In all Johns Creek single-family and two-family residential districts (R-1 through R-6), no building may exceed 40 feet in height. Certain elements like chimneys, spires, flag poles, and cupolas are exempt. Public buildings and schools may reach 60 feet and churches 75 feet, with added setbacks above the district limit.
Johns Creek's residential height ceiling is uniform across its single-family and two-family districts: each district's development standards in Articles VI and VII state, 'No building shall exceed 40 feet in height.' This 40-foot limit applies to R-1, R-2, R-2A, R-3, R-3A, R-4, R-4A, R-5, R-5A, R-6, and the TR townhouse district. Section 4.3.3 exempts a defined list of features from the district maximum, including church spires and belfries, water storage tanks, cooling towers, chimneys, mechanical penthouses, smokestacks, flag poles, silos and grain elevators, fire towers, clock towers, and architectural elements such as cupolas and widow's walks. The same section allows public and semi-public buildings, hospitals, and schools to reach 60 feet, and churches and temples to reach 75 feet - but 'for each foot that said buildings exceed the height regulations of the district in which located, an additional foot of side and rear yard setbacks shall be required.' Higher-intensity and commercial districts carry taller limits (for example, certain office, mixed-use, and apartment districts allow 60 feet or more, sometimes subject to a use permit). Antennas and amateur radio structures are tied to the district's principal-structure height under Sections 4.5.3 and 19. Exceeding the applicable height requires a use permit or variance where the ordinance allows one. Always verify your district's exact limit.
Constructing a residential building taller than 40 feet, or a tall structure without the additional setbacks or use permit the ordinance requires, violates the height regulations and may require redesign, a variance, or removal of the noncompliant portion.
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