HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO 12 10 151STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
ORDINANCE NO. 12-10-151
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE IX, ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS AND USE
PERMITS, DIVISION 5. MISCELLANEOUS USES TO CREATE A NEW USE PERMIT FOR
EXOTIC ANIMALS AND/OR RELATED USES WITHIN THE MILTON ZONING
ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 64 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES).
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a regularly called council
meeting on October 15, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Ordinance that creates a new use permit for "exotic animals" and/or
other related uses in Article IX, Administrative Permits and Use Permit, Division 5,
miscellaneous uses of the City of Milton Zoning Ordinance is amended, 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repealed.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 15'h day of October, 2012.
Attest:
Sudie AM Gordon, City Clerk
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Mayor Joe Lockwood
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Sec. 64-1838. — Exotic or Wild Animals.
Pursuant to this section, exhibition or display of exotic or wild animals solely for education
purposes, or keeping, rehabilitation or maintaining exotic or wild animals pursuant to a
valid, current, state -issued wild animal license or wildlife exhibition permit shall be allowed
only with a use permit issued in compliance with the development standards set forth in
this section specifically and pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance generally. In the event of
conflict, the terms of this section shall prevail.
(1) Requirements
a. Required district. AG -1.
b. Obtained the appropriate license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) or provide
documentation that the applicant is exempt from USDA/APHIS
requirements.
c. Obtained a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Permit for Special Purpose
Possession if exhibiting or dealing birds regulated by the USFWS.
d. Obtained the necessary permit(s) from the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.
(2) Standards.
a. Minimum lot size shall be ten acres.
b. Permitted curb cut access shall not be from a local street.
c. All activity areas, including parking, structures, areas where animals are housed
or graze shall be set back a minimum of 100 feet from all property lines.
d. A maximum continuous sound level of 60 dBA and a maximum peak sound level
of 75 dBA shall not be exceeded at property lines of adjacent residential districts
or AG -1 districts used for single-family dwellings.
e. Open to visitation by the general public only from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm.
If located adjacent to any residential district or an AG -1 district used for single-
family dwellings, the minimum buffers and landscape strips required for the
Northwest Fulton Overlay District as specified in Sec. 64-1141 of this zoning
ordinance shall be required.
g. Sanitary facilities or trash receptacles shall be located a minimum of 100 feet
from a property line of any residential district and/or AG -1 district used for
single-family dwellings.
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h. Applicant shall inform the director of community development in writing of the
number and types of animals to be housed on the subject property and any
changes thereto based on a schedule determined and agreed to as part of
the use permit.
Compliance with all requirements of Chapter 5 of the Georgia Game and Fish
Code, O.C.G.A. § 27-5-1, et seq., related to wild animals, and all rules and
regulations adopted pursuant to the authority granted pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
27-1-4.
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