Stonecrest, GA Accessory Structures: Shed & Carport Rules (2026)

Sec. 4.2.1 first sets the baseline: accessory structures like storage sheds, garages and pools are allowed in every residential district, but only after or alongside the principal building on the lot, not before it. Sec. 4.2.2 then layers on the placement and material rules. A shed has to go in the rear yard, with the narrow exception carved out for ATM machines, and can't intrude on the district's minimum yard setbacks. Where the shed sits near the side yard it must clear the lesser of the district's minimum side setback or ten feet, and it can never sit closer than ten feet to the rear lot line in any district; on a corner lot, that rear-yard buffer against the side street right-of-way grows to 15 feet under subsection D.

Sec. 4.2.2.E requires the shed to be built from a material similar to the principal house, not a mismatched prefab panel, and subsection I caps any accessory structure at 24 feet or the height of the principal structure, whichever is lower. Size is capped separately by lot area under Table 4.2: a shed or other accessory building on a single-family, two-family or three-family lot under one acre is capped at 900 square feet, growing to 1,200 square feet on one to five acres, 2,000 square feet on five to ten acres, and unlimited on ten acres or more.