South Fulton, GA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

03, it defers the actual number to Table 4-1, Area Regulations for Lots and Principal Buildings. Every standard single-family residential district, R-1, R-2, R-2A, R-3, R-3A, R-4, R-4A, R-5, R-5A and R-6, carries the same 35-foot maximum height in that table, while the TR and R-5A districts add a footnote that no single-family residential dwelling or accessory structure may exceed 40 feet in height. 04(b) then carves out a list of building features that the district height cap does not reach at all: spires, belfries, cupolas and domes, water storage tanks, cooling towers, chimneys, roof-mounted mechanical penthouses, smokestacks, flag poles, silos and grain elevators, and fire towers can all rise above the otherwise-applicable maximum.

Two institutional uses get an outright taller allowance rather than a mere exemption: private and special schools may be built to 60 feet, and churches, temples and other places of worship may reach 75 feet, both well above the 35-foot residential baseline. That extra height is not free, however. 04(c) requires an additional foot of side and rear yard setback for every foot a school or place of worship exceeds its district's normal height limit, so a 75-foot sanctuary in a 35-foot district must also push its side and rear walls substantially farther from the property line than the district's base setback would otherwise require.