Building Setbacks & Zoning in Augusta-Richmond County, GA (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia.
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Setback Rules
Augusta-Richmond County's R-1 zoning sets minimum yard setbacks: 30 feet in front on local streets (40 feet on major streets), 5 to 10 feet side yards scaled to lot width, and a rear setback equal to 20% of lot depth, capped at 50 feet.
Augusta-Richmond County R-1 Zone Yard Setbacks
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 8, Sec. 8-8
8-8 Setbacks: (a) Front setback. There shall be a front yard setback in an R-1 Zone of not less than thirty (30) feet from any structure to the front lot line on minor or local streets and a front setback of forty (40) feet from any structure to the front lot line on all other streets and highways. ... (c) Rear setback. There shall be a rear yard setback for lots in an R-1 Zone of not less than...
Structure Height Limits
Augusta-Richmond County caps R-1 single-family homes at two and one-half stories or 45 feet under Section 8-6 of the county's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, the standard governing the R-1 One-Family Residential zone.
Augusta-Richmond County Home Height Limit: 45 Feet
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, App. B (Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) § 8-6, R-1 Zone
No building or structure hereafter shall be erected, constructed or altered in an R-1 Zone to exceed a height of two and one-half (2½) stories or forty-five (45) feet.
Lot Coverage Limits
Augusta-Richmond County's R-1 (One-Family Residential) Zone caps building coverage at 30 percent of a lot's area, though the ordinance never forces coverage below 800 square feet regardless of lot size. The 30 percent ceiling, set at Section 8-9 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, sits well under the 40 to 50 percent limits that apply in the county's two-family and multi-family zones.
Augusta-Richmond R-1 Zone Lot Coverage Cap
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Sec. 8-9 (incorporated by Code Sec. 8-5-1, Tit. 8 - Planning and Zoning)
8-9 Lot coverage. Not more than thirty percent (30%) of the area of a lot in an R-1 Zone may be covered by buildings or structures, provided that such lot coverage need not be reduced to eight hundred (800) square feet.
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