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Valdosta, GA Zoning

Euclidean-zoning. 16 districts · 6 overlays · 10 applicable state preemptions.

Overview

Code type
euclidean
Naming convention
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Conventional Euclidean zoning code organized as a unified Land Development Regulations document with separate chapters for base districts (Ch. 206), dimensional standards (Ch. 214), overlay districts (Ch. 210), and use regulations (Ch. 218). Lot-size-encoded residential naming (R-25, R-15, R-10, R-6 indicate minimum lot size in thousands of square feet) per Chapter 214 Table 1. Six overlay districts under Chapter 210 layer atop the base districts. No form-based, no transect, no hybrid-PD dominance — planned developments are a Chapter 212 approval path within base districts, not the primary mechanism.

Worth knowing
  • Lot-size-encoded naming — R-25 / R-15 / R-10 / R-6 directly encode minimum lot size in 1,000-sf increments. R-E is the larger 'Estate' variant at 1 acre. This is a clean, unambiguous naming pattern (no Austin SF-3-style use-index ambiguity).
  • Height stepback rule — Tables 1 and 2 footnote 3 imposes a 1-ft setback increase per 2 ft of building height above 35 ft. This converts 'no height cap' districts (R-M, R-P, O-P, C-N, C-C, C-H, C-A, M-1, M-2) into de-facto height controls via setback escalation.
  • C-D Downtown — uniquely has the only finite height cap (80 ft) among non-residential districts, but no setbacks, no minimum lot size, no impervious cap, no density cap. Eligibility limited to properties within Central Valdosta Development Authority boundaries (1974 GA Constitution amendment).

+ 7 more in Quirks & notes

Districts

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CodeNameCategory Min lotHeight CoverageFAR Du/acParking Setbacks F/S/R
E-REnvironmental Resource Districtspec—[4]—[5]———[6]—40[1] / 0[2] / 12[3]
R-EEstate Residential Districtres_sf43,560 sf[10]35 ft[11]——1[12]—35[7] / 10[8] / 40[9]
R-25Single-family Residential — 25,000 sfres_sf25,000 sf[16]35 ft[17]——1.7[18]—35[13] / 10[14] / 30[15]
R-15Single-family Residential — 15,000 sfres_sf15,000 sf[22]35 ft[23]——2.9[24]—30[19] / 10[20] / 25[21]
R-10Single-family Residential — 10,000 sfres_sf10,000 sf[28]35 ft[29]——4.3[30]—20[25] / 10[26] / 25[27]
R-6Single-family Residential — 6,000 sf (Small-lot SF / SF-attached / duplex)res_sf[{'variant': 'single-family detached', 'value': 6000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=7.2'}, {'variant': 'single-family attached', 'value': 2500, 'note': 'max_du_ac=7.2'}, {'variant': 'duplex', 'value': 9000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=4.8'}] sf[34]35 ft[35]————20[31] / 8[32] / 20[33]
R-MMulti-family Residentialres_mf[{'variant': 'single-family detached', 'value': 6000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=7.2'}, {'variant': 'single-family attached', 'value': 2500, 'note': 'max_du_ac=7.2'}, {'variant': 'duplex', 'value': 9000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=4.8'}, {'variant': 'multi-family', 'value': 20000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=18'}] sf[39]—[40]————15[36] / 8[37] / 25[38]
R-PResidential Professionalres_mf[{'variant': 'single-family detached', 'value': 6000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=7.2'}, {'variant': 'single-family attached', 'value': 2500, 'note': 'max_du_ac=8'}, {'variant': 'live-work dwellings (per §218-13)', 'value': 4000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=8'}, {'variant': 'duplex', 'value': 9000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=18'}, {'variant': 'multi-family or loft dwellings', 'value': 10000, 'note': 'max_du_ac=18'}] sf[44]—[45]————15[41] / 8[42] / 25[43]
O-POffice Professionalcom6,000 sf[49]—[50]———[51]—15[46] / 8[47] / 30[48]
C-NNeighborhood Commercialcom6,000 sf[55]—[56]——8[57]—15[52] / 0[53] / 30[54]
C-CCommunity Commercialcom4,000 sf[61]—[62]———[63]—15[58] / 0[59] / 12[60]
C-HHighway Commercialcom4,000 sf[67]—[68]———[69]—25[64] / 0[65] / 12[66]
C-DDowntown Commercialcbd—[73]80 ft[74]———[75]——[70] / —[71] / —[72]
C-AAdult Commercialcom43,560 sf[79]—[80]———[81]—60[76] / 40[77] / 40[78]
M-1Wholesale / Light Industrialind4,000 sf[85]—[86]———[87]—40[82] / 0[83] / 12[84]
M-2Manufacturing and Distributionind4,000 sf[91]—[92]———[93]—50[88] / 0[89] / 12[90]

Confidence: confirmed partial under review not found

Overlays

OD-IPR
Inner Perimeter Road Corridor Overlay District
COR
Chapter 210-2 — Inner Perimeter Road Corridor Overlay District

Parcels of record having frontage on Inner Perimeter Road from Madison Highway to North Oak Street Extension as of 1-1-2009, OR any parcel of record with a portion within 500 feet of the centerline of Inner Perimeter Road as of that effective date. Subdivision of a parcel subject to the overlay does not remove subdivided pieces from the overlay.

OD-UCC
Urban Commercial Corridor Overlay District
COR
Chapter 210-3 — Urban Commercial Corridor Overlay District

Parcels of record within the City of Valdosta designated 'Urban Commercial Corridors' on the map in Appendix C or as otherwise approved by Mayor and Council under §242-4. Targets Regional and Community Activity Center designations in the Comprehensive Plan.

OD-BUC
Baytree-University Corridor Overlay District
COR
Chapter 210-4 — Baytree-University Corridor Overlay District

Parcels of record within the City of Valdosta having frontage along Baytree Road from Ellis Drive to North Oak Street as shown on the Appendix D map. Subdivision does not remove subdivided pieces from the overlay.

OD-VRA
Valdosta Regional Airport Overlay District
SPEC
Chapter 210-5 — Valdosta Regional Airport Overlay District

Lots or portions of lots in whole or in part within the boundaries of the VRA Overlay District as described on the Part 77 Plan and depicted on drawing '16 of 16' in the Airport Layout Plan portion of the Airport Master Plan Update (August 2007). Includes runway protection zones, approach zones, and airspace surfaces around Valdosta Regional Airport (KVLD).

OD-HD
Historical Overlay District
HP
Chapter 210-6 — Historical Overlay District (companion to Chapter 238 Historic Preservation)

All parcels of land wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Valdosta Local Historic District, as shown on the City of Valdosta Historic District Map maintained by the Planning and Zoning Division.

OD-FP
Flood Damage Prevention (Chapter 320 — NFIP overlay equivalent)
FP
Chapter 320 — Flood Damage Prevention

Parcels within FEMA-mapped Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) on the current Lowndes County / City of Valdosta FIRM panels — Withlacoochee River corridor and tributary creek systems (Onemile Branch, Sugar Creek, Three Mile Branch, others). Although Chapter 320 is organized as a Title 3 (Subdivisions and Development) chapter rather than as a Chapter 210 overlay, it functions as a floodplain-overlay layer because it imposes parcel-specific development standards keyed to SFHA mapping.

State preemptions

O.C.G.A. §§36-66-1 through 36-66-6 — Zoning Procedures Law (ZPL)applies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta is a municipal corporation in Georgia (any 'zoning decision' as defined in O.C.G.A. §36-66-3(4) is governed). Threshold: ZPL applies to every Georgia local government exercising zoning power — no population threshold. Vintage: ZPL enacted 1985, most recent material amendments 2015 (definitions). Valdosta's Chapter 242 (Zoning Procedures and Land Use) implements the ZPL procedurally; Chapter 210-1 governs overlay-zoning procedures.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §36-66-1 et seq.
Effect
All Valdosta zoning decisions (rezoning, ordinance adoption, map amendment, comprehensive code rewrite, zoning-related variance/special-use permits if locally classified) must follow the ZPL minimum procedure: published public notice 15–45 days before hearing in newspaper of general circulation, sign posting at least 15 days in advance for parcel-specific rezonings, public hearing with opportunity for proponents and opponents to be heard, written adopted policies and procedures, and written standards for exercising zoning power. Non-compliance renders the zoning action void ab initio.
Georgia Constitutional Home Rule — Art. IX §II ¶IVapplies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta is a Georgia municipality. Threshold: home-rule authority extends to all Georgia counties and municipalities under the 1983 Constitution. Vintage: 1983 Constitution. Valdosta exercises full home-rule planning and zoning authority via its LDR (Title 2 — Land Use and Zoning, Chapters 202–242).
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md (constitutional home-rule basis).
Effect
Valdosta has plenary authority to adopt zoning, subdivision, and land-development regulations within its corporate limits, subject only to (a) ZPL procedural compliance, (b) narrow subject-matter preemptions (manufactured-housing construction, CUVA, rent control, stream buffer minima), and (c) federal overlays (airport airspace, NFIP floodplain).
O.C.G.A. §§8-2-130 through 8-2-164 — Georgia Manufactured Home Act (construction-standards preemption)applies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta is a Georgia municipality; HUD-Code manufactured-housing siting is permitted in certain Valdosta districts (Chapter 206 / Chapter 218 use tables — siting governed by base-district use regulations rather than dimensional standards). Threshold: statewide preemption of construction and safety standards; no population trigger. Vintage: 1968 Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act federal overlay, GA implementation via Department of Community Affairs.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §8-2-131.
Effect
Valdosta may regulate where manufactured homes can be placed (which districts permit them) and may impose minimum lot size, setbacks, foundation/skirting and aesthetic/compatibility standards, but may not impose construction or safety standards beyond HUD Code. Per Chapter 218 Use Regulations, manufactured-home siting authority is exercised by district designation.
O.C.G.A. §44-7-19 — Rent Control Preemptionapplies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta is a Georgia municipality. Threshold: statewide preemption — no Georgia local government may impose rent control on private residential or commercial property. Vintage: §44-7-19 originally adopted 1984. This constrains any mandatory inclusionary-zoning ordinance that would set below-market rents on a permanent or long-term basis.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §44-7-19.
Effect
Valdosta cannot adopt mandatory inclusionary zoning with rent-restricted units as a baseline obligation. Voluntary density-bonus inclusionary programs and tax-credit-backed affordable housing remain permissible.
O.C.G.A. §§12-7-1 through 12-7-19 — Erosion and Sedimentation Act / Stream Buffer Preemptionapplies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta is a Georgia municipality with state-waters watercourses crossing the city (Withlacoochee River corridor, Onemile Branch, Sugar Creek and tributaries — South Georgia drainage to the Suwannee Basin). Threshold: statewide 25-foot undisturbed buffer on warmwater state-waters streams; 50 ft on trout streams (no trout in Lowndes County). Vintage: §12-7-6 buffer rules current.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §§12-7-1 et seq.
Effect
Valdosta must enforce the 25-ft state-mandated undisturbed buffer on all state-waters warmwater streams within the city. The local Chapter 306 (Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Pollution Control) and Chapter 324 (Environmental Planning Criteria) implement and may exceed (but not weaken) the state minimum.
Georgia Comprehensive Planning Act / Qualified Local Government — O.C.G.A. §50-8-7.1applies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta is a Georgia municipality served by the Southern Georgia Regional Commission. Threshold: every Georgia local government must adopt and update a comprehensive plan compliant with DCA Minimum Planning Standards to retain Qualified Local Government (QLG) status and remain eligible for state grants and tax allocations. Vintage: Greater Lowndes 2030 Comprehensive Plan referenced in Chapter 210-2(A)(2), Chapter 210-3(A)(2), Chapter 210-4(A)(2) — a joint city/county plan adopted under the Comprehensive Planning Act framework.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §50-8-7.1.
Effect
Valdosta's LDR (and overlay districts in particular) must implement its DCA-compliant comprehensive plan. The Greater Lowndes 2030 Comprehensive Plan is referenced as authority for the Inner Perimeter Road, Urban Commercial Corridor, and Baytree-University Corridor overlay districts.
Georgia Service Delivery Strategy Act (HB 489) — O.C.G.A. §36-70applies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta operates in Lowndes County with shared/duplicative service-delivery questions (planning, GIS, fire, water, sanitation). Threshold: every Georgia county and its constituent municipalities must adopt and periodically renew a Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) covering land use coordination. Vintage: HB 489 enacted 1997; periodic renewal cycle. Valdosta and Lowndes County jointly operate VALOR (Valdosta-Lowndes Regional GIS) — a tangible SDS-aligned coordination artifact.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §36-70.
Effect
Valdosta's planning/zoning coordination with Lowndes County (including shared GIS via VALOR, joint Zoning Board of Appeals references in city/county boards listing, and the joint Greater Lowndes 2030 Comprehensive Plan) is required by SDS framework. Annexation, water/sewer service-area, and incompatible-use disputes between city and county route through SDS dispute resolution.
Georgia Airport Zoning Act — O.C.G.A. §§6-2-1 through 6-2-15applies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta Regional Airport (KVLD) lies within the city; the Airport Authority is the Valdosta–Lowndes County Airport Authority. Threshold: state airport zoning enabling act authorizes local airport-hazard-zoning ordinances around publicly-operated airports. Vintage: airport zoning enabled since 1949 Airport Authorities Law; LDR Chapter 210-5 implements through the VRA Overlay.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §§6-2-1 et seq. + Chapter 210-5 VRA Overlay implementation.
Effect
Valdosta has adopted the VRA Overlay District (Chapter 210-5) under enabling authority of the Airport Zoning Act, restricting height (30 ft cap in runway protection zones; sloped surfaces per §210-5(E) per FAA Part 77), uses (no residential, no public assembly >50, no waste-management facilities or stormwater-fowl-attractors, no high-intensity lighting interfering with pilot vision), and protecting Part 77 surfaces around runway centerlines.
Georgia Historic Preservation Act — O.C.G.A. §44-10-20 et seq.applies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta has adopted a local historic district. Chapter 238 (Historic Preservation) of the LDR and Chapter 210-6 (Historical Overlay District) reference the 'Valdosta Local Historic District' as a designated historic area with Historic Preservation Commission review. Threshold: state Historic Preservation Act enables local-government adoption of historic-preservation ordinances and creation of historic-preservation commissions.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §OCGA §44-10-20 + Chapter 238 + Chapter 210-6.
Effect
Valdosta's Historic Preservation Commission has Certificate of Appropriateness authority over exterior alterations, additions, new construction, and demolition within the Valdosta Local Historic District (mapped per Chapter 238 / Historic District Map). The Historical Overlay District (Chapter 210-6) allows expanded compatible uses within the historic district that would not otherwise be permitted under the underlying base district.
Georgia Flood Damage Prevention — NFIP participation frameworkapplies
Qualifying condition
Inputs: Valdosta is an NFIP-participating community with FEMA-mapped Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) coverage from the Withlacoochee River corridor and tributary creeks. Chapter 320 (Flood Damage Prevention) is the local NFIP-compliant ordinance. Threshold: NFIP participation requires adoption of a minimum-NFIP-equivalent floodplain ordinance; GA DNR Minimum Planning Standards (DCA Part V) require local Flood Damage Prevention ordinance. Vintage: Chapter 320 active.
Source
zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md §Flood Damage Prevention / NFIP; LDR Chapter 320.
Effect
Valdosta enforces Chapter 320 Flood Damage Prevention ordinance with +2-ft freeboard above Base Flood Elevation for new construction and substantial improvements in SFHA, and +1-ft above BFE for streams without established BFE per §320-4(B)(1)(a). NFIP regulatory framework (44 CFR §60.3 substantial-improvement 50% threshold, elevation certificates, flood-proofing for non-residential) applies.

Adopted building codes

Statewide w/ GA amendments

IBC
2024
IRC
2024
NEC
2023
IFC
2018
IECC (Residential)
2015
IECC (Commercial)
2015

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Amendment history

DateKindCitation
2015-04-09amendment effectiveChapter 214 — Standards Applying to All Districts (page footer): 'April 9, 2015' — most recent amendment date present on Chapter 214 dimensional tables (Tables 1, 2, 3).
2012-09-06amendment effectiveChapter 206 — Base Zoning Districts (page footer): 'September 6, 2012' — most recent amendment date on Chapter 206 base-district sections.
2009-01-01adoptionChapter 210-2(C): the LDR effective date referenced for Inner Perimeter Road Corridor Overlay is 1-1-2009 — adoption of the unified LDR replacing the prior code.

Quirks & notes

  • Lot-size-encoded naming — R-25 / R-15 / R-10 / R-6 directly encode minimum lot size in 1,000-sf increments. R-E is the larger 'Estate' variant at 1 acre. This is a clean, unambiguous naming pattern (no Austin SF-3-style use-index ambiguity).
  • Height stepback rule — Tables 1 and 2 footnote 3 imposes a 1-ft setback increase per 2 ft of building height above 35 ft. This converts 'no height cap' districts (R-M, R-P, O-P, C-N, C-C, C-H, C-A, M-1, M-2) into de-facto height controls via setback escalation.
  • C-D Downtown — uniquely has the only finite height cap (80 ft) among non-residential districts, but no setbacks, no minimum lot size, no impervious cap, no density cap. Eligibility limited to properties within Central Valdosta Development Authority boundaries (1974 GA Constitution amendment).
  • C-C density expressed in bedrooms/acre (60) rather than du/acre — atypical metric requiring downstream consumers to convert via average bedrooms-per-unit assumption.
  • M-1 / M-2 abutting-district setback regime (Table 2 footnote 8) — when adjacent to non-industrial district, side setbacks jump to 25/40 (M-1) or 25/50 (M-2) and rear to 50 ft. When abutting active rail line, rear setback drops to 0 (footnote 7). Important for industrial-edge underwriting.
  • C-A Adult Commercial 1,000-ft separation regime — and an absolute prohibition within the Valdosta Historic District (per Chapter 238) and within the C-D downtown district. Heavily location-constrained district.
  • VALOR (Valdosta-Lowndes Regional GIS) — public-facing joint city/county GIS mapper at valorgis.com supports parcel-level zoning lookup. This is an SDS-aligned service-delivery artifact between Valdosta and Lowndes County.
  • Building-type-varying minimum lot sizes in R-6, R-M, R-P (single-family-detached / single-family-attached / duplex / multi-family / live-work) — FM-5 array form preserved; not flattened to a single number.
  • Dual jurisdiction with Lowndes County — outside Valdosta city limits, the Lowndes County ULDC governs. This record covers City of Valdosta zoning only.
  • Moody AFB AICUZ is NOT codified in Valdosta LDR — Moody is ~10 miles NE, AICUZ contours predominantly affect unincorporated county areas under Lowndes County ULDC scope; the VRA Overlay (Chapter 210-5) covers civilian Valdosta Regional Airport (KVLD), not the military base.

Formulas

Definitions

height
Maximum building height from established grade per Chapter 214 Tables 1 and 2. Footnote 3 to both tables: portions of building over 35 ft increase the minimum setback 1 ft per 2 ft of additional height (height-to-setback step-back rule).
lot_coverage
Expressed as Maximum % Impervious Surface in Chapter 214 Tables 1 and 2. Required open space is NOT included in maximum impervious-surface calculations (footnote 4).
far
Not codified — Valdosta uses lot size + min lot width + setbacks + height + impervious-surface cap rather than a discrete FAR table.
du_ac
Expressed as Max Unit Density per Acre in Chapter 214 Table 1. For mixed-format districts (R-M and R-P), the table provides multiple density values keyed to unit type: single-family-attached, duplex, multi-family.
setback_front
Minimum front setback per Chapter 214 Tables 1 and 2 — measured from lot line (footnote 5 / 6).
setback_side
Minimum side setback per Chapter 214 Tables 1 and 2 — two values listed as 'interior / corner' (footnote 2 to Table 1 / footnote 2 to Table 2): larger value is corner-lot side yard from the street.
setback_rear
Minimum rear setback per Chapter 214 Tables 1 and 2 — measured from lot line.
parking
Off-street parking ratios are in Chapter 222 (Off-Street Parking Standards) — not retrieved in this pass; pending if needed for downstream consumers.

Capacity calculations

max_footprint_sf
lot_area_sf * max_impervious_surface (per Ch. 214 table; subtracts required open space)
max_units_from_density
lot_area_sf * max_unit_density_per_acre / 43560
max_units_from_lot_size
lot_area_sf / min_lot_size_per_dwelling_unit (where R-M/R-P tables specify per-unit-type minima)

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Sources & references

Primary source
City of Valdosta Land Development Regulations (LDR) — chapter-by-chapter PDFs
Citations
  1. [1] §214-1 Table 2
  2. [2] §214-1 Table 2, footnote 2
  3. [3] §214-1 Table 2
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  5. [5] §214-1 Table 2, footnote 3
  6. [6] §214-1 Table 2
  7. [7] §214-1 Table 1
  8. [8] §214-1 Table 1, footnote 2
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Research status

Publication gates

primary url presentpassedsource.primary_url = https://www.valdostacity.com/land-development-regulations — official City of Valdosta self-hosted Land Development Regulations index page; HTTPS; not an aggregator. Verified HTTP 200 + chapter-PDFs all directly retrievable on 2026-05-22.
no aggregator citedpassedScan clean: no zoneomics / steadily / siteplanguide / sitedesignguide / siteplancreator / propwire / zonara / unzoned domains anywhere in record. All citations point to valdostacity.com (primary), valorgis.com (joint city/county GIS — official), zoning/us/georgia/preemptions.md (in-corpus state record), and federal statutory cites (O.C.G.A., 14 CFR Part 77, 44 CFR Part 60, 42 U.S.C.).
confidence tags full formpassed95/97 confirmed dimensional fields carry §-citation (Chapter 206 §§206-2 through 206-21 for district narratives; Chapter 214 §214-1 Tables 1 and 2 with footnotes 2/3/7/8 for dimensional values; Chapter 210 §§210-1 through 210-6 for overlay sections; §206-18(C)(1) for C-D min floor area; §206-19(B) for C-A separation distances; §320-4(B)(1)(a) and §320-4(B)(2) for flood freeboard). 2 fields carry status: partial with retrieval_failure_reason (R-E max_impervious_pct, R-6 max_impervious_pct — Table 1 column alignment ambiguity from PDF extraction).
overlays have parameters trigger confidencepassedAll 6 overlays (OD-IPR, OD-UCC, OD-BUC, OD-VRA, OD-HD, OD-FP) carry non-empty params[] array with name/value/status/citation per parameter, geographic trigger string, status, citation, ordinance reference. overlays_absence_documented lists 6 absent categories (TOD, watershed-protection, coastal, downtown-separate-overlay, affordable-housing-bonus, military-AICUZ) with search_performed evidence.
preempt section city specificpassed10 Georgia statutes / frameworks with qualifying_condition_checked containing Valdosta-specific applicability (population 55,378 / Lowndes County coordination via SDS / Valdosta Regional Airport (KVLD) drives Airport Zoning Act / Valdosta Local Historic District drives Historic Preservation Act / Withlacoochee River SFHA drives Flood NFIP framework / Chapter 210-5 VRA overlay implements §6-2-1 et seq. / Chapter 320 implements NFIP / Chapter 238 implements Historic Preservation / Greater Lowndes 2030 Comp Plan satisfies §50-8-7.1).

Data quality

85%completeness95 confirmed2 partial
Documented gaps
  • Chapter 214 Table 1 'Max % Impervious Surface' column extraction for R-E and R-6 specifically is ambiguous from pdftotext layout pass — adjacent-column alignment needs visual confirmation against the source PDF for those two rows.
  • Chapter 222 Off-Street Parking Standards not retrieved this pass — per-district parking ratios not populated.
  • Chapter 218 Use Regulations table not fully transcribed — permitted use lists are referenced (use Chapter 218 §218-1 Table of Permitted Uses) but not enumerated per district in this profile.

Known issues

freshness:stablenote:chapter-pdfs-direct-extractable

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