The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, contained in the Code of Ordinances, City of Atlanta, Part 16, adopted and approved September 15, 1976, is hereby repealed; and the following zoning ordinance is hereby adopted and enacted in lieu thereof.

(Code 1977, § 16-01.001)

This part is adopted under the authority of the Charter of the City of Atlanta, as approved by the governor on March 16, 1973, and under the authority granted to municipal corporations by the laws of Georgia.

(Code 1977, § 16-01.002)

This part has been made in accordance with a comprehensive development plan for the City of Atlanta, designed for the purposes, among others, of lessening congestion in the streets; securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers; providing adequate light and air; promoting public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare; and encouraging such distribution of population and classification of land uses and intensities of land development as will tend to facilitate economic and adequate provision of transportation, communication, water supply, drainage, sanitation, education, recreation and other public requirements. These regulations have been made with reasonable consideration to the character of the various districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with the general objectives of promoting desirable living conditions, sustaining stability of neighborhoods or providing for their orderly evolution along lines responsive to public needs, protecting against blight and depreciation, and encouraging the most appropriate use and development of land and buildings throughout the City of Atlanta.

(Code 1977, § 16-01.003)

This part shall be effective throughout the City of Atlanta and shall be known as the Atlanta Zoning Ordinance.

(Code 1977, § 16-01.004)