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The purpose of overlay districts established by Chapter Nine, Article I of the Forsyth County Unified Development Code is to conserve natural resources or realize development objectives without unduly disturbing the expectations for development allowed by the existing zoning district provisions applicable to particular properties. The existing zoning district provisions may properly regulate the relevant district, in general, but more specific and targeted provisions contained in an overlay district are needed to accomplish pressing land use objectives. The purpose for each Overlay District is as follows:
Atlanta Highway-Mcfarland Parkway-Mullinax Road Overlay District:
The purpose of this overlay district is to establish minimum standards for development, exterior architectural design, parking, fencing and landscaping that contribute to the district's recruitment and retention of businesses. This is accomplished through the enhancement of business and industrial development and redevelopment through the creation of visual interest and design flexibility. Architectural design standards are intended to promote architectural continuity and consistency, corridor landscaping for aesthetic benefit, and flexible parking design to minimize impediments to development. It is the intent of this overlay to allow for flexibility in responding to unique characteristics and constraints inherent with different businesses, specific parcels, and related neighborhood areas.
Buford Highway Overlay District:
The purpose of this overlay district is to establish minimum standards for landscaping, lighting and signage that contribute to the district’s overall character. In addition, this overlay is intended to increase design functionality of vehicle related establishments and to mitigate impacts of commercial uses on residential areas through additional site design considerations. Buford Highway is a major arterial roadway that handles significant volumes of traffic and is therefore highly visible to the traveling public. The... |
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The purpose of overlay districts established by Chapter Nine, Article I of the Forsyth County Unified Development Code is to conserve natural resources or realize development objectives without unduly disturbing the expectations for development allowed by the existing zoning district provisions applicable to particular properties. The existing zoning district provisions may properly regulate the relevant district, in general, but more specific and targeted provisions contained in an overlay district are needed to accomplish pressing land use objectives. The purpose for each Overlay District is as follows:
Atlanta Highway-Mcfarland Parkway-Mullinax Road Overlay District:
The purpose of this overlay district is to establish minimum standards for development, exterior architectural design, parking, fencing and landscaping that contribute to the district's recruitment and retention of businesses. This is accomplished through the enhancement of business and industrial development and redevelopment through the creation of visual interest and design flexibility. Architectural design standards are intended to promote architectural continuity and consistency, corridor landscaping for aesthetic benefit, and flexible parking design to minimize impediments to development. It is the intent of this overlay to allow for flexibility in responding to unique characteristics and constraints inherent with different businesses, specific parcels, and related neighborhood areas.
Buford Highway Overlay District:
The purpose of this overlay district is to establish minimum standards for landscaping, lighting and signage that contribute to the district’s overall character. In addition, this overlay is intended to increase design functionality of vehicle related establishments and to mitigate impacts of commercial uses on residential areas through additional site design considerations. Buford Highway is a major arterial roadway that handles significant volumes of traffic and is therefore highly visible to the traveling public. The... |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 0;"><SPAN>To display Overlay Districts as designated by the Forsyth County Unified Development Code. The description of each Overlay District is as follows:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Atlanta Highway-Mcfarland Parkway-Mullinax Road Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Atlanta-McFarland Commerce Overlay District shall consist of those parcels within the boundary identified on the Official Overlay District Map of Forsyth County. Regulations apply to parcels or portions of parcels that fall within 1,000 feet of the centerline of Atlanta Highway; and parcels or portions of parcels that fall within 500 feet of the centerline of McFarland Parkway; and parcels or portions of parcels that fall within 500 feet of the centerline of Mullinax Road. Where land is classified as within the overlay district, the regulations governing development in the overlay district shall apply in addition to the regulations governing development in the underlying base zoning district. In the event of an express conflict between the standards governing a base zoning district and those governing an overlay district, the standards governing the overlay district shall control. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Buford Highway Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Buford Highway Overlay District applies to all properties indicated on the Official Overlay District Map of Forsyth County. Where land is located in the Buford Highway Overlay District, the regulations governing development in the overlay district shall apply in addition to the regulations governing development in the underlying base zoning district. In the event of an express conflict between the standards governing a base zoning district and those governing this overlay district, the standards governing the overlay district shall control. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Campground Road, Castleberry Road, Kelly Mill Road, Post Road, Pittman Road and Shiloh Road Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Overlay District shall consist of those parcels within the boundary identified on the Official Overlay District Map of Forsyth County. Regulations apply to parcels or portions of parcels that fall within 100 feet of the centerline of Campground Road, Castleberry Road, Kelly Mill Road, Post Road, Pittman Road and Shiloh Road. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Castleberry Bethelview Crossroads Overlay Zoning District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Castleberry-Bethelview Crossroads Overlay District shall consist of those parcels within the circular boundary identified on the Official Overlay District Map of Forsyth County. Where land is classified as an overlay district, the regulations governing development in the overlay district shall apply in addition to the regulations governing development in the underlying base zoning district. In the event of an express conflict between the standards governing a base zoning district and those governing an overlay district, the standards governing the overlay district shall control.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Etowah100ft Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>100 feet buffer on both sides of the stream of the Etowah Water Supply Watershed. It is a part of protected water supply watershed overlay district designated by Unified Development Code of Forsyth County, Georgia.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Etowah 150ft Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>150 feet Impervious Surface Setback on both sides of the stream of Etowah Water Supply Watershed. It is a part of protected water supply watershed overlay district defined by Unified Development Code of Forsyth County, Georgia.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Hazard Areas:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Hazardous Materials Handling Areas that located in the BigCreek Watershed Area, and within seven miles of a water supply intake or water supply reservoir.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Peachtree Parkway Bethelview Road Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Peachtree Parkway/Bethelview Road Overlay District applies to all properties indicated on the Official Overlay District Map of Forsyth County. Regulations pertain to parcels or portions of parcels that fall within 1,000 feet of the centerline of Peachtree Parkway/Highway 141/Bethelview Road (from Highway 141) to the intersection with Kelly Mill Road with the exception of parcels within the Castleberry-Bethelview Crossroads Overlay District. If a portion of a parcel extends beyond the boundary of the overlay district, overlay regulations may extend to the remaining portion of the parcel(s) at the option of the property owner. Where land is classified as an overlay district, the regulations governing development in the overlay district shall apply in addition to the regulations governing development in the underlying base zoning district. In the event of an express conflict between the standards governing a base zoning district and those governing an overlay district, the standards governing the overlay district shall control. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Peachtree Parkway Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN>Parcels applies to Peachtree Parkway Overlay Zoning District</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Ground Water Recharge Areas:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater. Recharge is the primary method through which water enters an aquifer. This process usually occurs in the vadose zone below plant roots and is often expressed as a flux to the water table surface. Recharge occurs both naturally (through the water cycle) and through anthropogenic processes (i.e., "artificial groundwater recharge"), where rainwater and or reclaimed water is routed to the subsurface.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Big Creek Watershed Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Coverage depicting the Big Creek Watershed of Forsyth county.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Ronald Reagan/Union Hill Overlay District:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The boundaries of the approximate 164-acre Ronald Reagan/Union Hill Overlay District (the “Overlay”) shall be as shown on the Official Overlay District Map of Forsyth County, as established and adopted pursuant to Section 9-1.4 of the Forsyth County Unified Development Code (the “UDC”). All property within the Overlay shall be developed simultaneously or in phases in accordance with this Article and generally in accordance with the master development plan for the Overlay attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Plan”). The Plan is intended to provide a conceptual context in which property within the Overlay may be developed in accordance with this Article. The reassignment of land uses for buildings depicted on the Plan shall not require a formal plan amendment unless such land use reassignment constitutes a major plan amendment, as set forth in Section 21-9.10 of this Article. Approval of a sketch plat, as set forth in Chapter 8, Article V of the UDC, or any other similar site plan approval shall not be required for new development within the Overlay. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Part V Wetland:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN>Wetland Polygon layer for Forsyth County, Georgia. Wetland Protection District as Part V Overlay Districts in the UDC of Forsyth County.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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