{"id":2584,"date":"2010-10-22T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/what-is-a-condominium.html"},"modified":"2010-10-22T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T21:13:09","slug":"what-is-a-condominium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/what-is-a-condominium.html","title":{"rendered":"What is a Condominium?"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiacondolaw.com\/\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"282\" height=\"162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.georgiacondolaw.com\/Building%20Front%20View%20Colorized%20Pencil%20Effect.jpg\"><\/a>\nRegarding\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/10\/lowndes-county-uldc-update-txt-2010-02-chapter-2-zoning-districts-and-land-uses.html\">\ncondominiums and zoning<\/a>\nin the Lowndes County ULDC,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiacondolaw.com\/\">\nGeorgia condominium law<\/a>\nbasically says that zoning\ncan&#8217;t deny condos if some other form of ownership is permitted.\nIf there&#8217;s a five acre minimum, only one condo unit could fit\nin that five acres, but with community membership\nwith the other condos on the associated property..\nFor example, on an 18 acre piece of property,\nthe maximum number of units would be 3 or 4.\n<p>\nOf course, a condominium doesn&#8217;t have to be a dwelling unit.\nAs\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtgrain.org\/define\/w2gcond.htm\">\nGary Stock points out<\/a>\nThe key feature is joint ownership:\n<blockquote>\n&ldquo;A condominium is not a building. It is a form of ownership.&rdquo;\n<\/blockquote>\nit could be a horse farm, a hunting camp, a fishing club, or other.\nThere usually needs to be a general common area, then some limited\ncommon areas with building envelopes for condo unit owners to use\nto build buildings (or maybe buildings are already there).\nThe catch is that because a condominium is all one piece of property\njointly owned, drawing limited common areas and building envelopes\ndoesn&#8217;t require zoning approval.\n<p>\nAppended is one of the more\n<a href=\"http:\/\/law.onecle.com\/georgia\/44\/44-3-114.html\">\nrelevant sections of the Georgia code.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<blockquote>\n\u00a7 44-3-114.  Effect of article upon land use, zoning, building, and\nsubdivision laws; effect of Code Section 44-3-92; applicability of land\nuse and zoning ordinances or laws to expandable condominium\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n(a) No zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real estate use\nlaw, ordinance, or regulation shall prohibit the condominium form of\nownership or impose any requirement upon a condominium which it does\nnot impose upon a physically identical development under a different\nform of ownership. No subdivision law, ordinance, or regulation shall\napply to any condominium or to any subdivision of any convertible space\nor unit. Except as stated in this Code section, no provision of this\narticle invalidates or modifies any provision of any zoning, subdivision,\nbuilding code, or other real estate use law, ordinance, or regulation;\nand nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to amend,\nsupersede, or invalidate any provision of Article 1 of this chapter nor\nshall Code Section 44-3-92 be construed to override any lawful density\nrequirement imposed by any zoning, building, or land use law, ordinance,\nor regulation. This subsection shall apply to any condominium created\non or after July 1, 1980, or to the expansion of any such condominium.\n<p>\n(b) No subdivision law, ordinance, or regulation shall apply to\nany subdivision of any convertible space or unit as defined in this\narticle. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection,\nhowever, nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to\namend, repeal, supersede, or invalidate any provision of Article 1 of\nthis chapter nor shall Code Section 44-3-92 be construed to override\nany lawful density requirement imposed by any zoning, building, or land\nuse law, ordinance, or regulation. This subsection shall apply to any\ncondominium created prior to July 1, 1980, or to the expansion of any\nsuch condominium.\n<p>\n(c) No subdivision law, ordinance, or regulation shall apply to\nthe additional property of an expandable condominium for so long as\nthe additional property may be added to the expandable condominium in\naccordance with the provisions of this article and the declaration. If the\nadditional property is not deemed separate from the submitted property\nunder any zoning, land use, subdivision, building, or life safety law,\ncode, regulation, or ordinance at the time of the establishment of the\ncondominium, the additional property shall not be deemed separate from the\nsubmitted property under any zoning, land use, subdivision, building, or\nlife safety law, code, regulation, or ordinance so long as the additional\nproperty may be added by the declarant to the expandable condominium in\naccordance with the provisions of this article and the declaration.\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regarding condominiums and zoning in the Lowndes County ULDC, Georgia condominium law basically says that zoning can&#8217;t deny condos if some other form of ownership is permitted. If there&#8217;s a five acre minimum, only one condo unit could fit in that five acres, but with community membership with the other condos on the associated property.. 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