This document shall be known as and may be cited as "The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Butler, Georgia."

(Ord. of 3-12-2019)

Pursuant to the authority conferred by the 1983 Georgia State Constitution, Article IX, Section II, Paragraph IV, and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Butler and the State of Georgia, including among other purposes, the lessening of congestion in the streets, securing safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; promoting health and the general welfare; providing adequate light and air; preventing the overcrowding of land and avoiding both undue concentration of population and urban sprawl; facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage service, schools, parks, and other public requirements; promoting such distribution of population, classification of land uses, distribution of land uses and distribution of land development and utilization as well tend to facilitate and promote desirable living conditions and the sustained stability of neighborhoods; preserving buildings, structures and uses in areas having local, regional and national historic or environmental significance; improving the aesthetic appearance of the City; protecting property against blight and depreciation; securing economy in government expenditures; conserving the value of buildings; and encouraging the most appropriate use of land, buildings and structures throughout the City of Butler.

(Ord. of 3-12-2019)

The City Council of Butler, Georgia, as authorized by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, has created herewith a Planning and Zoning Commission known as the City of Butler Planning and Zoning Commission, to enforce the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Butler including: (1) to define certain words used herein; (2) to create district boundaries; (3) to regulate the location of trades, professions, businesses, and industries; (4) to regulate the density in distribution of population; (5) to provide for the gradual elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures; (6) to provide for the method of administration, amendment and enforcement; (7) to provide for imposition of penalties for violations; (8) to repeal conflicting ordinances and resolutions; (9) and for other purposes.

(Ord. of 3-12-2019)

This zoning ordinance shall govern the use of all land and development within the incorporated city limits of Butler, Georgia in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 36-70-5.

(Ord. of 3-12-2019)