Zoning Ordinance

PARKING SPACE: An off-street space available for parking one (1) motor vehicle and having a dimension of not less than 10 feet x 20 feet with 200 square feet in area exclusive of passageways and driveways giving access thereto, and having direct access to a street or alley.

PATIO HOMES: A "patio home" for the purposes of the Athens Municipal Zoning Ordinance shall be defined as a single-family residential dwelling of one or more floors, which does not have any common walls shared with an adjacent unit or units, but which is located to one side of a less than standard width lot. That is, these homes have a "zero foot" setback on one side to maximize the amount of usable outdoor lot area on the other side for a patio, landscaped garden, or other outdoor living area.

PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD): A single parcel of land, to be planned and developed as a single entity containing one or more residential clusters or planned unit residential developments and/or one or more public, quasi-public, commercial clusters. The uses must be approved for the zone in which the planned unit development is to be located.

PLANNING COMMISSION: The Athens Municipal-Regional Planning Commission.

PLAT: A map, plan, or layout indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties.

PRINCIPAL USE: The specific primary purpose for which land or a building is used.

PROFESSION: A vocation, calling, occupation, or employment requiring training in the liberal arts or sciences, or combination thereof, requiring advanced study in a specialized field; any occupation, requiring licensing by the state and maintenance of professional standards applicable to the field.

PUBLIC USES: Public parks, schools, and administrative, cultural, and service buildings not including public land or buildings devoted solely to storage and maintenance of equipment and materials.

RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE: A "townhouse" is defined as a single-family residential dwelling of one or more floors, having or appearing to have a common wall with an adjacent similar unit or units. The ownership of a townhouse shall include the walls inward and the ground underneath to include the front and rear yard, end units shall have one side yard, interior units shall be to the common walls.

RIGHT-OF-WAY: An area of land that is legally dedicated to the public for use as a public street. The street pavement, curbs, shoulders, and sidewalks, are located within the right-of-way and generally do not represent the boundary of the street right-of-way line.

ROADWAY: The actual road surface including necessary road shoulders and drainage facilities including ditches and curbing and guttering, which is utilized to transport motor vehicles.

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