§ 1102. Permitted uses.

A.

The following principal uses are permitted in HC districts:

1.

Any retail business or service which does not have continuous, unenclosed outside storage, and which is not otherwise listed herein.

2.

Gasoline service station, truckstop that meets the following development standards:

a.

All structures, including underground storage tanks, must be placed at least 30 feet from any property line.

b.

Curb cuts must be located at least 15 feet from the intersection of street lines.

3.

Hotel.

4.

Drive-in theaters.

5.

Wholesale and warehouse operations, motor freight terminals, bulk fuel storage, exposed outdoor storage.

6.

Radio station.

7.

Printing, copying, publishing establishment.

8.

Off-street parking lot or parking garage.

9.

Auctions.

10.

Education or training facility

11.

Lodge or club.

12.

Local, state, or federal government building.

13.

(RESERVED).

14.

Outdoor advertising sign must comply with DOT standards, if applicable, and the Screven County Sign Ordinance (article 18 [of this appendix]).

15.

Automobile sales and service establishment, excluding the sales and storage of junked vehicles.

16.

Intermediate care home.

17.

Nursing home.

18.

Personal care home, group or congregate.

19.

Day care facility meeting the following development standards:

a.

Compliance with the rules promulgated by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, where applicable.

20.

Hospitals

21.

Schools, libraries and public buildings.

22.

Taxistands.

23.

Bus stations.

24.

Amusement parks or privately owned recreation facilities.

25.

Temporary commercial uses, such as but not limited to circuses and carnivals and auto auctions, provided that the following regulations are met.

a.

The sheriff's department approves of the temporary use with regard to access to the site and appropriate traffic control management while the activities are conducted.

b.

The county health department approves the temporary use with regard to potable water availability and the adequacy and number of sanitary facilities (e.g., portable toilets).

c.

The zoning administrator, after receiving approval from the sheriff and health departments, issues a temporary permit for said use, which shall not exceed 14 days and which may include conditions of permit issuance as may be necessary to protect the public interest and implement the requirements of the sheriff's and heath departments; provided, however, that no permit shall be issued if the applicant, or the applicant's agents, or others so closely related to the current applicant as to constitute a common endeavor, has been issued a prior permit which use resulted in complaints indicating that the use was detrimental or potentially detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare of the citizens of the county and where, after reasonable inquiry into the complaints, the zoning administrator is satisfied that the issuance of a new permit and the requested use may reasonably be expected to expose the county to a similar threat.

26.

Temporary gatherings and activities of a religious or educational nature, such as but not limited to tent revivals, provided that the following regulations are met.

a.

The sheriff's department approves of the temporary use with regard to access to the site and appropriate traffic control management while the activities are conducted.

b.

The county health department approves the temporary use with regard to potable water availability and the adequacy and number of sanitary facilities (e.g., portable toilets).

c.

The zoning administrator, after receiving approval from the sheriff and health departments, issues a temporary permit for said use, which shall not exceed 45 days and which may include conditions of permit issuance as may be necessary to protect the public interest and implement the requirements of the sheriff's and health departments.

B.

The following principal uses are permitted as conditional uses in HC districts:

1.

Multifamily dwellings.

2.

Church, synagogue, chapel, or other place of religious worship including educational buildings, parsonage, church-related nursery or kindergarten, and other related uses, meeting the following development standards:

a.

It must be located on either an arterial or collector road;

b.

The lot must have a minimum road frontage of 200 feet;

c.

All buildings must be located at least 50 feet from any property line;

d.

A 25-foot buffer must be provided along all side and rear property lines.

e.

No property line on which any proposed church is to be established shall be located within 300 feet of the main entrance of an establishment which has been licensed for the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages.

3.

Flea markets.

4.

Reserved.

5.

Junkyards, subject to Screven County Clean Community Ordinance regulations.

6.

Funeral homes.

7.

Reserved.

8.

Manufactured homes.

9.

Single-family dwellings.

10.

Automotive paint and body shops.

11.

Mobile offices.

12.

Retail businesses which allow off-premises consumption and on-premises consumption sales of alcoholic beverages (subject to compliance with applicable Screven County ordinances).

13.

Utility substation meeting the following development standards:

a.

Structures must be placed at least 30 feet from all property lines.

b.

Structures must be enclosed by a woven-wire fence at least eight feet high with bottom of fence either flush with the ground or with a masonry footing.

c.

No vehicles or equipment may be stored on the lot.

d.

A 25-foot minimum buffer must be maintained along the side and rear property lines.

e.

Lot size may be reduced to not less than 0.5 acre for utility substations provided other development standards are met and, if a private well is to be placed on the lot, the lot size is sufficient to support a well consistent with the other provisions of this ordinance, other ordinances, and the laws and regulations of the State of Georgia.

14.

Communications towers as permitted and governed by the provisions of article 17 of this ordinance.

15.

Campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks, subject to the requirements of article 10 of this zoning ordinance that pertain to said uses.

16.

Lumberyards and small sawmill operations limited to the processing or trimming of logs primarily for shipping.

C.

The following accessory uses are permitted in HC districts:

1.

Those determined by the zoning administrator to be customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use.

2.

Manufacturing in connection with the principal retail business or service on the lot meeting the following standards:

a.

Occupies less than 40 percent of the floor area.

b.

Employs no more than five persons. (The intent here is to ensure that activities which are primarily manufacturing in nature are directed away from commercial zoning districts and into manufacturing zoning districts. Establishments with five or fewer manufacturing employees in connection with a commercial activity are considered to be primarily commercial and compatible with a commercial district. Manufacturing activities with more than five employees would be considered large enough to belong in a manufacturing district with other such uses rather than in a commercial district.)

D.

The following accessory uses are permitted as conditional uses in HC districts:

1.

None.

E.

All accessory uses must meet the following standards:

1.

They must comply with the setback requirements of this district.

2.

They must be located in the rear yard.

3.

Accessory buildings not attached to the principal building must be located at least 12 feet from the principal building on the lot.

(Ord. No 2003-06, § 2, 4-8-2003; Ord. of 11-9-2004(2), §§ 20—22; Ord. of 10-14-2014, §§ 2, 3)