§ 62-38. Definitions.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

"Access" shall mean point of or means of entry.

"Department" shall mean the Fulton County Department of Environment and Community Development, or any successor to that department.

"Building" shall mean the dominant building or buildings on a parcel of land. "Principal building" shall not include accessory structures such as sheds, cabanas or garages (provided that any such garage is not used, in whole or in part, for residential, commercial, office or institutional purposes).

"Corner lots" (AKA lot, corner) shall mean a multiple frontage lot adjoining two streets at their intersection.

"Cul-de-sac" shall mean a street having only one connection to another street, and is terminated by a vehicular turn around. The maximum depth of a cul-de-sac shall be 600 feet, as measured from the intersection of the center line with the center line of the intersecting street to the back of curb of the cul-de-sac.

"Driveway" shall mean a roadway (or driveway) owned and maintained by a private entity and used for access and circulation internal to a property.

"Entrance way" shall mean the main access to the building or structure.

"Entrance roadway" shall mean the roadway from which access to a property or principle structure located upon said property is obtained.

"Gated communities" shall mean an enclave of homes with a unique identity, surrounded by walls, often with security guards, containing privately owned and maintained roadways under the management and responsibility of an established homeowner's association.

"Lot frontage" shall mean the shortest of any property line adjoining a street or, for lots requiring no street frontages, oriented toward a street. A property line adjoining a stub street shall not be considered as frontage unless it is proposed for access or is the only street frontage. Front yard requirements shall be measured from this property line. In situations where a multiple frontage lot has equal distance on street frontages, the director of the department of environment and community development shall determine the legal lot frontage.

"Private street" shall mean a roadway constructed to Fulton County Standards but owned and maintained by a private entity. Necessary easements for ingress and egress for police, fire, emergency vehicles and all operating utilities shall be provided.

"Public street" shall mean a roadway owned and maintained by the federal, state, or local government.

"Privately owned communities". See gated communities.

"Project" shall mean an organized undertaking to develop a property pursuant to a permit from Fulton County, issued pursuant to an approved plan found to be consistent with the rules, regulations and standards of State, Federal and local regulatory agencies.

"Roadway" shall mean and include, but not be limited to, any and all roads, drives, streets, highways, or routes (regardless of designation) for vehicular traffic in unincorporated Fulton County, whether public or private, accepted or unaccepted. "Roadway" shall not include private driveways that serve only one principal building.

(Res. No. 05-0584, § 3, 5-18-05)