Article 5 — Application of Regulations
Use, Occupancy and Construction.
No building or structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered except in conformity with the regulations of this Ordinance.
Height and Density.
No building or structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed or altered to:
Reduction in Lot Size.
No lot shall be reduced in size so that lot width or depth, size of yards, lot area per family or any other requirement of this Ordinance is not maintained. This limitation shall not apply when a portion of a lot is acquired for a public purpose or for unbuildable lots used exclusively for subdivision identification signage or subdivision entrance landscape features.
Yards and Other Spaces.
No part of a yard or the off-street parking or loading spaces that are required in connection with any building or use for the purpose of complying with the regulations of this Ordinance shall be included as part of the yard or off-street parking or loading spaces required for another building, except as specifically provided herein. No part of a lot which is flooded by a 100-year recurrence interval storm event may be counted as part of the required minimum lot area.
Minimum Lot Size for Residential Septic Tank Use.
No single-family residence which is to be served by a septic tank shall be permitted on a lot containing less square footage than the square footage required by the Gwinnett County Board of Health in order for the property to be effectively served by septic tank. This restriction on lot size does not apply to residential developments served by a properly approved and permitted community sewer system. In no event shall any single family residence to be served by a septic tank be allowed on a lot of less square footage than required in the Zoning District Classification.
Only One Principal Building or Use on a Lot.
Within residential districts, only excepting group developments, not more than one (1) principal building or structure or use and its customary accessory buildings and uses shall be permitted on any lot.
In non-residential districts, more than one (1) structure housing a principal permitted use may be erected on a single lot, provided that yard and other requirements of this Ordinance shall be met for each structure as though it were on an individual lot.
Street Frontage Requirement.
No building or structure shall hereafter be erected on a lot that does not abut for at least thirty
Classification of Streets.
For the purpose of this Ordinance, all of the streets, roads and highways in the City of Sugar Hill and Gwinnett County are classified as local streets, minor or major collector streets, minor, major, residential or principal arterial streets and freeways. These same streets and roads will also be known as interstate routes, U.S. or State routes, county roads and local street or roads.
The classification of each street in Sugar Hill is shown on the Official Road Classification Map of the City of Sugar Hill, Georgia which shall be kept on file in the City Hall.
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