Columbus, Georgia

Memo # _________





Columbus Consolidated Government

Council Memorandum







TO: Mayor and Councilors DATE: January 8, 2002



THROUGH: Carmen Cavezza, City Manager SUBJECT: Proposed New Rural Residential

District

FROM: Rick Jones, AICP,

Director of Community and

Economic Development





As requested by Council, staff has prepared a new residential zoning

classification. The new A-2, Rural Residential zone would require a minimum of

20,000 square feet per lot, and is an intermediary zone between an R-1 (Low

Density, 15,000 square feet) and an A-1 (Agricultural, 40,000 square feet).

Shown below is the complete listing of minimum lot area and setback

requirements proposed for this zoning district. A complete listing of the

allowable principal and accessory uses is attached.



District and Uses Minimum Lot Area (Square Feet) Minimum Lot Area Per Family (Square Feet)

Minimum Lot Width (Feet) Front (Feet) Side (Feet) Side-Corner Lot (Feet) Rear (Feet) Maximum Height (Feet) Maximum Lot

Coverage by Buildings

A-2 Rural Residential 20,000 20,000 110 40 18 30 40 35 20%



Before this zoning classification can be considered by Council, it must first

go to the Planning Advisory Commission (PAC). Then it must be advertised in the

local newspaper at least fifteen (15) days prior to a public hearing before

Council. If Council agrees to this proposal, staff will place this item on the

next PAC agenda, which will be January 16.





Proposed District Regulations for the

A-2 Rural Residential District



Sec. 22-9-1 A-2 rural residential district.



(A) Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide and protect an

environment suitable for low density single-family dwellings together with such

nonresidential uses as may be necessary to and compatible with low density

residential sur-roundings.



(B) Principal Uses:

(1) Community facilities:

(a) Golf courses and clubhouses, private. The golf course shall be a

full 9-hole or 18-hole course.

(b) Public uses (unclassified), including buildings, struc-tures, and uses of

land by a unit of government, not listed elsewhere, and including, but not

restricted to, public schools, libraries, parks, playgrounds, rec-reation

centers and fire stations.

(c) Recreation centers or swimming pools.



(2) Education:

(a) Schools, private or parochial elementary and high school.

(b) Schools, public.



(3) Housing:

(a) Single-family detached dwelling.



(4) Religious facilities:

(a) Churches and other places of worship and accessory facilities.

(b) Convent or monastery.



(C) Accessory Uses:



(1) Bathhouses and pavilions.



(2) Buildings, the temporary use of which is incidental to construction

operations for sale of lots during development being conducted on the same or

adjoining tract or subdivision and which shall be removed upon completion or

abandonment of such construction, or upon the expiration of a period of two (2)

years of the time of erection of such temporary buildings, whichever is sooner.



(3) Earth satellite station (receive only).



(4) Fallout or bomb shelters.



(5) Gardens for the use and enjoyment of the occupants of a dwelling on the

premises.



(6) Garages, private.



(7) Home occupations.



(8) Housing for guests.



(9) Housing for servants.



(10) Parking, off-street spaces.



(11) Pets for personal enjoyment or household use and not as a business.



(12) Recreational equipment. Storage of a boat trailer or camp trailer or

motorized dwelling or pickup camper or a boat or other similar equipment not to

exceed thirty-two (32) feet in length.



(13) Recreational/meeting facilities constructed in connection with a

residential development or owned and operated by a neighborhood association.



(14) Storage in a main building or 'in an accessory building all for domestic

use.



(15) Swimming pool and game courts, lighted and unlighted for use of occupants

or their guests.



(D) Special Exceptions:



(1) Utility substations, public.

(2) Wireless communication facilities.

(Ord. No. 84-6, ? 2, 1-31-84: Ord. No. 97-3, 1-14-97: Ord. No. 97-92, ? 1,

9-9-97)