Clayton County sets a maximum building height for each zoning district in the Article 3 layout (Sec. 6.5). Certain features may exceed it: church steeples, private water towers and utility transmission towers may double the limit up to a hard cap of 150 feet from grade.
Sec. 6.5 (Height Standards) of the Clayton County Zoning Ordinance sets the maximum permitted height per district in the two-page layout found in Article 3, so the base limit varies by zoning district. No structure may exceed that limit except as listed in Sec. 6.5: church steeples, private water towers and utility transmission towers may exceed the district limit twofold but never exceed a total height of 150 feet from grade. Necessary mechanical appurtenances and elevator bulkheads may exceed the limit by up to 15 feet if fully shielded from view. Telecommunication towers are governed separately. Structures exceeding the limit otherwise require a variance.
Building above the district height limit without an exemption or variance can block a permit or certificate of occupancy and trigger code-enforcement action requiring corrective work or a variance approval.
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