Pursuant to the authority conferred by Ga. Const., art. IX, sec. 2, ¶ 4 and O.C.G.A. title 36, ch. 66, and for the purposes of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, or general welfare of the city; the various use districts which are created by this chapter and the various sections of this chapter are adopted for the following purposes, among others:

(1)

To achieve such timing, density and distribution of land development and use as will prevent overcrowding of land so as to avoid undue concentration of population;

(2)

To encourage such distribution and population to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public services;

(3)

To encourage such distribution and population, land development and use as will secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;

(4)

To regulate the location of trades, professions, businesses and industries;

(5)

To achieve such density, design and distribution of housing as will protect and enhance residential property values;

(6)

To preserve the city's historical and natural beauty, and encourage architecturally pleasing development; and to improve the quality of life through protection of the city's total environment including, but not limited to, the prevention of air, water and noise pollution;

(7)

To protect the value of existing properties; and

(8)

To promote the most appropriate use of land, buildings, and structures throughout the city; all in accordance with a comprehensive plan.

For the purposes of this land development code, the city is divided into zoning districts as follows:

(Ord. of 8-18-2014, § 99.4.010)

The location and boundaries of the zoning districts are hereby established as shown on the map entitled, "Zoning and Boundary Map of the City of Bremen, Georgia" and certified by the city clerk, which is by reference incorporated herein and made a part of this chapter, as amended from time to time. Said map shall be kept on file at the city hall where it shall be available for public inspection. Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the official zoning and boundary map which may from time to time be published, the Official Zoning and Boundary Map of the City of Bremen, Georgia, located in city hall (hereinafter referred to as the "zoning map") shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of properties located within the corporate limits of the city.

(Ord. of 8-18-2014, § 99.4.020)

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the location of the boundaries of any zoning district shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

(1)

Where a zoning district boundary is shown on the zoning map as approximately following a corporate limits lines, stream bed, lot line or the centerline of a street, highway, railroad right-of-way or such lines extended, then such lines shall be construed to be the district boundary line.

(2)

Where a zoning district boundary line is shown on the zoning map as being set back from a street, highway, or railroad right-of-way, and approximately parallel thereto, then such district boundary line, unless otherwise specifically indicated, shall be construed as being at the scaled distance from the centerline of such street, highway or railroad right-of-way and as being parallel thereto.

(3)

Where a zoning district line divides a lot, the requirements for the district in which the greater portion of the lot lies shall apply to the balance of the lot, except that such extension shall not include any part of a lot that lies more than 50 feet beyond the district boundary line. In the case of a through lot, fronting on two approximately parallel streets, that is divided by a district boundary line paralleling the streets, the restrictions of the district in which each frontage of the through lot lies shall apply to that respective portion of the through lot, as if the lot were two separate lots.

(4)

The zoning district lines for the flood hazard district shall generally follow the contours of the land along the flood plain. Minimum flood level elevations are recorded at periodic intervals along the flood hazard district lines. At intermediate points, interpolation between the recorded even-foot elevations will be used to establish the minimum flood level. All elevations are based upon the U.S. Geological Survey datum.

(5)

Where district boundaries are in doubt, the planning commission shall review the zoning records and the zoning map and make the determination as to the zoning designation for the property in question. Said interpretation and determination shall be final.

(6)

Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated or abandoned by official action of the city council, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of same and all area included therein shall then and henceforth be subject to all appropriate regulations of the extended district.

(Ord. of 8-18-2014, § 99.4.030)

Uses permitted in each district are specifically listed. Higher uses, or uses allowed in a more restrictive district are not automatically allowed in a lower use district, unless so stated. For any use not listed in this chapter, the city manager shall determine the proper requirements by classifying the proposed use among the uses which are listed and assigning the use to appropriate zoning district, which may be reviewed by the planning and zoning commission pursuant to the standards for review and as set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. of 8-18-2014, § 99.4.040)

For the purpose of this chapter, all of the streets, roads and highways in the city are classified as major streets, collector streets, or minor streets as follows:

(1)

Major streets. Thoroughfares designed and used for high traffic volumes and cross-town traffic movement and generally intersected by collector streets. Major streets include the following:

a.

Highway 27;

b.

Highway 27 Business;

c.

Highway 78.

(2)

Collector streets. Minor thoroughfares designed for moderate traffic volumes, generally having right-of-way over intersecting local streets. Collector streets include the following:

a.

Buchanan Street;

b.

Georgia Avenue South;

c.

McPherson Street;

d.

Waddell Street.

(3)

Local streets. A street designed and used primarily for low traffic volumes and access to individual abutting lots, and which have a terminal point or intersect a collector or a major street. All thoroughfares not classified as either major streets or collector streets are classified as local streets.

(Ord. of 8-18-2014, § 99.4.050)