Article 7 — Miscellaneous Provisions

No dwelling unit or other permanent structure shall be relocated within the City unless, when relocated, it meets all requirements of this Ordinance and other City code requirements. The relocation must be approved by the City of Grayson prior to the transportation of the structure.

A temporary building or buildings for use in connection with a construction project or subdivision development shall be permitted on the land on which the project is being constructed during the duration of the construction period. Temporary buildings related to a subdivision development shall be removed when one hundred (100%) percent of all lots are occupied. In the event that no activity occurs at the construction site within a consecutive three (3) month period, all buildings shall be removed.

A temporary building may also be used as a temporary office for a future user of the property on which it is to be located. All such buildings shall secure an annual permit. The City shall hold the Certificate of Occupancy for the last structure until all temporary buildings are removed.

EQUIPMENT For the purpose of this section, major recreational equipment is defined as including boats and boat trailers, travel trailers, pickup campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on automobile vehicles), motorized dwellings tent trailers, and cases or boxes used for transporting recreational equipment, whether occupied by such equipment or not. Such major recreational equipment may be parked or stored in side or rear yards or in a carport or enclosed buildings, provided however, that such equipment may be parked anywhere on residential premises for a period of not more than twenty four (24) hours during loading or unloading. In the case of a corner lot, no such equipment may be parked or stored in the side yard on the street side of the lot. No such equipment shall be used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes when parked or stored on a residential lot or in any location not approved for such use.

This section shall apply to all single family residential zoning classifications, which include the following classifications: R-100, R-100 Modified, MH, and the detached residential portion of any PUD development. Parking any automobile, motorcycle, motor vehicle or trailer shall not be allowed in the front yard, side yard or rear yard of a residence unless said automobile, motorcycle, motor vehicle or trailer is parked on a concrete or asphalt driveway or parking area.

Therefore, it shall be unlawful to park any automobile, motorcycle, motor vehicle or trailer on the grass, lawn or dirt areas in the yard of any residential structure located within the corporate boundaries of the City of Grayson. For newly constructed houses in residential subdivisions, the paved parking area shall be sized to accommodate a two- or three-car garage. Additional paved parking areas are allowed provided no more than thirty-five (35%) percent of the front and side yards may consist of a concrete or asphalt driveway or parking area and the remaining percentage shall be grass or landscaped areas.

In all residential districts the parking of any vehicle larger than a pickup truck or van or any vehicle in excess of two thousand (2,000) pounds load capacity as identified or defined by the manufacturer (other than recreational vehicles) is prohibited except when the following provisions apply:

This section shall not apply to vehicles that park or stand in residential districts for less than eight (8) hours unless engaged in the loading or unloading of the vehicle.

Automotive vehicles having more than four wheels, major recreational equipment, school, and other buses are prohibited from parking on residential streets or within public rights-of-way.

This section shall not apply to vehicles that park or stand in residential districts for less than eight (8) hours unless engaged in the loading or unloading of the vehicle nor shall it apply to franchised or regulated utility vehicles.

Any automobile, truck, vehicle or trailer of any kind or type, without a valid license plate attached thereto, shall not be parked or stand on any private property or public roads and is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, and invite plundering and vandalism, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects, and to be injurious to the health, safety and general welfare and, when on city streets, to create a traffic hazard and endanger public safety.

This section shall not be the exclusive regulation of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or contrivances within the incorporated limits of the City of Grayson, but shall be supplemental and in addition to the other regulations and regulatory codes, ordinances, statutes, or provisions of law heretofore and hereinafter enacted by County, City, State, or other legal entity or agency having jurisdiction.

The keeping and raising of all farm animals and fowl and use of private stables shall be limited to property having a minimum lot area of three (3) acres which is not part of a platted subdivision. Any structure, pen, corral or other building appurtenant to the keeping and raising of farm animals must be located a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from any property line.

The keeping and raising of farm animals and fowl shall be subject to all regulations promulgated by the Gwinnett County Health Department.

For office, commercial and industrial uses, trash and recycling dumpsters must be enclosed on three sides by a decorative wall or fence. Chain link type fencing is not acceptable as an enclosure.

The requirements of this ordinance may be waived by following the procedure for amending the Official Zoning Map set forth in Article XVIII.