3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Chatham County, Georgia.
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Chatham County Sec. 4-6.1 requires that no structure sit closer than 20 feet from any design right-of-way line, nor closer than 25 feet from the property line for front yards. In an R-1-A single-family district, a detached dwelling needs a 5-foot side yard and a 25-foot rear yard.
Chatham County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 4-6.1
No structure shall be located closer than 20 feet from any design right-of-way line, nor closer than 25 feet from the property line.
Unincorporated Chatham County's residential and nonresidential R-district schedules cap maximum building height at 36 feet (Sec. 4-6.1 and 4-6.2). Sec. 5-2 exempts features such as church spires, cupolas, water towers, chimneys, flag poles and radio or television towers from those height limits.
Chatham County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 5-2
The height limits of these Regulations shall not apply to a church spire, belfry, cupola, and dome, or ornamental tower not intended for human occupancy, monument, water tower, and observation tower...
For uses in Chatham County's R-districts, Sec. 4-6.2 caps building coverage at 40 percent of the lot. Single-family lots are governed mainly by minimum lot area: 12,000 square feet in R-1-A, 21,000 in R-1-B, and 32,000 in R-1-C (Sec. 4-6.1).
Chatham County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 4-6.2
Maximum Height (Feet): 36. Building Coverage (Percent): 40. [R-1, R-1-A, R-1-B, R-1-C and R-2 Districts]
1 cities in Chatham County have their own building setbacks & zoning rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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