To: Helen Goreham, Cobb County District one Commisioner and JoAnn Birrell, Cobb County District 3 Commisioner
Cobb County: Let People Choose How to Live
Remove The Cobb County Ordinance that prohibits more than 2 unrelated adults from living in the same house.
Sec. 134-1
Family means two or more persons related by blood, legal adoption, or marriage, occupying a dwelling. Related means persons are all related to each other within the fourth degree, as defined in O.C.G.A. § 53-2-1, which includes parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers and sisters. State of Georgia authorized foster children of a family member shall also be deemed a member of the family for this purpose.
Single-family dwelling unit. A single-family dwelling unit consists of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family or two or fewer unrelated adults and their children and/or grandchildren.
Sec. 134-1
Family means two or more persons related by blood, legal adoption, or marriage, occupying a dwelling. Related means persons are all related to each other within the fourth degree, as defined in O.C.G.A. § 53-2-1, which includes parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers and sisters. State of Georgia authorized foster children of a family member shall also be deemed a member of the family for this purpose.
Single-family dwelling unit. A single-family dwelling unit consists of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family or two or fewer unrelated adults and their children and/or grandchildren.
Why is this important?
The full ordinance is posted below. Student housing for Kennesaw State University students is extremely high whether on or off campus. The off campus apartments that aim toward college students have the ability to charge so much because more than 2 college students can't rent a house together. This ordinance is outdated and should be removed to discontinue the unintended effects it has on college students.
Sec. 134-1
Family means two or more persons related by blood, legal adoption, or marriage, occupying a dwelling. Related means persons are all related to each other within the fourth degree, as defined in O.C.G.A. § 53-2-1, which includes parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers and sisters. State of Georgia authorized foster children of a family member shall also be deemed a member of the family for this purpose.
Single-family dwelling unit. A single-family dwelling unit consists of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family or two or fewer unrelated adults and their children and/or grandchildren.
(1) A single-family dwelling unit shall have an interior bathroom and complete kitchen facilities, permanently installed.
(2) A single-family dwelling unit shall have at least 390 square feet of living building square footage (as determined and maintained in the records of the Cobb County Tax Assessor) per each adult occupant.
(3) No more than one vehicle per 390 square feet of living building square footage may be parked regularly overnight on the property upon which the single-family dwelling unit exists. Of the total number of vehicles allowed per 390 square feet of living building square footage, there shall be a maximum of three or less (of the total) parked outside of a garage, carport or the like for properties zoned RA-5, R-15 and R-20. Of the total number of vehicles allowed per 390 square feet of living building square footage, there shall be a maximum of four or less (of the total) parked outside of a garage, carport or the like for properties zoned R-30 and R-40. Of the total number of vehicles allowed per 390 square feet of living building square footage, there shall be a maximum of five or less (of the total) parked outside of a garage, carport or the like for properties zoned R-80 and RR. This includes vehicles parked within the right-of-way adjacent to a dwelling unit. "Regularly" means a majority of nights in any seven-day period
Sec. 134-1
Family means two or more persons related by blood, legal adoption, or marriage, occupying a dwelling. Related means persons are all related to each other within the fourth degree, as defined in O.C.G.A. § 53-2-1, which includes parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers and sisters. State of Georgia authorized foster children of a family member shall also be deemed a member of the family for this purpose.
Single-family dwelling unit. A single-family dwelling unit consists of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family or two or fewer unrelated adults and their children and/or grandchildren.
(1) A single-family dwelling unit shall have an interior bathroom and complete kitchen facilities, permanently installed.
(2) A single-family dwelling unit shall have at least 390 square feet of living building square footage (as determined and maintained in the records of the Cobb County Tax Assessor) per each adult occupant.
(3) No more than one vehicle per 390 square feet of living building square footage may be parked regularly overnight on the property upon which the single-family dwelling unit exists. Of the total number of vehicles allowed per 390 square feet of living building square footage, there shall be a maximum of three or less (of the total) parked outside of a garage, carport or the like for properties zoned RA-5, R-15 and R-20. Of the total number of vehicles allowed per 390 square feet of living building square footage, there shall be a maximum of four or less (of the total) parked outside of a garage, carport or the like for properties zoned R-30 and R-40. Of the total number of vehicles allowed per 390 square feet of living building square footage, there shall be a maximum of five or less (of the total) parked outside of a garage, carport or the like for properties zoned R-80 and RR. This includes vehicles parked within the right-of-way adjacent to a dwelling unit. "Regularly" means a majority of nights in any seven-day period