming at
the time of the adoption of the Fulton County Zoning Resolution on March 11, 1955, or subsequent amendments
thereto, or created by deed between March 11, 1955 and September 21, 1967, (adoption of the subdivision
regulations), and does not now meet the minimum requirements of the district in which it is located. Also, a use,
lot or structure which has been made nonconforming by some county or state action. Any change or addition to a
use, lot or structure must comply with current provisions of this zoning ordinance.
Nonstructural consumer fireworks retail sales facility means a trailer towed by a motor vehicle or a tent,
canopy, or membrane (any thin, flexible or foldable layer of material used to block sun, wind or water) structure in
which consumer fireworks are offered for sale to the public.
Nonstructural stormwater management practice or nonstructural practice means any natural or planted
vegetation or other nonstructural component of the stormwater management plan that provides for or enhances
stormwater quantity and quality control or other stormwater management benefits including, but not limited to:
(1) Riparian buffers;
(2) Open and greenspace areas;
(3) Overland flow filtration areas;
(4) Natural depressions; and
(5) Vegetated channels.
Nursing home.
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(1) The term "nursing home" means a use in which domiciliary care is provided to three or more
chronically ill nonfamily members who are provided with food, shelter and care.
(2) The term "nursing home" does not include:
a. Hospitals;
b. Clinics; or
C. Similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of the sick or injured.
(3) A convalescent center, nursing home and personal care home are further distinguished in
administrative and use permit provisions.
Off -premises means a location outside of the subject lot for a designated use.
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Off-site premises means the location of a structure or use outside the lot -of -record of the subject
development, including the adjoining street or other right-of-way.
On -premises means the individual lot -of -record on which the use is located.
On -premises consumption retailerorstore means any person or entity that sells or provides to the public
alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, only to consumers and not for resale.
On -site premises means the location of a structure or use within the confines of a property delineated by
property lines or, if referenced in a zoning or use permit case, within the confines of the boundaries of the legal
description filed with the petition.
Office, temporary, means a mobile, manufactured or other structure which is used as an office for real estate
sales, on -site construction management and related functions. Requires an administrative permit under temporary
structures.
Office, permanent means a room or building wherein a professional person conducts business, typically
performing a service for another.
Open space means a portion of a site which is permanently set aside for public or private use and will not be
developed. The space may be used for passive or active recreation or may be reserved to protect or buffer natural
areas.
(1) The term "open space" includes wooded areas other than required landscape strips and buffers,
pathways/walkways, fields, and sensitive environmental areas such as wetlands, etc.
(2) The term "open space" does not include detention facilities and platted residential lots.
Ordinance means this City of Milton Zoning Ordinance.
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Outparcel (spin -site) means a portion of a larger parcel of land generally designed as a site for a separate
structure and business from the larger tract. An outparcel may or may not be a subdivision of a larger parcel. To be
recognized as an outparcel, the portion must be identified on a site plan approved for the larger parcel.
Package means a bottle, can, keg, barrel, or other original consumer container. The term "retail package
alcoholic beverages" includes all alcoholic beverages in their original containers or in a growler and sold at
retail to the final consumer and not for resale.
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Parcel. See "Lot."
Parking garage/deck. See "Parking lot."
Parking lot means an off-street area which is used for the temporary parking of vehicle whether paid or
unpaid. Typically, lots are surfaced and improved and may include a parking garage as a multi -story facility.
Parking space means an area designated for the parking of one vehicle on an all-weather surface. No more
than two carport or garage spaces may offset the minimum parking requirements in a single-family residential
district. (Specifications included in article Vill.)
Path means a cleared way for pedestrians and bicycles that may or may not be paved or otherwise improved.
Pawnshop means a business that lends money at interest on personal property deposited with the lender
until redeemed.
Personal care home/assisted living.
(1) The term "personal care home/assisted living" means a state -licensed use in which domiciliary care is
provided to adults who are provided with food, shelter and personal services.
(2) The term "personal care home/assisted living" does not include:
a. Hospitals;
b. Convalescent centers;
C. Nursing homes;
d. Hospices;
e. Clinics; or
f. Similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of the sick or injured.
Personal services, stand alone, means those buildings specifically designed and used for providing personal
grooming, and hygiene services.
Pet grooming means caring for the appearance of domesticated animals kept for pleasure, including bathing
and brushing services.
Photography studio means a room or building used for professional commercial photography.
Pipeline means any conduit through which natural gas, petroleum, oxygen, or other flammable or
combustible products, or any of their derivative products are conveyed or intended to be conveyed.
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Plans review means the act of reviewing plans and specifications to ensure that proposed undertakings
comply with various governing laws, ordinances and resolutions. Compliance is subsequently utilized to determine
that work and materials are in accordance with approved plans and specifications.
Plant nursery.
(1) The term "plant nursery" means any land used to raise trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants for sale
or transplanting.
(2) The term "plant nursery" does not include:
a. The retail sale of any related garden supplies such as chemical fertilizer, tools and other similar
goods and equipment; or
b. The retail sale of plants not grown on the property.
Plat final, means a finished drawing of a subdivision which provides a complete and accurate depiction of all
legal and engineering information required by the subdivision regulations (chapter 50). Certification is necessary
for recording.
Plat preliminary, means a drawing which 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 the subdivision regulations
(chapter 50). The preliminary plat is the first stage in securing a land disturbance permit.
Plumbing shop associated with retail sales means a commercial establishment used primarily for the sale of
plumbing and lighting equipment, and supplies.
Pool hall means any public place including three or more pool tables where a person is permitted to play the
game of billiards and for which a charge is made for use of equipment or for which no charge is made for use of
equipment and where alcoholic beverages are being served.
Porch means a roofed open structure projecting from the exterior wall of a building and having at least 70
percent of the total area of the vertical planes forming its perimeter unobstructed in any manner except by insect -
screening between floor and ceiling.
Primary variance. See "Variance."
Printing shop means a commercial establishment where copying, reproduction and other business services
are performed.
Prison/correctional facility.
(1) The term "prison/correctional facility" means a public or state -licensed private owned buildings, and all
accessory uses and structures, used for long-term confinement housing and supervision of persons
who are serving terms of imprisonment for violation of criminal laws.
(2) The term "prison" is distinguished from a jail, in that a prison is considered to be larger and for longer
terms, and is normally operated under the authority or jurisdiction of the state or federal government.
(See section 64-1826, private correctional facility.)
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Property, when used in conjunction with an application for rezoning, means an area of land composed of less
than one lot, or of accumulations of one or more lots, or parts thereof.
Protected zone means all lands that fall outside the buildable area of a parcel, all areas of a parcel required to
remain in open space, all areas required as landscape strips and buffers (including zoning buffers, state water
buffers and tributary buffers) and all tree save areas according to:
(1) The provisions of this zoning ordinance;
(2) Conditions of zoning;
(3) Use permit or variance approval; and
(4) The tree preservation ordinance (article III of this zoning ordinance).
Race track means the use of a course devoted to the racing of motor and non -motorized vehicles or animals,
and all improvements normally associated with racing such as off-street parking, patron seating, concessions, and
a fixed race track.
Radio and television station means an installation consisting of one or more transmitters or receivers, used
for radio and, or television communications. This definition includes broadcasting organizations and/or studios.
Recreation fields means an outside area designed and equipped for the conduct of sports and leisure time
activities including, but not limited to:
(1)
Softball;
(2)
Soccer;
(3)
Football; and
(4)
Field hockey.
Recreational court, private.
(1) The term "private recreational court" means an improved area designed and intended for the playing
of a game or event such as basketball or tennis, and which serves a single-family dwelling, duplex
dwelling and multifamily dwelling, or combinations of dwelling types, including such improved areas
which are owned and/or controlled by a neighborhood club or similar organization.
(2) The term "private recreational court" does not include a basketball goal adjoining a driveway of typical
residential driveway dimensions.
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Recreational court public, means an improved area designed and intended for the playing of a game or
event such as basketball or tennis, and is operated as a business or as a club unless such club is a neighborhood
club or similar organization identified under the definition "Recreational court, private."
Recreational facilities includes:
(1) Parks;
(2) Recreation areas;
(3) Golf courses;
(4) Playgrounds;
(5) Recreation counters (indoor and outdoor);
(6) Playing fields; and
(7) Other similar uses or facilities.
Recreational vehicle means a vehicle used for leisure time activities and as a dwelling unit while traveling.
The dimensions of a recreational vehicle shall not exceed a width of eight and one-half feet and a length of 45 feet.
(1) The term "recreational vehicle" includes:
a. A camper;
b. A motor home; and
A travel trailer.
(2) The term "recreational vehicle" does not include a mobile home.
Recycling center, collecting, means any facility utilized for the purpose of collecting materials to be recycled
including, but not limited to, plastics, glass, paper and aluminum materials. Such use may be principal or accessory
to a nonresidential use on nonresidentially zoned property, except AG-1 zoned properties unless the primary use is
a permitted nonresidential use.
Recycling center, processing.
(1) The term "processing recycling center" means any facility utilized for the purpose of collecting, sorting
and processing materials to be recycled including, but not limited to, plastics, glass, paper and
aluminum materials whenever such use is permitted in M-1 and M-2 zoning districts.
(2) The term "processing recycling center" does not include a landfill.
Relocated residential structure means a dwelling which has been removed from one location for relocation to
another lot.
Repair garage, automobile, means a use which may provide a full range of automotive repairs and services
including major overhauls. The term "automobile repair garage" includes paint and body shops.
Repair garage, truck and heavy equipment means a use which may provide a full range of repairs and
services including major overhauls on trucks and heavy equipment. The term "truck and heavy equipment repair
garage" includes paint and body shops.
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Repair shop means a commercial establishment where small appliances, electronics and small motors are
restored to working condition.
Research laboratory means a workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
Residential use/dwelling means any building or portion thereof where one actually lives or has his or her
home. The term "residential use/dwelling" also means a place of human habitation.
Restaurant, fast food, means a food service establishment which sells food from a counter or window for
consumption on -premises or off -premises. Tables may be provided, and food may be served at a table, but may
not be ordered from a table.
Restaurant means any public Place kept. used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place
where meals are actually and regularly served to patrons, without sleeping accommodations, including a cafeteria,
such place being provided with an adequate and sanitary full service kitchen and dining room equipment, having
employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and serve suitable food for its
patrons. At least one meal per day shall be served at least six days per week, with the exception of holidays,
vacations and periods of redecorating, and the serving of those meals shall be a principal portion of the business
conducted, with the serving of alcoholic beverages as only incidental thereto. The restaurant seating area must be
at least 40 percent of the gross square footage of the restaurant facility. Seating space located outside of the main
structure (i.e. patios, decks, etc.) shall not be included in calculating seating space. In order to be considered a "full
service" restaurant, the business must also meet the requirements of an eating establishment as defined in
chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances.
Retail use means a business whose primary purpose is the sale of merchandise to consumers.
Retail Package distilled spirit store means any person, as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of
Ordinances. that sells or provides to the public distilled spirits in unbroken packages, not for consumption on
premises and not for resale.
Retail package malt beverage/wine store means any person as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of
Ordinances. that sells or Provides to the public malt beverages and/or wine in unbroken packages or growlers, not
for consumption on -premises and not for resale.
Retreat. See "Lodge."
Riding area means an area utilized for equestrian purposes including practice sessions, shows, etc., which
may or may not be covered or with or without designated seating structures.
Right -of --way means a portion of land over which a local or state government has designated a right of use.
Roadside produce stand means a use offering either farm -grown, prepared food products such as fruits,
vegetables, canned foods, or prepared packaged meats for sale from a vehicle or a temporary structure. The
consumption of food on -site is prohibited.
Roadside vending means the sale of merchandise such as clothing, crafts, household item, firewood, etc.,
from a temporary table or cart but excluding a temporary consumer fireworks retail sales facility.
Roominghouse means a residential use other than a hotel or motel in which lodging may be provided to
nonhousehold members for periods of 30 days or longer, and which does not include the provision of meals.
Rural or agricultural event facility means a permanently established facility to include indoor or outdoor and
indoor/outdoor or both sites utilized on a regular or seasonal basis for public and private gatherings. The facility
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takes advantage of special rural characteristics such as natural features, historic structures and landscapes, special
views, open vistas, or a secluded pastoral locale. Types of uses may include but are not limited to weddings,
corporate events, retreats, community events, private parties and family gatherings/reunions.
Salvage/storage/junk facility means any use involving the storage or disassembly of wrecked or junked
automobiles, trucks or other vehicles; vehicular impound lots; storage, bailing or otherwise dealing in scrap irons
or other metals, used paper, used cloth, plumbing fixtures, appliances, brick, wood or other building materials; and
the storage or accumulation outside of a storage building of used vehicle tires or tire carcasses which cannot be
reclaimed for their original use. Such uses are storage and salvage facilities whether or not all or part of such
operations are conducted inside or outside a building or as principal or accessory uses. State approval is required
for all sites utilized for reclamation and disposal of toxic and hazardous waste.
Scale refers to the relationship of the size of a building to neighboring buildings and of a building to a site. In
general, the scale of new construction should relate to the majority of surrounding buildings.
School, business, music or dance, means an educational institution devoted to a specific field of learning
whether public or private.
School, private, means an educational use having a curriculum at least equal to a public school, but not
operated by the Fulton County Board of Education.
School, special, means an educational use devoted to special education, including the training of gifted,
learning disabled, mentally or physically handicapped persons, but not operated by the Fulton County Board of
Education.
Schools, colleges and universities means any educational facility established under the laws of the state (and
usually regulated in matters of detail by local authorities), in the various districts, counties, or towns, maintained at
the public expense by taxation, and open, usually without charge, to all residents of the city, town or other district;
private schools which have students regularly attending classes and which teach subjects commonly taught in
these schools of this state; any educational facility operated by a private organization or local county, or state that
provides training or education beyond and in addition to that training received in grades kindergarten to 12th,
including, but not limited to:
(1) Trade, business and vocational schools; and
(2) Any institution of higher learning, consisting of an assemblage of colleges united under one corporate
organization or government, affording instruction in the arts and sciences and the learned professions,
and conferring degrees.
Screen means a fence, wall, hedge, landscaping, earthen berm, buffer area or any combination of these that
is designed to provided a visual and physical barrier.
Seasonal business use means a primary use involving the sale of items related to calendar holidays, such as
Christmas trees, Halloween pumpkins, etc., which may be conducted outside.
Secondary variance. See "Variance."
Self-storage/mini means a single -level structure or group of structures containing separate spaces/stalls and
which are leased or rented to individuals for the storage of goods.
Self-storage/multi means a multi -level structure containing separate storage rooms/stalls under a single roof
that are leased or rented.
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Senior housing means a single-family or multifamily development intended for, operated for and designed to
accommodate residents 55 years of age and older. Senior housing communities are designed for seniors to live on
their own, but with the security and conveniences of community living. Some provide communal dining rooms and
planned recreational activities (congregate living or retirement communities), while others provide housing with
only minimal amenities or services.
Service commercial use means a business whose primary purpose is to provide a service.
Service line means a distribution line that transports natural gas from a common source of supply to:
(1) A customer meter or the connection to a customer's piping, whichever is farther downstream; or
(2) The connection to a customer's piping if there is no customer meter.
The term "customer meter" means the meter that measures the transfer of gas from one operator to a
customer.
Service station means a use which provides for the sale of motor vehicle fuels and automotive accessories,
and which may provide minor repair and maintenance services. A service station shall be limited to four or fewer
bays excluding no more than one attached or detached bay for washing cars.
Setback means a space between a property line and a building or specified structure.
Setback, minimum, means the minimum yards as specified in the various use districts. A minimum required
space between a property line and a structure. An area identified by a building line.
Sidewalk means a paved area designated for pedestrians which is constructed in accordance with city
standards.
Site plan means a detailed plan, drawn to scale, based on a certified boundary survey, and reflecting
conditions of zoning approval, various requirements of state law, and zoning ordinances and other applicable
ordinances.
Site plan, preliminary, means a detailed plan, normally associated with rezoning and use permit requests,
which is drawn to scale and reflects the various requirements of state law and of city ordinances. A preliminary site
plan must be drawn to scale and shall contain information listed for such a plan as prescribed by the community
development department.
Skywalk means an elevated, grade separated pedestrian walkway or bridge located over a public right-of-
way.
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Specialty shop means
Ardinanees any retail shoo that deals in the sale of foods, specialty foods and gifts that derives not more than 15
percent of its gross sales from the sale of packaged gift baskets containing non -alcohol related items such as
flowers, plants, food or similar items which also contain unbroken containers of malt beverages and/or wine..
Specified anatomical areas means less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic regions,
buttocks, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and human male genitals in a
discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
Specified sexual activities means:
(1) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal;
(2) Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse or sodomy; or
(3) Fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic regions, buttocks or female breasts.
Spill light means the light that illuminates surfaces beyond the intended area of illumination caused by the
uncontrolled direct light component from the luminaires.
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Stadium means a large open or enclosed structure used for sports and other major events and partly or
completely surrounded by tiers of seats for spectators.
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Stormwaterbettersite design means nonstructural site design approaches and techniques that can reduce a
site's impact on the watershed and can provide for nonstructural stormwater management. The term "stormwater
better site design" includes but is not limited to:
(1) Conserving and protecting natural areas and greenspace;
(2) Reducing impervious cover; and
(3) Using natural features for stormwater management.
Stormwater management means the collection, conveyance, storage, treatment and disposal of stormwater
runoff in a manner intended to prevent increased flood damage, streambank channel erosion, habitat degradation
and water quality degradation as determined by engineering studies, in a manner which enhances and promotes
the public health, safety and general welfare.
stormwater management facility means any infrastructure that effects stormwater management and which
controls or conveys stormwater runoff.
Story.
(1) The term "story" means a portion of a building between the surface of any floor and the floor or space
above it;
(2) The term "story" does not include basements and attics.
Story, half, means a heated and finished area below a roof, one or more of the vertical walls of which are less
than normal ceiling height for the building.
Street means a roadway/right-of-way located and intended for vehicular traffic. Streets may be public or
they may be private if specifically approved by the community development department as part of a subdivision
plat or approved through the privatization process.
(1) Public streets means rights -of -way used for access owned and maintained by the federal, state, or local
government.
(2) Private streets means roadways and parallel sidewalks similar to and having the same function as a
public street, providing vehicular and pedestrian access to more than one property, but held in private
ownership (as distinct from a driveway). Private streets are constructed to city standards but owned
and maintained by a private entity. Necessary easements for ingress and egress for police, fire,
emergency vehicles and all operating utilities shall be provided. Should the city ever be petitioned to
assume ownership and maintenance of the private streets prior to dedication of the streets, they must
be brought to acceptable city standards subject to the approval of the director of public works.
(3) Stub -out streets means streets having one end open to traffic and being temporarily terminated at the
other. Stub -outs generally do not have, but may be required to have, a temporary vehicular
turnaround. This temporary termination is to provide connectivity to future developments and may be
constructed without curb and gutter provided such stub -out street meets the standards of the fire
department.
(4) Driveway, modified single-family residential, access or shared (private drive) means a paved or unpaved
area used for ingress or egress of vehicles which allows access from a street to a building, other
structure or facility for no more than five single-family residential lots that are all a minimum of three
acres in size.
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(S) Roadway.
a. The term "roadway" means the paved or graveled portion of a street from back of curb to back of
curb (or edge of pavement to edge of pavement for streets not having curbs).
b. The term "roadway" does not include driveway aprons, bridges, and large single and multi -cell
culverts which in a hydrologic sense can be considered to function as a bridge.
(6) Freeway means any multi -lane roadway having full access control and separation of directional traffic.
A freeway accommodates large volumes of high speed traffic and provides efficient movement of
vehicular traffic for interstate and major through travel.
(7) Principal arterial means any roadway that has partial or no access control and is primarily used for fast
or heavy traffic. Emphasis is placed on mobility rather than access to adjacent land.
(8) Minor arterial means any roadway that has partial or no access control and is primarily used for
interconnectivity of major arterials and places more emphasis on access to adjacent land over mobility
than principal arterials.
(9) Collector road means any roadway that has partial or no access control and has more emphasis on
access to adjacent land over mobility than arterials. The primary purpose is to distribute trips to and
from the arterial system to their destination points and allow access to the local roads.
(10) Local road means any roadway that has no access control and places strong emphasis on access to
adjacent land over mobility while service to through traffic is discouraged.
(11) Full access control means that preference is given to through traffic by providing access connections
only with selected public roads and by prohibiting crossing at grade and direct private connections.
(12) Partial access control means that preference is given to through traffic to a degree that in addition to
connection with selected public roads, there may be some crossing at grade and some private
connections.
(13) No access control means that preference is generally given to access to adjacent land rather than
mobility.
Structure.
(1) The term "structure" means anything built or constructed which occupies a location on, or is attached
to, the ground.
(2) The term "structure" does not include:
a. Driveways;
b. Surface parking lots;
C. Patios; and
d. Similar paved surfaces.
Structure, accessory, means a subordinate structure, customarily incidental to a principal structure or use as
determined by the director of community development and located on the same lot.
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(1) Examples of accessory structures in single-family dwelling districts include outbuildings, such as, tool
sheds, woodsheds, workshops, outdoor kitchens, pool houses, gazebos, guesthouses, storage sheds,
detached garages and detached carports, etc.
(2) The term "accessory structure" does not include:
a. Fences and retaining walls;
b. Driveways;
C. Surface parking lots;
d. Patios, and similar paved surfaces.
Structure, principal, means a structure in which the principal use or purpose on a property occurs, and to
which all other structures on the property are subordinate. The term "principal' is synonymous with the terms
"main" and "primary."
Subdivision means the division of land into two or more lots. The term "subdivision" also means a
development consisting of subdivided lots.
Surface, all-weather, means any surface treatment, including gravel, which is applied to and maintained:
(1) So as to prevent:
a. Erosion;
b. Vehicle wheels from making direct contact with soil, sod or mud; and
(2) Which effectively prevents the depositing of soil, sod or mud onto streets from areas required to be so
treated.
Swimming pool, private, means a recreation facility designed and intended for water contact activities which
serves single-family dwellings, duplex dwellings and multifamily dwellings, or combinations of dwelling types,
including pools which are owned and controlled by a neighborhood club or similar organization.
Swimming pool, public, means a recreation facility designed and intended for water contact activities which
is operated as a business or as a club unless such club is associated with a neighborhood club or similar
organization.
Tasting room means an outlet for the promotion of wine produced by a Georgia Farm Winery by providing
samples of such wine to the public and for the sale of such wine at retail for consumption on- premises and for sale
in closed packages for consumption off -premises. Samples of wine may be given complimentary or for a fee.
Tattoo and body art or piercing establishment means any establishment whose principal business activity,
either in terms of operation or as held out to the public, is performing the practice of physical body adornment by
using the techniques of body piercing and tattooing. For the purposes of this Code, the definition does not include
ear piercing or body painting with pigments that are temporary in nature.
Temporary consumer fireworks retail sales facility means a temporary building or structure that is used
primarily for the retail display and sale of consumer fireworks to the public. Excluded from this definition is any
nonstructural consumer fireworks retail sales facility.
Tenant panels means an on -premises sign panel that lists the name of tenants within a shopping center or
development which the primary sign identifies.
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Theater means a building or area designed primarily for showing performing arts or motion pictures.
Thoroughfare, major, means any street which is classified in the transportation element of the
comprehensive plan as either a freeway, an arterial or a major collector.
Thoroughfare, minor, means any street which is classified in the transportation element of the
comprehensive plan as a minor collector or local street.
Timber harvesting means a forestry operation including but not limited to the raising and harvesting of
timber, pulp wood, and other forestry products for commercial purposes, the construction of roads, insect and
disease control, fire protection, and may include the temporary operation of a sawmill and/or chipper to process
the timber from said parcel. This does not include the cutting of timber associated with approved land
development.
Tinsmithing shop means an establishment wherein tin ware, sheet metal or other light metals are formed or
repaired.
Tower means any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or
more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guyed towers and monopoles but not alternative antenna
support structures.
(1) The term "tower" includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common
carrier towers, cellular telephone towers and the like.
(2) The term "tower" does not include amateur radio antenna.
Tronsferstation means a facility used to transfer solid waste from one transportation vehicle to another for
transportation to a disposal facility or processing operation.
Transmission line means a pipeline other than a gathering line that:
(1) Transports fuel oil/liquid petroleum product from a gathering line or storage facility (tank farm) to a
distribution center or storage facility (tank farm); or
(2) Transports fuel oil/liquid petroleum product within a storage field.
Trespass light means the off -site spill light that illuminates beyond the property boundaries in which the light
fixture is installed, where it is neither wanted nor needed.
Truck terminal means a primary use of property where trucks/trailers are either temporarily stored,
maintained or based. Trucks/trailers shall have current registration and license plates with decal. (Permitted M-2
heavy industrial district.)
Unpaved road means a public unpaved road surfaced with gravel material and may have a paved extension
that is constructed and maintained to function as an all-weather surface for vehicular and pedestrian travel and is
reflected on the "Road Ownership and Surface Types" map and list of unpaved roads and is synonymous with
gravel road.
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Use means the purpose or function arranged or intended for a structure or property.
Use, accessory, means a subordinate use which is customarily incidental to the principal use of a lot, and
which is located on the same lot as a principal use.
Use permit means a permit approved by the city council, pursuant to a public hearing, which authorizes a use
which must meet certain standards which exceed the requirements of the district as -a -whole.
Use, principal, means the primary or main purpose or function of a lot or structure. The term "principal" is
synonymous with the terms "main" and "primary."
Vape shop means any business whose principal product line for retail sale is alternative nicotine products or
vape juice, or both. For the purposes of this section, alternative nicotine products refer to any products or devices
that employ an electronic heating element, power source, electronic circuit, battery, or other electronic, chemical,
or mechanical means to produce a vapor that delivers nicotine to the person inhaling from the device, including
electronic cigarettes, electronic cigars, electronic hookahs, electronic bongs and electronic pipes, whether
manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, or electronic pipe. For the
purposes of this section, vapejuice refers to any liquid that contains compounds containing pharmaceutical grade
vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol, nicotine, food -grade flavoring, and water, and can be used for vaping by
means of an alternative nicotine product. For purposes of this code section, "principal" shall mean that alternative
nicotine products, vape juice, or both constitute at least 25 percent of the business's aggregate retail sales.
Variance.
(1) Administrative minor variance means a variance to the minimum district yard requirements of not
more than one foot, granted administratively by the director of community development.
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(2) Administrative variance means a request:
a. For relief from the standards contained in article XVII, development regulations;
b. To reduce the ten -foot improvement setback adjacent to buffers; or
C. For a ten percent reduction of parking spaces as required in section 64-1413.
(3) Concurrent variance means a request for a primary variance concurrently with a rezoning petition,
modification or use permit.
(4) Minor variance means an application requesting deviation from the minimum yard requirements, not
to exceed ten percent of the dimensional requirements.
(5) Primary variance means an application requesting relief from the standards of the zoning ordinance,
except relief from use, minimum lot area, or minimum lot frontage.
(6) Secondary variance means an appeal of a decision or action of a department director authorized to
hear a variance request or interpretation of this zoning ordinance.
Vegetative screen means an evergreen planting which, within three years of planting, provides a 100 percent
visual barrier between a lot and adjacent lots and uses with a minimum height of six feet. A vegetative screen is
composed of plant materials.
Vehicle, junk or salvage, means any automobile, truck or other vehicle which is missing one of the following:
(1) Current registration;
(2) License plate with current decal;
(3) Proof of liability insurance; and
(4) Drivetrain component for more than 30 days.
Veterinary clinic/hospital means a place where animals are given medical care and the boarding of animals is
limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital use.
Video arcade means any building structure or place where there are operated more than 15 coin -operated or
self-service bona fide amusement games as that term is defined in O.C.G.A. § 16-12-35(d).
Waste means materials that are discarded, disposed of or no longer usable.
Waste disposal boundary means the limit of all waste disposal areas, appurtenances, and ancillary activities
including, but not limited to:
(1) Internal access roads; and
(2) Drainage control devices.
Waste, hazardous. See "Georgia Department of Natural Resources" definition.
Waste, solid. See "Georgia Department of Natural Resources" definition.
Wild animal means any animal which is not wildlife and is not normally a domestic species in this state. This
term specifically includes any hybrid or cross between any combination of a wild animal, wildlife, and a domestic
animal. Offspring from all subsequent generations of such crosses or hybrids are wild animals.
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wildlife means any vertebrate or invertebrate animal life indigenous to this state or any species introduced
or specified by the board and includes fish, except domestic fish produced by aquaculturists registered under
O.C.G.A. § 27-4-255, mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans, and mollusks or any part thereof.
Yard means a land area extending between a structure and a lot line.
Yard, front, means a yard abutting any street except the side street on a corner lot. Front yards extend the
entire length of an abutting street from intersecting lot line to intersecting lot line. The front yard of corner lots
shall be applied to the street which abuts the lot for the shortest distance.
Yard, minimum, means the minimum distance between a building or specified structure and a lot line as
specified in the district regulations.
Yard, rear, means the minimum required distance between the rear lot line and a structure. True triangular
lots do not have rear yards. Lots with more than one front lot line do not have rear yards. The director of
community development or his or her designee shall make the final determination of rear yards when in dispute or
undefined by this definition.
Yard, side, means a yard which is not a front or rear yard.
Zero lot line means the location of a building on a lot in such a manner that one or more of the building's
sides rest directly on a lot line, such as "patio homes" or "townhouses."
Zoning conditions means the requirements placed on property by the city council at the time of approval of a
rezoning and use permit.
Zoning modification means an application to change approved zoning conditions on rezonings and use
permits where it has been determined by the director of community development that the requested change
involves a matter of significant public interest.
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DIVISION 17. MIX MIXED USED DISTRICT
Sec. 64-751. Scope and intent
The regulations in this division are the MIX district regulations. Article IX should be consulted to determine
uses and minimum standards for uses allowed by administrative permit or use permit. The MIX district is intended
to encourage flexible, innovative and creative concepts in site planning and efficient use of land and to provide a
stable multiple -use environment compatible with surrounding uses. The MIX district is particularly encouraged in
areas designated by the comprehensive plan land use map as suitable for commercial (including retail, service
commercial and office) uses and in living -working corridors.
Sec. 64-752. Use regulations.
The MIX district mandates a residential component of single-family dwellings, duplexes, triplexes,
quadruplexes, townhouses, multifamily dwellings or any combination thereof along with at least two of the
following: commercial, office or institutional uses. Within the MIX district, land and structures shall be used in
accordance with standards herein. Any use not specifically designated as a permitted use in this section or as a use
allowed by administrative permit or use permit shall be prohibited.
(1) Permitted uses. Structures and land may be used for the following purposes
a. Single-family dwelling.
b. Duplex.
C. Triplex.
d. Quadruplex.
e. Townhouse.
f. Multifamily dwelling.
g. Roominghouse and boardinghouse.
h. Art gallery.
I. Assembly hall or event facility.
j. Car wash, detail shop or service station located inside a parking garage as long as such uses are
not visible from the exterior of the parking garage.
k. Convalescent center/nursing home/hospice.
I. Church, temple or other place of worship.
m. Clinic.
n. Community center building.
o. Dancing school.
p. Day care center.
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q. Financial establishment.
r. Funeral home.
S. Group residence.
t. Gymnasium.
U. Health club/spa.
V. Hospital.
W. Hotel.
X. Institutions of higher learning including business colleges, music conservatories, and similar
institutions.
y. Library.
Z. Museum.
aa. Office.
bb. Parking garage/deck.
cc. Parking lot.
dd. Personal care home.
ee. Recording studio.
ff. Research laboratory.
gg. Retail and/or service establishment.
hh. Restaurant or fast food restaurant.
ii. Stadium.
J. Theater.
kk. Retail package malt beverage/wine store.
ll. Specialty gift shop.
kk. All uses "eensed and/er-permitted under chapter 4.
(2) Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use
and a dwelling may be used for a home occupation. No more than 25 percent of the total floor area of
a building may be devoted to storage.
Sec. 64-753. Development standards.
(a) Height regulations. Structures shall be no higher than 60 feet, except with a use permit to exceed the
maximum height.
(b) Minimum development front yard shall be as specified in conditions.
(c) Minimum development side yards shall be as specified in conditions.
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(d) Minimum development rear yard shall be as specified in conditions.
(e) Minimum development frontage shall be 35 feet.
if) Minimum internal setbacks, separations, landscaping and buffering between uses shall be as specified in
conditions.
(g) Minimum lot area per dwelling unit for single-family or duplex shall be as specified in conditions.
(h) Minimum lot frontage for single-family or duplex shall be 20 feet adjoining a street.
(i) Minimum lot width for single-family or duplex. There shall be none, unless specified in conditions.
0) Minimum interior setbacks for single-family or duplex:
(1) Minimum front yard: as specified in conditions.
(2) Minimum side yard: as specified in conditions.
(3) Minimum rear yard: as specified in conditions.
(k) Minimum building separations. All building separations shall be as specified by the city's building code.
(1) Minimum heated floor area per dwelling unit shall be as specified in conditions.
(m) Minimum accessory structure requirements:
(1) Single-family, duplex and townhouse accessory structures may be located in the rear or side yards only
but shall not be located within a minimum yard.
(2) Multifamily accessory structures shall not be located in the minimum front yard.
in) Minimum common outdoor area shall be 20 percent of the total site area shall be common outdoor area and
shall be maintained by the property owner.
(o) Pedestrian connectivity. All components are required to be interconnected with pedestrian paths
constructed of either colored/textured materials or conventional sidewalk materials and clearly identified.
(p) Parking. Subject to the approval of the director of the community development department, off-street
parking as required by article VIII may be reduced and shared parking among uses may be permitted.
Sec. 64-754.Other regulations.
The following headings contain some additional, but not necessarily all, provisions applicable to the MIX
district:
(1) Development regulations: article XVII of this zoning ordinance.
(2) Exceptions: article II, division 3 of this zoning ordinance.
(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 III of this zoning ordinance.
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(7) River protection: Metropolitan River Protection Act, O.C.G.A. 4 12-5-440 et seq.
(8) Signs: article XVI of this zoning ordinance.
(9) Noise study report: section 64-2132.
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DIVISION 18. C-1 COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT
Sec. 64-774. Scope and intent.
The regulations set forth in this division are the C-1 district regulations. Article IX should be consulted to
determine uses and minimum standards for uses allowed by administrative permits or use permits. The C-1 district
is intended to provide locations in which neighborhood and community -oriented retail and service activities
conclude a transition, or land areas which complement a transition into a more intense activity area.
Complementary noncommercial uses are also permitted.
Sec. 64-775. Use regulations.
Within the C-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. Apartment, above or behind commercial and office uses in the same building.
b. Art gallery.
C. Assembly hall or event facility.
d. Automotive parking lot.
e. Automotive specialty shop.
f. Catering, carryout and delivery.
g. Church, temple or other place of worship.
h. Clinic.
i. Commercial amusement, indoor.
j. Convalescent center/nursing home/hospice.
k. Day care facility.
I. Delicatessen.
m. Financial establishment.
n. Funeral home.
0. Garage, automobile repair, except painting, body repair and overhaul of major components.
p. Gasoline stations with or without convenience stores.
q. Group residence.
r. Gymnasium.
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S. Health club/spa.
t. Hotel.
U. Landscaping business, garden center.
V. Laundry and dry cleaning shop (excluding Laundromats).
W. Lawn service businesses.
X. Library.
y. Millinery or similar trade whenever products are sold retail, exclusively on the site where
produced.
Z. Motel.
aa. Museum.
bb. Office.
cc. Parking garage/deck.
dd. Parking lot.
ee. Personal care home.
ff. Pet grooming (no overnight stay).
gg. Photography studio.
hh. Plant nursery.
ii. Printing shop, convenience.
h. Repair shop, not involving any manufacturing on the site.
kk. Research laboratory.
ll. Restaurant
mm. Retail store or shop not to include roadside vending or temporary consumer fireworks retail sales
facilities.
nn. School of business, dance, music or similar school.
cc. Service station, except that repair and service offerings shall not include painting, body repair nor
overhaul of major components, and no portion of the site shall be used for the display of cars for
sale.
pp. Stadium.
qq. Telecommunications facility per Section 54 of the Milton City Code.
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rr. Theater.
ss. Retail package malt beverage/ wine store.
tt. Specialty gift shop.
(2) Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use
and a dwelling may be used for a home occupation. Automobile and/or moving truck rental may be
used in accessory to a permitted use.
aesessePy uses. Not more than 45 percent of the floor area of a building or land may be devoted to
storage incidental to primary uses.
Sec. 64-776. Development standards.
(a) Height regulations. No structure shall exceed the higher of four stories or 60 feet in height except as
approved pursuant to article IX.
(b) Minimum front yard shall be 40 feet.
(c) Minimum side yard shall be as follows:
(1) Adjacent to interior lot lines: 25 feet for dwellings.
(2) None for all other buildings. See article III of this zoning ordinance for buffer and landscape
requirements.
(3) For all buildings adjacent to streets: 40 feet.
(d) Minimum rear yard shall be as follows:
(1) Adjacent to interior lot lines: 25 feet for dwellings.
(2) None for all other buildings. See article III of this zoning ordinance for buffer and landscape
requirements.
(e) Minimum lot area shall be as follows:
(1) Single-family dwelling: 18,000 square feet.
(2) Two-family dwelling: 18,000 square feet.
(3) Multifamily dwelling, including a unit above or behind a commercial use: 2,500 square feet.
(4)All other buildings: no minimum. _
(f) Minimum heated floor area per unit shall be as follows:
(1) Single-family dwelling: 1,100 square feet.
(2) Two-family dwelling: 800 square feet.
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(3) Multifamily dwelling: 700 square feet.
(4) Efficiency apartment:450 square feet.
(g) Minimum lot frontage shall be 35 feet adjoining a street.
(h) Minimum accessory structure requirements:
(1) Single-family and two-family uses. Accessory structures may be located in the rear yard only but shall
not be located within a minimum yard.
(2) Other use. Accessory structures shall not be located in the minimum front yard.
(i) Gasoline stations.
(1) Gasoline station canopies and fuel pumps:
a. Shall be located to the side, or rear of the principal structure.
b. Fuel pump canopies shall be located the greater of:
1. Three hundred feet from any interior side or rear lot line that adjoins a lot that contains a
residential structure; or
2. One hundred feet from any property zoned AG-1, R-1, R-2, R-2A, R-3, R-3A, R-4, R-4A, R-5,
R-5A, R-6, MIX with a residential component, or CUP.
(2) There shall be no more than eight fuel pumps allowed on the site.
(3) Fuel pump canopy shall have a minimum 6:12 pitch roof subject to the approval of the design review
board.
(4) Fuel pump canopies shall not exceed 14 feet in height as measured to the soffit.
(5) Fuel pump canopies shall be compatible with the color, texture, material, and architectural design of
the principal structure.
(6) Fuel pump canopy support columns shall be compatible with the color, texture, and material of the
facade of the principal structure.
(7) Fuel pump canopies, canopy support columns, and fuel pumps shall not be internally illuminated.
(8) There shall be no carwash or emission inspection station located on the same parcel with the gasoline
station.
(9) Any parcel on which a pump is located must have a principal structure of not less than 1,600 square
feet located thereon.
(10) Lighting shall be shielded to direct light and glare onto the parcel where the gas/fueling station is
located.
(11) Intercom or speaker systems shall only be utilized for the purpose of communications between
employees and customers and shall direct sound away from adjacent residential structures.
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(12) Location, number, and size of the following uses shall be approved by the Design Review Board: air
pumps, vacuums, and charging stations.
(13) Definitions:
a. Fuel pump, also known as a "fueling position," means any device used for the sale of fuel for
motor vehicles. A single fuel pump is a fuel pump that can serve only one vehicle at a time. The
number of pumps on a single device is determined by the maximum number of vehicles that can
be serviced at the same time.
b. Emission inspection station means any permanent or temporary structure that provide the
service of inspecting automobile emissions as required by the State of Georgia.
C. Car wash means an area or structure equipped with facilities for washing automobiles.
Sec. 64-777. Other regulations.
The following headings contain provisions applicable to the C-1 district:
(1) Development regulations: article XVII of this zoning ordinance.
(2) Exceptions: article II, division 3 of this zoning ordinance.
(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 III 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.
(9) Noise study report: section 64-2131.
Secs. 64-778-64-796. Reserved.
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ARTICLE VI. - ZONING TEXT, DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS AND BOUNDARIES
DIVISION 19. C-2 COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT
DIVISION 19. C-2 COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT
Sec. 64-797. Scope and intent.
The regulations set forth in this division are the C-2 District regulations. Article IX should be consulted to
determine uses and minimum standards for uses allowed by administrative permits or use permits. The C-2 district
is intended to provide locations in which community and regionally -oriented retail and service activities conclude a
transition, or locations which complement a transition into a more intense activity area. Complementary
noncommercial uses are also permitted.
Sec. 64-798. Use regulations.
Within the C-2 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. Any use permitted in the C-1 district.
b. Automobile and light truck sales/leasing.
C. Automotive garage.
d. Automotive repair garage.
e. Bail bondsmen.
f. Batting cage, outdoor.
g. Bowling alley.
h. Car wash.
I. Check cashing establishment.
j. Commercial amusements (outdoor).
k. Drive-in theater.
I. Flea markets and second hand surplus retailers not to include roadside vending.
m. Garage, automobile repair.
n. Laundromat.
o. Laundry and dry cleaning plant distribution center, not including processing, fabrication or
manufacturing.
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q. Pawnshop.
r. Plumbing shop associated with retail sales.
S. Radio and television station.
t. Recycling center, collecting.
U. Service commercial establishment.
V. Skating rink.
W. Stand alone personal services, including barbershop, beauty shop.
X. Tinsmithing shop associated with retail sales.
y. Video arcades.
(2) Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use
and dwellings may be used for a home occupation.
aFe A tted aecessaF�y uses.
Sec. 64-799. Development standards.
(a) Height regulations. No structure shall exceed the higher of four stories or 60 feet in height except as
approved pursuant to article IX.
(b) Minimum front yard shall be 40 feet.
(c) Minimum side yard shall be as follows:
(1) For dwellings adjacent to interior lot lines: 25 feet.
(2) None for all other buildings. See article III of this zoning ordinance for buffer and landscape
requirements.
(3) For all buildings adjacent to streets: 40 feet.
(d) Minimum rear yard shall be as follows:
(1) For dwellings adjacent to interior lot lines: 25 feet.
(2) None for all other buildings. See article III of this zoning ordinance for buffer and landscape
requirements.
(e) Minimum lot area shall be as follows:
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(1) Single-family dwelling:18,000 square feet.
(2) Two-family dwelling:18,000 square feet.
(3) Multiple dwellings including a unit above or behind a commercial use: 2,500 square feet.
(4) All other buildings: no minimum.
(f) Minimum heated floor area shall be as follows:
(1) Single-family: 1,100 square feet.
(2) Two-family: 800 square feet.
(3) Multifamily: 700 square feet.
(4) Efficiency apartment: 450 square feet.
(g) Minimum lot frontage shall be 35 feet adjoining a street.
(h) Minimum accessory structure requirements:
(1) Single-family and two-family uses. Accessory structures may be located in the rear yard only but shall
not be located within a minimum yard.
(2) Other use. Accessory structures shall not be located in the minimum front yard.
Sec. 64-800. Other regulations.
The following headings contain provisions applicable to the C-2 district:
(1) Development regulations: article XVII of this zoning ordinance.
(2) Exceptions: article II, division 3 of this zoning ordinance.
(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 III 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.
(9) Noise study report: section 64-2131.
Secs. 64-801-64-819. Reserved.
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Sec. 64-1121. Allowed use chart.
The following chart identifies uses and their assigned categories. These uses are allowed by right (with
asterisks) or required by use permit. It is the intent that some types of uses must comply with certain development
standards outlined in the Rural Milton Overlay District.
Commercial Type
Agricultural Type
Institutional Type
Non -Single -Family
Single -Family
Uses
Uses
Uses
Uses
Uses
Aircraft landing
Agricultural related
Assisted living,
Apartments
Single-family
area
activities
personal care home
homes*
Amphitheatre*—*
Artist studio
Daycares related to
Country inn"
Accessory
church/school
structures to the
SFR*
Bed and
Barns or riding
Medical lodging,
Townhouses/two-
Senior housing
breakfast*
areas*
group residences
family
(SFR)
Driving range*—*
Sri;
MuseumsU
Senior housing
Mobile homes,
aiaaseleeRr
(MFR)
accessory dwelling
Barns or riding
areas that require a
(To be used as
Use Permit
temporary dwelling
while permanent
structure is built)
Exotic or wild
Cemetery and
Places of worship
Group residence for
animals
mausoleum
CIDAg
5-8 children
Festivals or events,
CompostingEquine
Schools,
outdoor/indoor'A
garmenE4abFk4#ea
private/special
Greenhouses—
Equine garment
Hydroponic, larger
fabrication
than 5,000 square
Greenhedses'-
feet*
Group residence for
Greenhouses*
9-15 children
hedge, FetFea^^t-a
Ga
Kennel*
Lodge, retreat, or
campground
Ruarsies and
saFfaEefnining
Landfill, inert waste
Quarries and
disposal
surface mining
ReadsideitaAdsl
Landfill, solid waste
Roadside stands*
Racal ABAGURUFal
eF
Landscape business
Rural or Agricultural
event facility
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Medical related
Farm winery or
lodging
Georgia Farm
Winery
Race track!L-*
Recreational fields
Self storage/multi
Sky walk
Stadium (off -site)
associated with
private school
Uses within the C-1,
C-2, 0-1 zoning
districts', PA
Veterinary,
veterinary hospital'
• Allowed by right within zoning district.
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Sec. 64-1848 — Retail Package Distilled Spirit Store
(a) Required districts. C-1(Only within Birmingham Crossroads Overlay District), Crabapple Form
Based Code T5, Deerfield Form Based Code T4-P, T5, T6
(b) Standards.
a. No signage shall face residential uses
b. Deliveries shall occur between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
c Days and hours of operations shall be pursuant to chapter 4 of the Milton Code of
Ordinances.
d. No other Retail Package Distilled Spirits Store may be located closer than 2,640 feet from
another Off -Premises Distilled Spirits Retailer or Store. For purposes of this requirement,
distances shall be measured by the most direct route of travel on the ground.
e. Retail Package Distilled Spirit Store shall not sell or offer to sell:
L Any cannabidiol (CBD), vape products as described with the definition of vape
shop in section 64-1 of the Milton Code of Ordinances, or any prohibited
substances as defined in section 32-114 of the Milton Code of Ordinances.
ii. Any games of chance including but not limited to those identified in O.C.G.A. §
50-27-3
f. Coin -operated or amusement machines prohibited.
R. Retail Package Distilled Spirit Store shall not permit on such Person's Premises any slot
machines of any kind or character or any coin -operated machines or any machine
operated for amusement Purposes.
Sec. 64-1849 —Microbrewery and Microdistillery
a) Required districts. Crabapple Form Based Code T4-Open, T5. Deerfield Form Based Code T5. T6
(b) Standards.
a. No outdoor amplified music shall be allowed
b. No signage shall face residential uses
c. Deliveries shall occur between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
d._ Days and hours of operations shall be pursuant to chapter 4 of the Milton Code of
Ordinances.
a:e. Not more than 3,000 thousand barrels of malt beverages or distilled spirits in a calendar
year may be manufactured which includes selling of malt beverage or distilled spirits by
the package or by the drink.
f. Microbrewery and Microdistillery shall not sell or offer to sell:
L Any cannabidiol (CBD), vape products as described with the definition of vape shop in
section 64-1 of the Milton Code of Ordinances, or any prohibited substances as defined
in section 32-114 of the Milton Code of Ordinances.
ii. Any games of chance including but not limited to those identified in O.C.G.A. § 50-27-3
g. Coin -operated or amusement machines prohibited.
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h. Microbrewery or Microdistillery shall not permit on such person's premises any slot
machines of any kind or character or any coin -operated machines or any machine
operated for amusement purposes.
Sec. 64-1850 — Craft Beer and/or Wine Market
(a) Required districts. C-1. MIX, Crabapple Form Based Code T4, T4-0, and T5. Deerfield Form
Based Code T4-P, T4-0, T5, T6
(b) Standards.
a. No outdoor amplified music shall be allowed
b. No signage shall face residential uses
c. Deliveries shall occur between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m
d. Days and hours of operation shall be pursuant to chapter 4 of the Milton Code
of Ordinances
e. Primary purpose is the sale of craft beers and or/or wine for consumption off -
premises in conjunction with the sale of prepared food and/or groceries. Sale
of craft beers and wines will be for consumption on -premises and or by the
package.
f. No sales of distilled spirits for consumption on or off -premises shall be allowed.
R. Craft Beer and/or Wine Market shall not sell or offer to sell:
i. Any cannabidiol (CBD), vape products as described with
the definition of vape shop in section 64-1 of the Milton
Code of Ordinances, or any prohibited substances as
defined in section 32-114 of the Milton Code of
Ordinances.
ii. Any games of chance including but not limited to those
identified in O.C.G.A. § 50-27-3
h. Coin -operated or amusement machines prohibited.
i. Craft Beer and/or Wine Market shall not permit on such person's premises any
slot machines of any kind or character or any coin -operated machines or any
machine operated for amusement purposes.
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ARTICLE 6. DEFINITION OF TERMS
6.1 DEFINITIONS
6.1.1 This Section provides definitions for terms in This Code that are technical in nature or that otherwise
may not reflect a common usage of the term. If a term is not defined in this Section or in Section 64-1 of this
zoning ordinance, then the community development director shall determine the correct definition. Items in italics
refer to Articles, Sections, or Tables in This Code.
Accessory Building: an Outbuilding with an Accessory Unit.
Accessory Structure: any building or structure permanently attached to the ground that is subordinate in
both purpose and size to any Principal Building located on the same lot. Accessory structures include, but are not
limited to, Outbuildings, Parking Structures, garages, gasoline station canopies, pumps, and car washes.
Accessory Unit: a small Apartment sharing ownership and utility connections with a Principal Building; it may
or may not be within an Outbuilding.
Alcoholic beverage includes all alcohol, malt beverages, wine or liouerdistilled spirits intended for human
consumption Any reference to alcoholic beverages shall be deemed to include alcoholic consumables,
regardless of whether such consumables are in liquid or solid form.
Allee: a regularly spaced and aligned row of trees usually planted along a Thoroughfare or Path.
Apartment, Loft: an apartment located in a building where the first Story is used for non -Residential
Functions or residential lobbies, leasing offices, fitness centers, or multi -purpose rooms serving the Residential
Function.
Apartment, Neighborhood: an apartment that is not Loft Apartment and is located in a development where
the total combined number of apartment dwelling units does not exceed 30.
Avenue (AV): a Thoroughfare of high vehicular capacity and low to moderate speed, acting as a short
distance connector between urban centers, and usually equipped with a landscaped median.
Backbuilding: a single -Story structure connecting a Principal Building to an Outbuilding. See Table 12.
Bar: an establishment whose primary business is the provision of alcoholic beverages and not the
consumption of food. A place that derives 75 percent or more total annual gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic
beverages for consumption on -premises and does not meet the definition of any other establishment qualified to
hold a license under chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances will be presumed to be a bar. This provision does
not preclude a business that otherwise qualifies as an eating establishment or restaurant from including the word
"bar" in its name, provided that the name must also be indicative of food service, such as "1oe's Sports Bar &
Grille".
Base Density: the number of building units per acre before use of TDR. See Density.
Bicycle Lane (BL): a dedicated lane for cycling within a moderate -speed vehicular Thoroughfare, demarcated
by striping and having a minimum width of 5 feet.
Bicycle Route (BR): a Thoroughfare suitable for the shared use of bicycles and automobiles moving at low
speeds.
Block: the aggregate of private Lots, Passages, Rear Alleys and Rear Lanes, circumscribed by Thoroughfares
on all sides.
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Block Face: the aggregate of all the building Facades on one side of a Block.
Boulevard (BV): a Thoroughfare designed for high vehicular capacity and moderate speed, traversing an
Urbanized area. Boulevards are usually equipped with Slip Roads buffering Sidewalks and buildings.
aS FeqU'Fed by the state and this ehapteF, a bFeWeFy is allthffized te sell beeF by the package eF by the dFink an
Brewpub: any brewer that also qualifies as an eating establishment as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton
Code of Ordinances in which malt beverages, wine, and/or distilled spirits may be licensed to be sold for
consumption on -premises and malt beverages and wine may be sold by the package for off -premises consumption.
Malt beverages manufactured or brewed on -premises shall be limited to 5,000 barrels per calendar year, of which
no more than 5.000 barrels may be sold to licensed wholesale dealers.
By Right: characterizing a proposal or component of a proposal for a Building Scale Plan (Article 4) that
complies with the code and is permitted and processed administratively, without public hearing. See Warrant and
Variance.
Chamfered: a condition where a small exterior wall plane at a building corner has been formed when the
planes of the two adjacent walls are cut away, usually at an angle of 45 degrees.
Childcare Center: A facility providing care, protection, and supervision of children on a regular basis away
from their primary residence. Childcare Centers specifically exclude kindergartens, pre -kindergartens, and similar
facilities when said kindergarten, pre -kindergarten, or similar facility is accredited by the Georgia Accreditation
Commission. For the purpose of This Code such accredited facilities shall be considered Elementary Schools. (Syn:
daycare)
City Architect: a registered architect retained or employed by the City of Milton to support the community
development director in reviewing development for compliance with the requirements of This Code.
Civic: the term defining not -for -profit organizations dedicated to arts, culture, education, recreation,
government, transit, and municipal parking.
Civic Building: a building operated by a city, county, state, or federal government.
Civic Building Site: a parcel containing a Civic Building.
Civic Space: an outdoor area dedicated for public use. Civic Space types are defined by the combination of
certain physical constants including the relationships among their intended use, their size, their landscaping and
their Enfronting buildings. See Table 4.
Civic Space TDR Sending Site: A Park/Greenway TDR Sending Site designated as Civic Space in an adopted
plan or code and therefore assigned a higher TDR allocation factor than other Park/Greenway TDR Sending Sites
but treated as a Park/Greenway TDR Sending Site in all other respects.
Civic zone: designation for sites dedicated for Civic Building Sites and Civic Spaces.
Code, This: Article XIX of Chapter 64 of the Code of the City of Milton.
Commercial: the term collectively defining workplace, Office, Retail, and Lodging Functions.
Common Yard: a planted Private Frontage wherein the Facade is set back from the Frontage line. It is visually
continuous with adjacent yards. See Table 7.
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Conference Center: a place of assembly that customarily charges for meeting or exhibition areas and such
areas either contain Building Code occupancy limits of 800 or fewer people or have meeting and exhibition areas
that total 12,000 square feet or less, regardless of whether a principal or accessory use.
Configuration: the form of a building, based on its massing, Private Frontage, and height.
Constrained land: includes the area occupied by lakes, streams, wetlands, buffers, landfills and all other land
so determined by the community development director.
Convention Center: a place of assembly that customarily charges for meeting or exhibition areas and such
areas either contain Building Code occupancy limits of more than 800 people or have meeting and exhibition areas
that total more than 12,000 square feet, regardless of whether a principal or accessory use.
Cottage: an Edgeyard Building containing a single-family dwelling on its own Lot, often shared with an
Accessory Building in the back yard.
Courtyard Building: a building that occupies the boundaries of its Lot while internally defining one or more
private patios. See Table 6.
Courtyard House: a Courtyard Building containing a single-family dwelling on its own Lot, often shared with
an Accessory Building in the back yard.
Craft Beer and/or Wine Market: a retail establishment whose primary purpose must be the sale of craft beers
and/or wine for consumption off -premises in conjunction with the sale of prepared food and/or groceries. Sales of
craft beers and wines may be for consumption on-oremises and/or by the package.
Curb: the edge of the vehicular pavement that may be raised or flush to a swale. It usually incorporates the
drainage system.
Density: the number of buildings units within a standard measure of land area.
Design Speed: is the velocity at which a Thoroughfare tends to be driven without the constraints of signage
or enforcement. There are three ranges of speed: Low: (25 MPH); Moderate: (25-35 MPH); High: (above 35 MPH).
Lane width is determined by desired Design Speed.
Distilled spirits, liquor, or spirituous liquor: is any alcoholic beverage obtained by distillation or containing
more than 24 percent alcohol by volume, including, but not limited to, all fortified wines. Any reference to distilled
spirits, liquor, or spirituous liquor shall be deemed to include alcoholic consumables that contain distilled spirits or
spirituous liquor. The terms distilled spirits, liquor, or spirituous liquor, when used in this chapter, shall all carry the
same meaning.
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District, This: property located within the boundaries identified in the Crabapple Regulating Plan adopted
concurrently herewith, which shall be kept on file with the Community Development Department, and which is
hereby incorporated by reference.
Dooryard: a Private Frontage type with a shallow Setback and front garden or patio, usually with a low wall
at the Frontage Line. See Table 7. (Variant: Lightweli, light court.)
Drive: a Thoroughfare along the boundary between an Urbanized and a natural condition, usually along a
waterfront, Park, or promontory. One side has the urban character of a Thoroughfare, with Sidewalk and building,
while the other has the qualities of a Road or parkway, with naturalistic planting and rural details.
Edgeyard Building: a building that occupies the center of its Lot with Setbacks on all sides. See Table 6.
Eating establishment: an establishment which is licensed to sell distilled spirits, malt beverages, or wines
and which derives at least 50 percent of its total annual gross food and beverage sales from the sale of prepared
meals or food Provided however, that when determining the total annual gross food and beverage sales for a
brewpub barrels of malt beverages sold to licensed wholesale dealers or to the public for consumption off the
premises shall not be used.
Effective Turning Radius: the measurement of the inside Turning Radius taking parked cars into account. See
Table 12.
Elevation: an exterior wall of a building not along a Frontage Line. See Table 12. See: Facade.
Encroach: to break the plane of a vertical or horizontal regulatory limit with a structural element, so that it
extends into a Setback, into the Public Frontage, or above a height limit.
Encroachment: any structural element that breaks the plane of a vertical or horizontal regulatory limit,
extending into a Setback, into the Public Frontage, or above a height limit.
Equestrian Trail: an unpaved equestrian way running independent of a vehicular Thoroughfare or Multi -Use
trail and having an average width of 8 feet.
Enfront: to place an element along a Frontage, as in "porches Enfront the street."
Facade: the exterior wall of a building that is set along a Frontage Line. See Elevation.
Forecourt: a Private Frontage wherein a portion of the Facade is close to the Frontage Line and the central
portion is set back. See Table 7.
Frontage: the area between a building Facade and the vehicular lanes, inclusive of its built and planted
components. Frontage is divided into Private Frontage and Public Frontage. See Table 2A and Table 7.
Frontage Line: a Lot line bordering a Public Frontage. Facades facing Frontage Lines define the public realm
and are therefore more regulated than the Elevations facing other Lot Lines. See Table 12.
Function: the use or uses accommodated by a building and its Lot, categorized as Restricted, Limited, or
Open, according to the intensity of the use. See Table 8A and Table 9.
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Gallery: a Private Frontage conventional for Retail use wherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage
Line with an attached cantilevered shed or lightweight colonnade overlapping the Sidewalk. See Table 7.
General Retail: a business whose primary use is the sale of merchandise, food or beverages to consumers,
specifically including, but not limited to, delicatessens, plant nursery, art galleries, printing shops, garden centers,
retail store or shops, automotive specialty shops, repair shops not involving any manufacturing on the site, and
millineries or similar trade shops whenever products are sold exclusively on the site where produced. General
Retail does not include roadside vending, adult bookstores, pawnshops, retail package distilled spirit stores lid
s^',�.::establishments or other uses specifically set forth in Table 9.
General Service: a business whose primary use is to provide a service, specifically including, but not limited
to, health clubs, spas, personal grooming and hygiene services, barbershops, beauty shops, laundry and dry
cleaning shops (excluding laundromats), and photography studios. General Service does not include financial
establishments, banks, check cashing establishments, or other uses specifically set forth in Table 9.
Green: a Civic Space type for unstructured recreation, spatially defined by landscaping rather than building
Frontages. See Table 4.
Greenway: an Open Space Corridor in largely natural conditions which may include Multi -Use Trails and
Equestrian Trails.
Gross Site Area: all land within a site's boundaries.
Heavy Industrial: industrial facilities that conduct their operations in such manners that results are created
or apparent outside an enclosed building that are incompatible with adjacent or nearby non -industrial uses.
Highway: a rural and suburban Thoroughfare of high vehicular speed and capacity. This type is allocated to
the more rural Transect Zones (T-2, and T-3).
Home Occupation: non -Retail Commercial enterprises. The work quarters should be invisible from the
Frontage, located either within the house or in an Outbuilding. Permitted activities are defined by the Restricted
Office category. See Table 8A.
House: an Edgeyard Building containing a single-family dwelling on a large Lot, often shared with an
Accessory Building in the back yard.
Kiosk: a permanent or temporary freestanding structure with one or more open sides and no larger than 15
feet by 15 feet by 12 feet high from which General Retail merchandise, food, or beverages are offered for sale.
Layer: a range of depth of a Lot within which certain elements are permitted. See Table 12.
Light Industrial: uses permitted in the M-1A district that conduct their operations in such manners that no
results are created or apparent outside an enclosed building that are incompatible with adjacent or nearby non-
industrial uses. Uses permitted in M-SA, but indicated elsewhere in Table 9 shall not be considered Light Industrial.
Lightwell: A Private Frontage type that is a below -grade entrance or recess designed to allow light into
basements. See Table 7. (Syn: light court.)
Liner Building: a building specifically designed to mask a parking lot or a Parking Structure from a Frontage.
Live -Work: a Mixed Use unit consisting of a Commercial and Residential Function. The Commercial Function
may be anywhere in the unit. It is intended to be occupied by a business operator who lives in the same structure
that contains the Commercial activity or industry. See Work -Live. (Syn.: flexhouse.)
Lodging: premises available for daily renting of guest rooms. See Table 9 and Table 10.
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Lot Line: the boundary that legally and geometrically demarcates a lot.
Lot Width: the length of the Principal Frontage Line of a lot.
Manufacturing: premises available for the creation, assemblage and/or repair of objects, using table -
mounted electrical machinery or artisanal equipment, and including their Retail sale.
Micro -brewery: a small-scale malt beverage manufacturing facility in which malt beverages manufactured
on -premises or at another of the brewer's licensed premises under common ownership as defined in OCGA 3-5-
24.1 may be sold for consumption on -premises or by the package for off -premises consumption. Malt beverages
manufactured or brewed on -premises shall be limited to 3,000 barrels per calendar year, of which no more than
6,000 barrels may be sold at retail for on premises consumption or by the package for off -premises consumption.
Micro -distillery: -a small-scale distilled spirit manufacturing facility in which distilled spirits manufactured on -
premises or at another of the distiller's licensed premises as defined in OCGA 3-4-24.2 may be sold for
consumption on -premises or by the package for off -premises consumption. Distilled spirits manufactured or
distilled on -premises shall be limited to 3,000 barrels per calendar Year, of which no more than 750 barrels may be
sold at retail for on premises consumption or by the package for off -premises consumption.
Mixed Use: multiple Functions within the same building through superimposition or adjacency, or in multiple
buildings by adjacency, or at a proximity determined by Warrant.
Multi -Use Trail (MT): a shared pedestrian, bicycle and golf cart way running independent of a vehicular
Thoroughfare and having a minimum width of 12 feet.
Nightclub: an establishment whose primary business is the provision of alcoholic beverages and live
entertainment or patron dancing and not the consumption of food A place that derives 75 percent or more of
its total annual gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on -premises and cover
charges or entry fees and does not meet the definition of any other establishment qualified to hold a license
under chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances will be presumed to be a nightclub. Nightclubs are
Prohibited in the city.
Office: premises available for the transaction of general business but excluding Retail, and Industrial
Functions. See Table 8A and Table 9.
Open Market Structure: a permanent freestanding and unconditioned structure from which vendors,
farmers, and artists may display and sell new merchandise, food or beverages.
Open Space TDR Sending Sites: parcels that remain in private ownership subject to conservation easements
in compliance with This Code.
Outbuilding: an Accessory Building, usually located toward the rear of the same Lot as a Principal Building,
and sometimes connected to the Principal Building by a Backbuilding. See Table 12.
Package: a bottle can keg, barrel, or other original consumer container. The term "retail Package alcoholic
beverages" includes all alcoholic beverages in their original containers or in a growler and sold at retail to the final
consumer and not for resale.
Park: a Civic Space type that is a natural preserve available for unstructured recreation. See Table 4.
Park/Greenway TOR Sending Sites: parcels that are transferred from private to public ownership or are
publicly accessible by easement in compliance with This Code, including sites designated as Civic Space, Park,
Greenway, trail or other public recreational uses in an adopted plan or code.
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Parking Structure: a building containing either two or more levels of above -ground parking or one or more
levels of below -ground parking.
Passage (PS): a pedestrian connector, open or roofed, that is open to the public and passes between
buildings or lots to provide shortcuts through long Blocks and connect two Thoroughfares. Passages are not Civic
Spaces.
Path (PT): a pedestrian way traversing a Park or rural area, with landscape matching the contiguous open
space, ideally connecting directly with the urban Sidewalk network.
Placement: the arrangement of a building on its lot.
Planter: the element of the Public Frontage which accommodates street trees, whether continuous or
individual. The Planter shall be located between the Sidewalk and the Curb.
Plaza: a Civic Space type designed for Civic purposes and Commercial activities in the more urban Transect
Zones, generally paved and spatially defined by building Frontages.
Principal Building: the main building on a Lot, usually located toward the Frontage. See Table 12.
Principal Entrance: the main point of access for pedestrians into a building.
Principal Frontage: On corner Lots, the Private Frontage designated to bear the address and Principal
Entrance to the building, and the measure of minimum Lot width. Prescriptions for the parking Layers pertain only
to the Principal Frontage. Prescriptions for the First Layer pertain to both Frontages of a corner Lot. See Frontage.
Private Frontage: the privately held Layer between the Frontage Line and the Principal Building Facade that
bears the Principal Entrance to the building. See Table 7 and Table 12.
Public Frontage: the area between the Curb of the vehicular lanes and the Frontage Line. See Table 2A and
Table 26.
Push Cart: any wagon, cart, or similar wheeled container, not a vehicle as defined in the Vehicle Code of the
State of Georgia, from which General Retail merchandise, food, or beverages are offered for sale.
Rear Alley (RA): a privately owned and maintained vehicular way located to the rear of Lots providing access
to service areas, parking, and Outbuildings and containing utility easements. Rear Alleys should be paved from
building face to building face, with drainage by inverted crown at the center or with roll Curbs at the edges.
Rear lane (RL): a privately owned and maintained vehicular way located to the rear of Lots providing access
to service areas, parking, and Outbuildings and containing utility easements. Rear Lanes may be paved lightly to
driveway standards. The streetscape consists of gravel or landscaped edges, has no raised Curb, and is drained by
percolation.
Rearyard Building: a building that occupies the full Frontage Line, leaving the rear of the Lot as the sole yard.
See Table 6. (Var: Rowhouse, Townhouse, Apartment House)
Regulating Plan: a Zoning Map or set of maps that shows the Transect Zones, Civic Zones, Special Districts if
any, Thoroughfares, and Special Requirements if any, of areas subject to regulation by This Code.
Residential: characterizing premises available for long-term human dwelling.
Restaurant: any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where
meals are served and where meals are actually and regularly served to patrons, without sleeping accommodations.
such place being provided with an adequate and sanitary full service kitchen and dining room equipment, having
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employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and serve suitable food for its
patrons. At least one meal per day shall be served at least six days Per week, with the exception of holidays,
vacations and periods of redecorating, and the serving of those meals shall be a principal portion of the business
conducted, with the serving of alcoholic beverages as only incidental thereto. The restaurant seating area must be
at least 40 percent of the gross square footage of the restaurant facility. Seating space located outside of the main
structure (i.e. patios, decks, etc.) shall not be included in calculating seating space. The term "restaurant" includes
cafeteria. In order to be considered a "full service" restaurant, the business must also meet the requirements of an
eating establishment as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances.
Retail: characterizing premises available for the sale of merchandise and food service. See Table 8A and
Table 9.
Retail package distilled spirit store: any person, as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances,
that sells or provides to the public distilled spirits in unbroken packages, not for consumption on -premises and not
for resale.
Retail package malt beverage/wine store: any person as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of
Ordinances that sells or Provides to the public malt beverages and/or wine in unbroken packages or growlers, not
for consumption on -premises and not for resale.
Retail Frontage: Frontage designated on a Regulating Plan that requires or recommends the provision of a
Shopfront, encouraging the ground level to be available for Retail use. See Special Requirements.
Road (RD): a local, rural and suburban Thoroughfare of low -to -moderate vehicular speed and capacity. This
type is allocated to the more rural Transect Zones (T2-T3).
Rowhouse: a single-family dwelling that shares a party wall with another single-family dwelling, is located in
a row of at least three and not more than eight single-family dwellings, and occupies the full Frontage Line. See
Rearyard Building. (Syn: Townhouse)
Secondary Frontage: on corner Lots, the Private Frontage that is not the Principal Frontage. As it affects the
public realm, its First Layer is regulated. See Table 12.
Setback: the area of a Lot measured from the Lot line to a building Facade or Elevation that is maintained
clear of permanent structures, with the exception of Encroachments listed in Section 4.5. See Table 30 section f.
Shopfront: a Private Frontage conventional for Retail use, with substantial glazing and an awning, wherein
the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage Line with the building entrance at Sidewalk grade. See Table 7.
Sidewalk: the paved section of the Public Frontage dedicated exclusively to pedestrian activity.
Sideyard Building: a building that occupies one side of the Lot with a Setback on the other side. This type can
be a Single or Twin depending on whether it abuts the neighboring house. See Table 6.
Simulated Divided Lites: a method of constructing windows in which muntins are affixed to the inside and
outside of a panel of insulating glass to simulate the look of true divided light.
Slip Road: an outer vehicular lane or lanes of a Thoroughfare, designed for slow speeds while inner lanes
carry higher speed traffic, and separated from them by a planted median. (Syn: access lane, service lane)
Specialized Building: a building that is not subject to Residential, Commercial, or Lodging classification. See
Table 6.
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Specialty Gift Shop: any retail shop that deals in the sale of foods specialty foods and gifts that derives not
more than 15 percent of its gross sales from the sale of Packaged gift baskets containing non -alcohol related items
such as flowers Plants food or similar items which also contain unbroken containers of malt beverages and/or
wine.
Special Requirements: provisions of Section 4.3 of This Code and/or the associated designations on a
Regulating Plan.
Square: a Civic Space type designed for unstructured recreation and Civic purposes, spatially defined by
building Frontages and consisting of Paths, lawns and trees, formally disposed. See Table 4.
Stoop: a Private Frontage wherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage Line with the first Story
elevated from the Sidewalk for privacy, with an exterior stair and landing at the entrance. See Table 7.
Story: a habitable level within a building, excluding an Attic or above -ground portions of a basement. See
Table S.
Street (ST): a local urban Thoroughfare of low speed and capacity.
Streetscreen: a freestanding wall built along the Frontage Line, or coplanar with the Facade. It may mask a
parking lot from the Thoroughfare, provide privacy to a side yard, and/or strengthen the spatial definition of the
public realm. (Syn: streetwall.)
Substantial Modification: alteration to a building that is valued at more than 50%of the replacement cost of
the entire building, if new.
Swale: a low or slightly depressed natural area for drainage.
T-zone: Transect Zone.
TDR: Transfer of Development Rights, a method of permanently reducing development potential of areas to
be preserved as open space and transferring development potential to areas to be more densely urbanized.
TDR Receiving Sites: parcels that receive bonus Density through TDR in compliance with This Code.
TDR Sending Sites: parcels on which development potential has been permanently reduced, parcels where
ownership has been transferred or where public access has otherwise been secured in compliance with This Code.
Thoroughfare: a way for use by vehicular and pedestrian traffic and to provide access to Lots and Open
Spaces, consisting of Vehicular Lanes and the Public Frontage. See Table 2A, Table 2B and Table 12a.
Townhouse: See Rearyard Building. (Syn: Rowhouse)
Transect: a cross-section of the environment showing a range of different habitats. The rural -urban Transect
of the human environment is divided into six Transect Zones. These zones describe the physical form and character
of a place, according to the Density and intensity of its land use and Urbanism.
Transect Zone (T-zone): one of several geographic areas regulated by This Code. Transect Zones are
administratively similar to the land use zones in conventional codes, except that in addition to the usual building
use, Density, height, and Setback requirements, other elements of the intended habitat are integrated, including
those of the private Lot and building and Public Frontage. See Table 1.
True Divided Lites: A term that refers to windows in which multiple individual panes of glass or lights are
assembled in the sash using muntins.
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Turning Radius: the curved edge of a Thoroughfare at an intersection, measured at the inside edge of the
vehicular tracking. The smaller the Turning Radius, the smaller the pedestrian crossing distance and the more
slowly the vehicle is forced to make the turn. See Table 2B and Table 12.
Unconstrained Land: includes all land not characterized as constrained.
Urbanism: collective term for the condition of a compact, Mixed Use settlement, including the physical form
of its development and its environmental, functional, economic, and sociocultural aspects.
Urbanized: generally, developed. Specific to This Code, developed at T3 (Sub -Urban) Density or higher.
Variance: a ruling that would permit a practice that is not consistent with either a specific provision or the
Intent of This Code (Section 1.1). Variances shall be processed as a primary variance by the board of zoning appeals
as established in Section 64-1888. See Section 1.5.
Warrant: a ruling that would permit a practice that is not consistent with a specific provision of This Code,
but that is justified by its Intent (Section 1.1). Warrants shall be processed as an administrative variance by the
community development director as established in Section 64-1885. See Section 1.5.
Work -Live: a Mixed Use unit consisting of a Commercial and Residential Function. It typically has a
substantial Commercial component that may accommodate employees and walk-in trade. The unit is intended to
function predominantly as work space with incidental Residential accommodations that meet basic habitability
requirements. See Live -Work. (Syn: Live -With.)
Yield: characterizing a Thoroughfare that has two-way traffic but only one effective travel lane because of
parked cars, necessitating slow movement and driver negotiation. Also, characterizing parking on such a
Thoroughfare.
Any terms not specifically defined herein shall have the same definitions as otherwise set forth in any other
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TABLE 9: Specific Function and Use. — Crabapple FBC
This table expands the categories of Table 8 to delegate specific Functions and uses within Transect Zones.
Additionally, the use allowances and requirements in Article IX (Administrative Permits and Use Permits) apply to
this Article.
R: ALLOWED BY RIGHT W: ALLOWED BY WARRANT U: ALLOWED BY USE PERMIT BLANK: NOT ALLOWED
a. RESIDENTIAL'
T2
T3
T4-11'
T4
T4-03
TS
Apartment
U
U
U
Loft Apartment
U
R
R
Neighborhood Apartment
U
R
R
Live/Work Unit
R
R
R
R
Row House
R
R
R
R
Duplex House
R
R
R
R
Courtyard House
R
R
R
R
Sideyard House
R
R
R
R
R
Cottage
R
R
R
R
House
R
R
R
R
R
Accessory Unit
R
R
R
R
R
b. LODGING
Motel, Hotel
R
R
Bed & Breakfast Inn
U
U
R
R
R
School Dormitory
R
R
R
c. OFFICE
Office
R
R
R
Radio and Television
Station
Live/Work Unit
R
R
R
R
d. RETAIL
Open -Market Structure
R
R
R
R
R
General Retail
R
R
R
U
N
Craft Beer and/or Wine Market
U
U
U
Specialty Gift Shoo
R
R
R
Pawn Shop
General Service
R
R
R
Artist Studio
U
U
U
Restaurant
R
R
R
Kiosk
R
R
R
Drive -Through Facility'
U
U
Push Cart
W
W
Retail Package Malt Beverage/Wine Store
R
R
R
Retail Package Distilled Spirit Store
U
Brewoub
R
R
R
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Self Service Laundromat
R
R
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Shop
R
R
Bank/Financial Institution
R
R
Bail Bandsmen
Check Cashing
Establishment
Bar
Nightclub
Adult Entertainment
Fortune Telling
Establishment
Massage Parlor, Pool Hall, Escort and Dating
Services, Tattoo and Body Piercing
Establishment
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
nternter
r
W
W
ublic Art
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Theater
U
U
Indoor Commercial
Amusement
R
R
T2
T3
T4-R2
T4
T4-03
T5
Outdoor Commercial
Amusement
W
W
Museum
R
R
Assembly Hall, Indoor
Auditorium
U
U
Gymnasium
R
R
Outdoor Auditorium
W
R
R
R
R
Parking Structure
R
R
Passenger Terminal
Playground
R
R
R
R
R
R
Sports Stadium
Surface Parking Lot
W
W
W
Places of Worship
U
U
U
U
U
U
Grain Storage
R
Livestock Pen
W
Greenhouse
R
W
Stable
R
W
Veterinary Clinic/Hospital, Kennel (with
inside pens)
W
W
Kennel with Outside Pens
U
U
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Pet Grooming9
R
R
I. OTHER: AUTOMOTIVE
Gasoline Station'
W
W
Service Station
Automotive Garage, Repair Garage
R
R
Automotive and Light Truck Sales/Leasing
W
Car Wash'
R
R
Drive -Through Facility`
U
U
Roadside Stand
R
R
R
R
I. OTHER: CIVIL SUPPORT
Fire Station
R
R
R
R
R
R
Police Station
R
R
R
R
Cemetery
U
U
U
Funeral Home
R
R
Hospital
Medical Office, Clinic
R
R
Assisted Living,
Convalescent Home,
Personal Care Home,
Nursing Home,
Hospice
R
R
(.OTHER: EDUCATION
School of Business, Dance, Music or Similar
W
W
College
U
U
U
U
U
High School
U
U
U
U
U
Trade School
U
U
U
U
U
Elementary School
U
U
U
U
U
Childcare Center'
U
U
U
U
U
f. OTHER: INDUSTRIAL
Heavy Industrial Facility
Light Industrial Facility
W
Manufacturing
W
Micro-breweryies and Micro-distilleryies
W U
W U
n.��
-W
W
Catering
R
R
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Distribution Center
R
Research Laboratory
W
Water Supply Facility
Sewer and Waste Facility
Electric Substation
W
W
W
W
W
W
Telecommunications
See Sec. 54 of the Code of the City of Milton
Cremation Facility
Warehouse
Landscaping, Lawn Service
R
R
Produce Storage
Recycling Center'
W
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Mini -Storage
3. ThistaMa notwiche andinil, all senior housing shall comply." Sec. 64-2834iai.
2. T4RestriRed.
3.T4-0pen.
4. See Sec. 414 for additional requirements.
5. Includes both principal and accessory car washes.
6. Urhm-throKh facilities are considered accessory to a Retail or Autumotiye Function,
7. See Sea 54-IM for additional requirements.
8. Wheaton only.
9. no wemight stay.
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6.1 DEFINITIONS — Deerfield FBC
6.1.1 This Section provides definitions for terms in This Code that are technical in nature or that otherwise may not
reflect a common usage of the term. If a term is not defined in this Section or in Section 64-1 of this zoning
ordinance, then the community development director shall determine the correct definition. Items in italics refer
to Articles, Sections, or Tables in This Code.
A -Grid: cumulatively, those Thoroughfares that by virtue of their pre-existing pedestrian -supportive qualities,
or their future importance to pedestrian connectivity, are held to the highest standards prescribed by This
Code. See B-Grid.
Accessory Building: an Outbuilding with an Accessory Unit.
Accessory Structure: any building or structure permanently attached to the ground that is subordinate in
both purpose and size to any Principal Building located on the same lot. Accessory structures include, but are
not limited to, Outbuildings, Parking Structures, garages, gasoline station canopies, pumps, and carwashes.
Accessory Unit: a small apartment sharing ownership and utility connections with a Principal Building; it may
or may not be within an Outbuilding. (Syn: ancillary unit)
Alcoholic beverage: includes all alcohol malt beverages, wine, or distilled spirits intended for human
consumption Any reference to alcoholic beverages shall be deemed to include alcoholic consumables,
regardless of whether such consumables are in liquid or solid form.
Allee: a regularly spaced and aligned row of trees usually planted along a Thoroughfare or Path.
Avenue (AV): a Thoroughfare of high vehicular capacity and low to moderate speed, acting as a short
distance connector between urban centers, and usually equipped with a landscaped median.
B-Grid: cumulatively, those Thoroughfares that by virtue of their use, location, or absence of pre-existing
pedestrian -supportive qualities, may meet a standard lower than that of the A -Grid. B-Grid Thoroughfares
are often privately -owned. See A -Grid.
Backbuilding: a single -Story structure connecting a Principal Building to an Outbuilding. See Table 13.
Bar: an establishment whose primary business is the provision of alcoholic beverages and not the
consumption of food A place that derives 75 percent or more total annual gross revenue from the sale of
alcoholic beverages for consumption on -premises and does not meet the definition of any other
establishment qualified to hold a license under chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances will be presumed
to be a bar. This provision does not preclude a business that otherwise qualifies as an eating establishment
or restaurant from including the word "bar" in its name, provided that the name must also be indicative of
food service, such as "Joe's Sports Bar & Grille".
Base Density: the number of building units per acre before use of TDR. See Density.
Bicycle Lane (BL): a dedicated lane for cycling within a moderate -speed vehicular Thoroughfare, demarcated
by striping and having a minimum width of 5 feet.
Bicycle Route (BR): a Thoroughfare suitable for the shared use of bicycles and automobiles moving at low
speeds.
Block: the aggregate of private Lots, Passages, Rear Alleys and Rear Lanes, circumscribed by Thoroughfares
on all sides.
Block Face: the aggregate of all the building Facades on one side of a Block.
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Boulevard (BV): a Thoroughfare designed for high vehicular capacity and moderate speed, traversing an
Urbanized area. Boulevards are usually equipped with Slip Roads buffering Sidewalks and buildings.
as FeqUiFed by the state and this ehalatff, a bFeweFy is allthOFazed te sell beeF by the package OF by the
Brewpub: any brewer that also oualifies as an eating establishment as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton
Code of Ordinances in which malt beverages, wine, and/or distilled spirits may be licensed to be sold for
consumption on -premises and malt beverages and wine may be sold by the package for off -premises
consumption. Malt beverages manufactured or brewed on -premises shall be limited to 5,000 barrels per
calendar year, of which no more than 5,000 barrels may be sold to licensed wholesale dealers.
By Right: characterizing a proposal or component of a proposal for a Building Scale Plan (Article 4) that
complies with the Code and is permitted and processed administratively, without public hearing.
Childcare Center: A facility providing care, protection, and supervision of children on a regular basis away
from their primary residence. Childcare Centers specifically exclude kindergartens, pre -kindergartens, and
similar facilities when said kindergarten, pre -kindergarten, or similar facility is accredited by the Georgia
Accreditation Commission. For the purpose of This Code such accredited facilities shall be considered
Elementary Schools. (Syn: daycare)
City Architect: a registered architect retained or employed by the City of Milton to support the community
development director in reviewing development for compliance with the requirements of This Code.
Civic: the term defining not -for -profit organizations dedicated to arts, culture, education, recreation,
government, transit, and municipal parking.
Civic Building: a building operated by a city, county, state, or federal government.
Civic Building Site: a parcel containing a Civic Building.
Civic Space: an outdoor area dedicated for public use. Civic Space types are defined by the combination of
certain physical constants including the relationships among their intended use, their size, their landscaping
and their Enfronting buildings. See Table S.
Civic Space TDR Sending Site: a Park/Greenway TDR Sending Site designated as Civic Space in an adopted
plan or Code and therefore assigned a higher TDR allocation factor than other Park/Greenway TDR Sending
Sites but treated as a Park/Greenway TDR Sending Site in all other respects.
Civic Zone: a designation for sites dedicated for Civic Building Sites and Civic Spaces.
Code, This: Article XX of Chapter 64 of the Code of the City of Milton.
Commercial: the term collectively defining workplace, Office, Retail, and Lodging Functions.
Common Yard: a planted Private Frontage wherein the Facadefacade is set back from the Frontage line. It is
visually continuous with adjacent yards. See Table 8.
Conference Center: a place of assembly that customarily charges for meeting or exhibition areas and such
areas either contain Building Code occupancy limits of 800 or fewer people or have meeting and exhibition
areas that total 12,000 square feet or less, regardless of whether a principal or accessory use.
Configuration: the form of a building, based on its massing, Private Frontage, and height.
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Constrained Land: the area occupied by lakes, streams, wetlands, buffers, landfills and all other land so
determined by the community development director.
Convention Center: a place of assembly that customarily charges for meeting or exhibition areas and such
areas either contain Building Code occupancy limits of more than 800 people or have meeting and exhibition
areas that total more than 12,000 square feet, regardless of whether a principal or accessory use.
Cottage: an Edgeyard Building containing a single-family dwelling on its own Lot, often shared with an
Accessory Building in the back yard.
Courtyard Building: a building that occupies the boundaries of its Lot while internally defining one or more
private patios. See Table 7.
Courtyard House: a Courtyard Building containing a single-family dwelling on its own Lot, often shared with
an Accessory Building in the back yard.
Craft Beer and/or Wine Market: a retail establishment whose Primary purpose must be the sale of craft
beers and/or wine for consumption off -premises in conjunction with the sale of Prepared food and/or
groceries. Sales of craft beers and wines may be for consumption on -premises and/or by the package.
Curb: the edge of the vehicular pavement that may be raised or flush to a swale. It usually incorporates the
drainage system. See Table 4A, Table 4B, and Table 4D.
Density: the number of buildings units within a standard measure of land area.
Design Speed: the velocity at which a Thoroughfare tends to be driven without the constraints of signage or
enforcement. There are three ranges of speed: Low: (25 MPH); Moderate: (25-35 MPH); High: (above 35
MPH). Lane width is determined by desired Design Speed. See Table 3A.
Distilled spirits, liquor, or spirituous liquor: any alcoholic beverage obtained by distillation or containing
more than 24 percent alcohol by volume, including, but not limited to, all fortified wines. Any reference to
distilled spirits, liquor, or spirituous liquor shall be deemed to include alcoholic consumables that contain
distilled spirits or spirituous liquor. The terms distilled spirits, liquor, or spirituous liquor, when used in this
chapter, shall all carry the same meaning.
District, This: property located within the boundaries identified in the Deerfield/Highway 9 Regulating Plan
adopted concurrently herewith, which shall be kept on file with the Community Development Department,
and which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Dooryard: a Private Frontage type with a shallow Setback and front garden or patio, usually with a low wall
at the Frontage Line. See Table 8. (Variant: Lightwell.)
Drive: a Thoroughfare along the boundary between an Urbanized and a natural condition, usually along a
waterfront, Park, or promontory. One side has the urban character of a Thoroughfare, with Sidewalk and
building, while the other has the qualities of a Road or parkway, with naturalistic planting and rural details.
Eating establishment: an establishment which is licensed to sell distilled spirits, malt beverages, or wines and
which derives at least 50 percent of its total annual gross food and beverage sales from the sale of prepared
meals or food. Provided, however, that when determining the total annual gross food and beverage sales for
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a brewpub, barrels of malt beverages sold to licensed wholesale dealers or to the public for consumption off
the premises shall not be used.
Edgeyard Building: a building that occupies the center of its Lot with Setbacks on all sides. See Table 7.
Effective Turning Radius: the measurement of the inside Turning Radius taking parked cars into account. See
Table 12.
Elevation: an exterior wall of a building not along a Frontage Line. See Table 12. See Facade.
Encroach: to break the plane of a vertical or horizontal regulatory limit with a structural element, so that it
extends into a Setback, into the Public Frontage, or above a height limit.
Encroachment: any structural element that breaks the plane of a vertical or horizontal regulatory limit,
extending into a Setback, into the Public Frontage, or above a height limit.
Enfront: to place an element along a Frontage, as in "porches Enfront the street."
Facade: the exterior wall of a building that is set along a Frontage Line. See Elevation.
Five Acre Road Zone: an area shown on the Deerfield/Highway 9 Regulating Plan with specific requirements
that were identified in the Highway 9 North Vision Plan.
Forecourt: a Private Frontage wherein a portion of the Facade is close to the Frontage Line and the central
portion is set back. See Table 8.
Frontage: the area between a building Facade and the vehicular lanes, inclusive of its built and planted
components. Frontage is divided into Private Frontage and Public Frontage. See Table 4A and Table 8.
Frontage Line: a line bordering a Public Frontage. Facades facing Frontage Lines define the public realm and
are therefore more regulated than the Elevations facing other Lot Lines. See Table 13.
Function: the use or uses accommodated by a building and its Lot, categorized as Restricted, Limited, or
Open, according to the intensity of the use. See Table 9A and Table 10.
Gallery: a Private Frontage conventional for Retail use wherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage
Line with an attached cantilevered shed or lightweight colonnade overlapping the Sidewalk. See Table S.
General Retail: a business whose primary use is the sale of merchandise, food or beverages to consumers,
specifically including, but not limited to, delicatessens, plant nursery, art galleries, printing shops, garden
centers, retail store or shops, repair shops not involving any manufacturing on the site, and millineries or
similar trade shops whenever products are sold exclusively on the site where produced. General Retail does
not include roadside vending, automotive specialty shops, adult bookstores, pawnshops, NqueFsel{ing
estab{ishsnents retail package distilled spirit store or other uses specifically set forth in Table 10.
General Service: a business whose primary use is to provide a service, specifically including, but not limited
to, health clubs, spas, personal grooming and hygiene services, barbershops, beauty shops, laundry and dry
cleaning shops (excluding laundromats), and photography studios. General Service does not include financial
establishments, banks, check cashing establishments, or other uses specifically set forth in Table 10.
Green: a Civic Space type for unstructured recreation, spatially defined by landscaping rather than building
Frontages. See Table 5.
Greenway: an Open Space Corridor in largely natural conditions which may include Multi -Use Trails.
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Gross Site Area: all land within a site's boundaries.
Heavy Industrial: industrial facilities that conduct their operations in such manners that results are created
or apparent outside an enclosed building that are incompatible with adjacent or nearby non -industrial uses.
Highway: a rural and suburban Thoroughfare of high vehicular speed and capacity. This type is allocated to
the more rural Transect Zones (T-2 and T-3).
Home Occupation: a non -Retail Commercial enterprise. The work quarters should be invisible from the
Frontage, located either within the house or in an Outbuilding. Permitted activities are defined by the
Restricted Office category. See Table 9A.
House: an Edgeyard Building containing a single-family dwelling on a large Lot, often shared with an
Accessory Building in the back yard.
Kiosk: a permanent or temporary freestanding structure with one or more open sides and no larger than 15
feet by 15 feet by 12 feet high from which General Retail merchandise, food, or beverages are offered for
sale.
Landscape Strip: the element of the Public Frontage between the Sidewalk (or right-of-way where no
Sidewalk is required along Five Acre Road) and the Frontage Line that is required to match the built character
on specific existing Thoroughfares. All or a portion of the Landscape Strip may be counted towards meeting a
minimum Setback by Warrant. The Landscape Strip may contain fencing.
Layer: a range of depth of a Lot within which certain elements are permitted. See Table 13.
Light Industrial: uses permitted in the M-1A district that conduct their operations in such manners that no
results are created or apparent outside an enclosed building that are incompatible with adjacent or nearby
non -industrial uses. Uses permitted in M-1A, but indicated elsewhere in Table 10 shall not be considered
Light Industrial.
Lightwell: a Private Frontage type that is a below -grade entrance or recess designed to allow light into
basements. See Table 8.
Liner Building: a building specifically designed to mask a parking lot or a Parking Structure from a Frontage.
Live -Work: a Mixed Use unit consisting of a Commercial and Residential Function. The Commercial Function
may be anywhere in the unit. It is intended to be occupied by a business operator who lives in the same
structure that contains the Commercial activity or industry. See Work -Live.
Lodging: premises available for daily renting of guest rooms. See Table 9A and Table 10.
Lot Line: the boundary that legally and geometrically demarcates a lot.
Lot Width: the length of the Principal Frontage Line of a lot.
Manufacturing: premises available for the creation, assemblage and/or repair of objects, using table -
mounted electrical machinery or artisanal equipment, and including their retail sale.
Micro -brewery:_ a small-scale malt beverage manufacturing facility in which malt beverages manufactured
on -premises or at another of the brewers licensed premises under common ownership as defined in OCGA
3-5-241 may be sold for consumption on -premises or by the package for off -premises consumption Malt
beverages manufactured or brewed on -premises shall be limited to 3,000 barrels per calendar Year, of which
no more than 6,000 barrels may be sold at retail for on premises consumption or by the package for off -
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Micro -distillery: a small-scale distilled spirit manufacturing facility in which distilled spirits manufactured on -
premises or at another of the distiller's licensed premises as defined in OCGA 3-4-24.2 may be sold for
consumption on -premises or by the package for off -premises consumption. Distilled spirits manufactured or
distilled on -premises shall be limited to 3,000 barrels Per calendar year, of which no more than 750 barrels
may be sold at retail for on premises consumption or by the package for off -premises consumption.
Maximum Two -Story Height Zone: an area shown on the Deerfield/Highway 9 Regulating Plan where the
maximum building height is limited to two stories, regardless of Transact Zone.
Maximum Twelve -Story Building Height Zone: an area shown on the Deerfield/Highway 9 Regulating Plan
where the maximum building height is limited to twelve stories, regardless of Transect Zone.
Mixed Use: multiple Functions within the same building through superimposition or adjacency, or in multiple
buildings by adjacency, or at a proximity determined by Warrant.
Multi -Use Trail (MT): a shared pedestrian, bicycle and golf cart way running independent of a vehicular
Thoroughfare and having a minimum width of 10 feet.
Niahtclub: an establishment whose Primary business is the provision of alcoholic beverages and live
entertainment or Patron dancing and not the consumption of food. A place that derives 75 percent or
more of its total annual gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on -premises
and cover charges or entry fees and does not meet the definition of any other establishment qualified to
hold a license under chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances will be presumed to be a nightclub.
Nightclubs are prohibited in the city.
Office: premises available for the transaction of general business but excluding Retail, and Industrial
Functions. See Table 9A and Table 10.
Open Market Structure: a permanent freestanding and unconditioned structure from which vendors,
farmers, and artists may display and sell new merchandise, food or beverages.
Open Parking: an uncovered parking area not within a Parking Structure. (Syn: parking lot)
Open Space TDR Sending Sites: parcels that remain in private ownership subject to conservation easements
in compliance with This Code.
Outbuilding: an Accessory Building, usually located toward the rear of the same Lot as a Principal Building,
and sometimes connected to the Principal Building by a Backbuilding. See Table 13.
Package: a bottle, can, keg, barrel, or other original consumer container. The term "retail package alcoholic
beverages" includes all alcoholic beverages in their original containers or in a growler and sold at retail to the
final consumer and not for resale.
Park: a Civic Space type that is a natural preserve available for unstructured recreation. See Table 5.
Park/GreenwayTDR Sending Sites: parcels that are transferred from private to public ownership or are
publicly accessible by easement in compliance with This Code, including sites designated as Civic Space, Park,
Greenway, trail or other public recreational uses in an adopted plan or code.
Parking Structure: a building containing either two or more levels of above -ground parking or one or more
levels of below -ground parking.
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Passage (PS): a pedestrian connector, open or roofed, that is open to the public and passes between
buildings or lots to provide shortcuts through long Blocks and connect two Thoroughfares. Passages are not
Civic Spaces.
Path (PT): a pedestrian way traversing a Park or rural area, with landscape matching the contiguous open
space, ideally connecting directly with the urban Sidewalk network.
Placement: the arrangement of a building on its lot.
Planter: the element of the Public Frontage which usually accommodates street trees, whether continuous
or individual. The Planter shall be located between the Sidewalk and the Curb.
Plaza: a Civic Space type designed for Civic purposes and Commercial activities in the more urban Transect
Zones, generally paved and spatially defined by building Frontages.
Principal Building: the main building on a Lot, usually located toward the Frontage. See Table 13.
Principal Entrance: the main point of access for pedestrians into a building.
Principal Frontage: on corner Lots, the Private Frontage designated to bear the address and Principal
Entrance to the building, and the measure of minimum Lot width. Prescriptions for the parking Layers pertain
only to the Principal Frontage. Prescriptions for the First Layer pertain to both Frontages of a corner Lot. See
Frontage.
Private Frontage: the privately held Layer between the Frontage Line and the Principal Building Facade that
bears the Principal Entrance to the building. See Table 8 and Table 13.
Public Frontage: the area between the Curb of the vehicular lanes and the Frontage Line. See Table 4A, Table
48, and Table 4D.
Push Cart: any wagon, cart, or similar wheeled container, not a vehicle as defined in the Vehicle Code of the
State of Georgia, from which General Retail merchandise, food, or beverages are offered for sale.
Rear Alley (RA): a privately owned and maintained vehicular way located to the rear of Lots providing access
to service areas, parking, and Outbuildings and containing utility easements. Rear Alleys should be paved
from building face to building face, with drainage by inverted crown at the center or with roll Curbs at the
edges.
Rear Lane (RL): a privately owned and maintained vehicular way located to the rear of Lots providing access
to service areas, parking, and Outbuildings and containing utility easements. Rear Lanes may be paved lightly
to driveway standards. The streetscape consists of gravel or landscaped edges, has no raised Curb, and is
drained by percolation.
Rearyard Building: a building that occupies the full Frontage Line, leaving the rear of the Lot as the sole yard.
See Table 7. (Variations Rowhouse, Townhouse, Apartment House)
Recess Line: a line prescribed for the full width of a Facade, above which there is a Stepback of a minimum
distance, such that the height to this line (not the overall building height) effectively defines the enclosure of
the Enfronting public space. Var: Extension Line. See Table 6.
Regulating Plan: a Zoning Map or set of maps that shows the Transect Zones, Civic Zones, Special Districts if
any, Thoroughfares, and Special Requirements if any, of areas subject to regulation by This Code.
Residential: characterizing premises available for long-term human dwelling.
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Restaurant: any public place kept. used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where
meals are served and where meals are actually and regularly served to patrons, without sleeping
accommodations, such place being Provided with an adequate and sanitary full service kitchen and dining
room equipment, having employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and
serve suitable food for its patrons. At least one meal per day shall be served at least six days per week, with
the exception of holidays, vacations and periods of redecorating, and the serving of those meals shall be a
principal portion of the business conducted, with the serving of alcoholic beverages as only incidental
thereto. The restaurant seating area must be at least 40 percent of the gross square footage of the
restaurant facility. Seating space located outside of the main structure (i.e. patios, decks, etc.) shall not be
included in calculating seating space. The term "restaurant' includes cafeteria. In order to be considered a
"full service" restaurant, the business must also meet the requirements of an eating establishment as
defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances.
Retail: characterizing premises available for the sale of merchandise or food service. See Table 8A and Table
10.
Retail Frontage: the Frontage designated on a Regulating Plan that requires or recommends the provision of
a Shopfront, encouraging the ground level to be available for Retail use. See Special Requirements.
Retail Package Distilled Spirit Store: any person, as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of Ordinances,
that sells or provides to the Public distilled spirits in unbroken packages, not for consumption on -premises
and not for resale.
Retail Package/Malt Beverage/wine Store: means any person, as defined in chapter 4 of the Milton Code of
Ordinances, that sells or Provides to the public malt beverages and/or wine in unbroken packages or
growlers. not for consumption on -premises and not for resale.
Road (RD): a local, rural and suburban Thoroughfare of low -to -moderate vehicular speed and capacity. This
type is allocated to the more rural Transect Zones (T2-T3).
Rowhouse: a single-family dwelling that shares a party wall with another single-family dwelling, is located in
a row of at least three and not more than eight single-family dwellings, and occupies the full Frontage Line.
See Rearyard Building. (Syn: Townhouse)
Secondary Frontage: on corner Lots, the Private Frontage that is not the Principal Frontage. As it affects the
public realm, its First Layer is regulated. See Table 13.
Setback: the area of a Lot measured from the Frontage Line or, in the absence of Frontage Line, the Lot line,
to a building Facade or Elevation that is maintained clear of permanent structures, with the exception of
Encroachments listed in Section 4.5. See Table 11 section f.
Shopfront: a Private Frontage conventional for Retail use, with substantial glazing and an awning, wherein
the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage Line with the building entrance at Sidewalk grade. See Table 8.
Sidewalk: the paved section of the Public Frontage dedicated exclusively to pedestrian activity.
Sideyard Building: a building that occupies one side of the Lot with a Setback on the other side. This type can
be a Single or Twin depending on whether it abuts the neighboring house. See Table 7.
Slip Road: an outer vehicular lane or lanes of a Thoroughfare, designed for slow speeds while inner lanes
carry higher speed traffic, and separated from them by a planted median. (Syn: access lane, service lane)
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Specialty Gift Shop: any retail shop that deals in the sale of foods specialty foods and gifts that derives not
more than 15 percent of its gross sales from the sale of packaged gift baskets containing non -alcohol related
items such as flowers, plants food or similar items which also contain unbroken containers of malt
beverages and/or wine.
Special Requirements: provisions of Section 4.3 of This Code and/or the associated designations on a
Regulating Plan.
Square: a Civic Space type designed for unstructured recreation and Civic purposes, spatially defined by
building Frontages and consisting of Paths, lawns and trees, formally disposed. See Table 5.
Stepback: a building Setback of at least 10 feet that occurs at a prescribed number of Stories above the
ground. See Table 6.
Stoop: a Private Frontage wherein the Facade is aligned close to the Frontage Line with the first Story
elevated from the Sidewalk for privacy, with an exterior stair and landing at the entrance. See Table 7.
Story: a habitable level within a building, excluding an Attic or above -ground portions of a basement. See
Table 6.
Street (ST): a local urban Thoroughfare of low speed and capacity.
Streetscreen: a freestanding wall built along the Frontage Line, or coplanar with the Facade. It may mask a
parking lot from the Thoroughfare, provide privacy to a side yard, and/or strengthen the spatial definition of
the public realm. (Syn: streetwall.)
Substantial Modification: alteration to a building that is valued at more than 50%of the replacement cost of
the entire building, if new.
Swale: a low or slightly depressed natural area for drainage.
T-zone: Transect Zone.
TDR: Transfer of Development Rights, a method of permanently reducing development potential of areas to
be preserved as open space and transferring development potential to areas to be more densely urbanized.
TDR Receiving Sites: parcels that receive bonus Density through TDR in compliance with This Code.
TDR Sending Sites: parcels on which development potential has been permanently reduced, parcels where
ownership has been transferred or where public access has otherwise been secured in compliance with This
Code.
Thoroughfare: a way for use by vehicular and pedestrian traffic and to provide access to Lots and Open
Spaces, consisting of Vehicular Lanes and the Public Frontage. See Table 3A, Table 313 and Table 13a.
Townhouse: See Rearyard Building. (Syn: Rowhouse)
Transect: a cross-section of the environment showing a range of different habitats. The rural -urban Transect
of the human environment is divided into six Transect Zones. These zones describe the physical form and
character of a place, according to the Density and intensity of its land use and Urbanism.
Transect Zone (T-zone): one of several geographic areas regulated by This Code. Transect Zones are
administratively similar to the land use zones in conventional codes, except that in addition to the usual
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building use, Density, height, and Setback requirements, other elements of the intended habitat are
integrated, including those of the private Lot and building and Public Frontage. See Table 1.
Turning Radius: the curved edge of a Thoroughfare at an intersection, measured at the inside edge of the
vehicular tracking. The smaller the Turning Radius, the smaller the pedestrian crossing distance and the more
slowly the vehicle is forced to make the turn. See Table 38 and Table 13.
Unconstrained Land: includes all land not characterized as constrained.
Urbanism: collective term for the condition of a compact, Mixed Use settlement, including the physical form
of its development and its environmental, functional, economic, and sociocultural aspects.
Urbanized: generally, developed. Specific to This Code, developed at T3 (Sub -Urban) Density or higher.
Variance: a ruling that would permit a practice that is not consistent with either a specific provision or the
Intent of This Code (Section 1.1). Variances shall be processed as a primary variance by the board of zoning
appeals as established in Section 64-1888. See Section 1.5.
Warrant: a ruling that would permit a practice that is not consistent with a specific provision of This Code,
but that is justified by its Intent (Section 1.1). Warrants shall be processed as an administrative variance by
the community development director as established in Section 64-1885. See Section 1.5.
Work -Live: a Mixed Use unit consisting of a Commercial and Residential Function. It typically has a
substantial Commercial component that may accommodate employees and walk-in trade. The unit is
intended to function predominantly as work space with incidental Residential accommodations that meet
basic habitability requirements. See Live -Work. (Syn: Live -With.)
Yield: characterizing a Thoroughfare that has two-way traffic but only one effective travel lane because of
parked cars, necessitating slow movement and driver negotiation. Also, characterizing parking on such a
Thoroughfare.
Any terms not specifically defined herein shall have the same definitions as otherwise set forth in any other
chapter of this ordinance.
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Table 10: Specific Function and Use. — Deerfield FBC
This table expands the categories of Table 9 to delegate specific Functions and uses within Transect Zones.
Additionally, the use allowances and requirements in Article IX (Administrative Permits and Use Permits) apply to
this Article.
R: ALLOWED BY RIGHT W: ALLOWED BY WARRANT U: ALLOWED BY USE PERMIT BLANK: NOT PERMITTED
a. RESIDENTIAL'"
T2
T3
T4
T4-P9
T4-02
TV
T6
Apartment
U
U
U
U
Live/Work Unit
R
R
R
R
R
Rowhouse
R
R
U
U
Duplex
R
R
R
R
Courtyard House
R
R
R
R
R
Sideyard House
R
R
R
R
R
Cottage
R
R
R
R
House
R
R
R
R
R
Accessory Unit
R
R
R
R
R
R
b. LODGING
Motel, Hotel
R
R
R
Bed & Breakfast
Inn
U
U
R
R
R
R
c. OFFICE
Office
R
R
R
R
Radio and Television Station
U
U
U
Live/Work Unit
R
R
R
R
R
R
d. RETAIL
Open -Market
Structure
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
General Retail
R
R
R
R
R
Craft Beer and/or Wine Market
U
U
U
U
Specialty Gift Shop
R
R
R
R
R
Pawn Shop
W
W
General Service
R
R
R
R
R
Artist Studio
U
U
U
U
U
Restaurant
R
R
R
R
R
Freestanding Fast Food Restaurant
R
R
R
R
Kiosk
R
R
R
R
R
Drive -Through
Facility'
R.
R
R
R
Push Cart
W
W
W
Ligner Selling
F,EabliSpmenf
W
W
W
Retail Package Distilled Spirit Store
U
U
U
Retail Package Malt Beveragetwine
R
R
R
R
Store
Brewpub
R
R
R
R
R
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Self Service
Laundromat
W
W
W
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Shop
R
R
R
Bank/Financial
Institution
R11
R
R
R
Bail Bondsmen
Bar
Nightclub
Check Cashing
Establishment
W
W
W
Adult Entertainment
Fortune Telling
Establishment
Massage Parlor, Pool Hall, Escort and
Dating Services, Tattoo and Body
Piercing Establishment
WheFe ! I ed, all uses I ceAsedR
R
R
R
R
e. CIVIC
Bus Shelter
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Convention Center
R
Conference Center
W
W
R
Fountain or Public Art
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Library
R
R
R
R
T2
T3
T4
T4-P'
T4-0'
TS'
Tb
Theater
R
R
R
Indoor Commercial Amusement
R
R
R
Outdoor Commercial Amusement
W
W
W
Museum
R
R
R
Assembly Hall,
Indoor Auditorium
U
U
U
Gymnasium
R
R
R
Outdoor Auditorium
W
R
R
R
R
R
R
Parking Structure
R
R
R
Passenger Terminal
R
Sports Stadium
Surface Parking Lot
W
W
W
W
W
Places of Worship
U
U
U
R
R
R
R
I. OTHER: AGRICULTURAL
Grain Storage
R
Livestock Pen
W
Greenhouse
R
W
Stable
R
W
Veterinary Clinic/Hospital, Kennel (with
inside pens)
W
W
W
Kennel with Outside Pens
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Pet Grooming'
R
R
R
f. OTHER: AUTOMOTIVE
Gasoline Station'
R
R
R
Automobile Specialty Shop
R
R
R
Service Station
Automotive Garage, Repair Garage
Automobile and Light Truck
Sales/Leasing
W
W
Car Wash'
W
W
W
Drive -Through
Facility°
R
R
R
I. OTHER: CIVIL SUPPORT
Fire Station
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Police Station
R
R
R
R
R
Cemetery
U
U
U
Funeral Home
R
R
R
Hospital
R
R
Medical Office, Clinic
R
R
R
R
Assisted Living,
Convalescent Home,
Personal Care Home,
Nursing Home,
Hospice
R
R
R
R
f. OTHER: EDUCATION
School of Business, Dance, Music or
Similar
W
W
W
College
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
High School
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Trade School
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Elementary School
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Childcare Center'
U
U
R
R
R
f. OTHER: INDUSTRIAL
Heavy Industrial
Facility
Light Industrial
Facility
Manufacturing
Micro-breweryjes-and Micro-
distilleryies
W
Wu
WU
n-,.�„es
W
W
W
Catering
R
R
R
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Distribution
Center
Research Laboratory
W
W
Water Supply
Facility
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
Sewer and Waste
Facility
Electric Substation
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
Telecommunications
See Section 54 of the Code of the City of Milton
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Cremation Facility
Warehouse
landscaping, lawn Service
R
R
R
Produce Storage
Recycling Center
Mini -Storage
R
R
R
1. This table notwithstanding, all senior housing shall comply with Section 64-1834(a).
2. T4-Open.
3. Includes T5-Limited subject to Table 9.
4. See Section 4.14 for additional requirements.
S. Includes both principal and accessory car washes.
6. Drive -through facilities are considered accessory to a Retail or Automotive Function.
7. See Sec. 64-1809 for additional requirements.
8. No overnight stay allowed.
9. T4-Permissive. See Sec. 4.6.1(e) for additional restrictions in the Five Acre Road Zone.
10, Only allowed in the Five Acre Road Zone and when accessory to a bank/financial institution.
11. Only allowed in the Five Acre Road Zone.
12. Residential functions are prohibited on any parcel abutting Highway 9, excluding the Five Acre Road Zone (as shown on the adopted
April 27, 2015, Regulating Plan), except when located in a vertically mixed -use building.
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Sec. 64-395. Uses prohibited in all zoning districts.
In all zoning districts the following uses are considered objectionable and are prohibited: fortune telling
establishment, massage parlor, pool hall, escort and dating services, vape shops, nonstructural consumer fireworks
retail sales facility, bar, nightclub, and tattoo and body art or piercing establishment.
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