Section 3 R-2 district: medium density residential area.
Purpose and Intent
This district provides areas within the city for medium density residential developments. Residential
development shall be limited in height and ground coverage to encourage medium density, garden-type
multiple-family structures, duplexes, and single-family residences.
This district shall be only areas in the city served, or capable of being served, by adequate public
facilities, including streets and sanitary sewer systems of sufficient size to accommodate a more intense use
of land.
The regulations for this district are designed to stabilize, protect, and provide the essential
characteristics of an acceptable residential environment, as much as possible, with the more intense use of
the land permitted by these regulations.
No garage work, body work, or other noise, odor, or glare-producing work for other than immediate
family vehicle repairs shall be permitted. No mobile home, whether double or single wide shall be permitted.
Modular or factory-built homes may be permitted on permanent foundations and fully underpinned with
concrete or brick, set in mortar on an adequate foundation.
Permitted Uses
a.
Single-family residences, duplexes, and multiple-family residences (see following page [now
following this subsection] for minimum lot areas, lot widths, and maximum lot coverages).
b.
Home occupations. Home occupations are permitted in a completely enclosed building provided that
all business is conducted by phone, including the Internet; no customer or commercial traffic at or to
the residence is involved; and there are no advertising signs or commercial vehicles at the
residence.
R-2 DISTRICT DWELLING UNIT LOT SIZE REGULATION
Minimum Lot Area
(sq. ft.)
Minimum Lot Width Measured at Building
Setback Line
(ft.)
Maximum Lot Coverage
(percent)
With well and septic tank
43,560
150
20
With septic tank
21,780
100
20
With public sewer
12,000
75
20
Front Yard
Yard Corner Lot
Arterial and
Collector Streets
Minor Streets
Rear Yard
Side Yard Interior
Lot
Arterial and
Collector Streets
Minor Streets
40′
30′
25′
10′
40′
30′
R-2 DISTRICT (MULTIPLE-FAMILY) DWELLING UNIT LOT SIZE REGULATION
With public sewer (only)
Minimum Lot Area
(sq. ft.)
Minimum Lot Width Measured at Building
Setback Line
(ft.)
Maximum Lot Coverage
(percent)
3,000 per unit1, 2
40
40
1 Cannot exceed three stories in height.
2 Each multifamily development must have 550 square feet of common open space for each dwelling unit. This open
space cannot be used for any other purpose.
Front Yard
Yard Corner Lot
Arterial and
Collector Streets
Minor Streets
Rear Yard
Side Yard Interior
Lot
Arterial and
Collector Streets
Minor Streets
35′
25′
20′
10′
30′
20′
R-2 DISTRICT (DUPLEX) DWELLING UNIT LOT SIZE REGULATION
With public sewer (only)
Minimum Lot Area
(sq. ft.)
Minimum Lot Width Measured at Building
Setback Line
(ft.)
Maximum Lot Coverage
(percent)
6,0001
50
35
1 Each duplex development must also have an additional 1,000 square feet of common open space for each dwelling
unit. This open space cannot be used for any other purpose.
Front Yard
Yard Corner Lot
Arterial and
Collector Streets
Minor Streets
Rear Yard
Side Yard Interior
Lot
Arterial and
Collector Streets
Minor Streets
35′
25′
20′
10′
30′
20′
Special Exceptions
The following uses may be permitted within this district as special exceptions:
a.
Churches, or similar places of worship, with necessary accessory structures, but not
including mission, revival, or evangelist tents.
b.
Elementary, junior and senior high schools, both public and private.
c.
Public parks, playgrounds, playfields, and neighborhood or municipal recreation buildings,
and uses which are in keeping with the character and requirements of the district.
d.
Libraries, community centers, and other public buildings.
e.
Golf courses or country clubs, with adjoining grounds of not less than 20 acres, but not
including driving ranges operated for commercial uses.
f.
Fire stations.
g.
Home occupations other than those described under permitted uses.
h.
Private clubs and lodges owned and operated by nonprofit or service organizations.
i.
Kindergartens and day nurseries.
j.
Boarding and lodging houses, guesthouses and tourist homes.
k.
Hospitals, provided such buildings shall be located not less than 50 feet from any residential
lot line in this district.
l.
Residential complexes which are constructed by the city's housing authority, or for leasing to
the city's housing authority, or by nonprofit sponsors receiving financial support from
agencies of the federal government, provided that the following minimum requirements are
met:
(1)
The density shall not exceed one unit per 1,000 square feet of gross ground area;
(2)
Parking spaces provided shall not be less than one space per residential unit;
(3)
No minimum apartment size shall be required; however, the average size of all the
residential units shall not be less than 500 square feet in floor area;
(4)
The site on which the complex is to be located shall be served by public utilities and
streets capable of accommodating the increased residential densities permitted by
this section of the ordinance.
Off-Street Parking
Activities in the R-2 district shall comply with all off-street parking requirements as contained in
appendix Z-1. Parking requirements for specific uses are:
a.
Residential dwellings: two parking spaces per dwelling unit.
b.
Churches: one parking space for each five seats, plus one parking space for each church
official resident on the premises, plus additional spaces equal in number to 50 percent of the
number of permanent employees.
c.
Community centers, libraries, post offices: spaces equal in number to 75 percent of the
number of employees, plus one space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
d.
Clubs: one parking space for each five active members resident in the City of Byron and
Peach County, plus one additional parking space for each two employees.
e.
Schools (elementary and junior high): one parking space for each teacher, administrator, and
employee on the school's staff, plus sufficient off-street space for safe and convenient
loading and unloading of students.
f.
Schools (senior high): one parking space for each teacher, administrator, and employee,
plus one parking space for every four students, plus sufficient off-street space for safe and
convenient loading and unloading of students, plus one parking space for each ten seats in
the school auditorium, provided, however, if the school has a gymnasium and has provided
off-street parking spaces for that gymnasium, such may be credited toward meeting the
requirements for off-street parking for the auditorium located on the same campus.
g.
Schools (kindergartens, day nurseries): one parking space for every two employees, plus
sufficient off-street space for the safe and convenient loading and unloading of students.
h.
Lodginghouses, rooming and boarding houses: one parking space for each two guestrooms,
plus one additional parking space for the owner or manager, if his residence is on the
premises.
i.
Convalescent, nursing, and other health homes and institutions: one parking space for each
five patient beds, plus one parking space for each staff or visiting doctor (average number),
plus one parking space for each four employees, including nurses.
j.
Hospitals: one parking space for each three patient beds (excluding bassinets), plus one
parking space for each staff or visiting doctor (average number), plus one space for each
four employees, including nurses.
(Ord. No. 2001-3, § 1, 1-8-2001; Ord. No. 2003-14, 9-8-2003)