In order that the purposes of this ordinance as defined in Section 1 may be accomplished, there are hereby established within Cook County, Georgia, zoning districts identified as follows:

4-1.1

A-U Agricultural Use: The requirements of the district are designed to encourage the maintenance of a rural character, and should be utilized as a land use designation until such time as a more intensive use of the land is both economically feasible and in the best interest of the County. The minimum lot size shall be 2.5 acres.

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R-R Rural Residential: The purpose of this district shall be to allow for residential development on lots of less than five acres, with a one acre minimum allowed, in appropriate areas designated in the Comprehensive Plan in unincorporated Cook County. With Health Department approval, such districts may use individual water supply and sewerage disposal systems. Minimum gross floor area per dwelling unit in this district shall be a minimum of 800 square feet.

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R-1 Single Family Residential: The purpose of this district is to provide single family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of one acre (43,560 square feet), said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development and excessive density and from the encroachment of these uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment. With Health Department approval, such districts may use individual water supply and sewerage disposal systems. Minimum gross floor area per dwelling unit in this district shall be a minimum of 1,500 square feet.

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R-1A Single Family Residential: The purpose of this district is to provide single family residential areas with minimum lot sizes of one acre (43,560 square feet), said areas being protected from the depreciating effects of small lot development and excessive density and from the encroachment of these uses which are incompatible to a desirable residential environment. With Health Department approval, such districts may use individual water supply and sewerage disposal systems. Minimum gross floor area per dwelling unit in this district shall be a minimum of 1,200 square feet.

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M-H-P Manufactured Housing Park: The purpose of this district is to provide for the development of property that is suitably located and planned for manufactured housing park use. Property developed in this district is to remain in single ownership for rental or leasing purposes only. Manufactured housing parks shall be developed only in strict accordance with the Manufacturing Housing Park provisions of this ordinance.

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R-C Rural Commercial: The purpose of this district is to provide for and protect areas that can accommodate a variety of sales and services that are commonly needed by the rural community.

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G-B General Business: The purpose of this district shall be to provide for and encourage the proper grouping and development of uses which include a wide variety of sales and services that will best accommodate the needs of the county and the traveling public in order to reduce highway traffic congestion, traffic hazards, and blight along the public streets and highways of the county.

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WLI Wholesale-Light Industrial: The purpose of this district shall be to provide and protect areas for those wholesale and light industrial uses which do not create excessive noise, odor, smoke, dust, and which do not possess other objectionable characteristics which might be detrimental to surrounding neighborhoods, or to the other uses permitted in the district.

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H-I Heavy Industrial: The purpose of this district shall be to provide and protect areas for those industrial uses which cannot comply with the regulations of the WLI District.

The boundaries of each district are shown on maps entitled "Official Zoning Maps of Cook County, Georgia". The classification of streets (local and collector streets and arterials) within Cook County, Georgia are shown on a map entitled "Major Thoroughfare Plan, Cook County, Georgia". The Official Zoning Maps and Major Thoroughfare Plan shall be dated and certified by the Chairman of the County Commission and County Clerk, and said maps and all explanatory matter thereon accompanies and is hereby made a part of this ordinance.

Accurate copies of the "Official Zoning Maps of Cook County, Georgia, and the "Major Thoroughfare Plan, Cook County, Georgia", shall be on file in the office of the Zoning Administrator at all times. Said maps shall accurately show all map amendments made in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Administrator to insure that the "Official Zoning Maps of Cook County, Georgia" and the "Major Thoroughfare Plan, Cook County, Georgia", displayed in his office are kept up-to-date and accurately show all amendments.

When uncertainty exists with respect to the location of boundaries of any zoning district as shown on the "Official Zoning Maps of Cook County", the following rules shall apply:

4-3.1

Unless otherwise specifically indicated, where district boundaries are indicated on the zoning map as approximately following the centerline of a street right-of-way, highway, railroad right-of-way line, stream bed, or river bed; such centerlines shall be interpreted to be such district boundaries.

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Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be interpreted as following such lot lines.

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Where district boundaries are indicated on the zoning map as approximately following the corporate limit lines, then such corporate limit lines shall be interpreted to be such district boundaries.

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Where district boundaries are indicated on the zoning map as being set back from the centerline of a street right-of-way, road, highway, railroad, stream, or river, and parallel thereto, then such district boundaries, unless otherwise specifically indicated, shall be interpreted as being at the scaled distance from the centerline of such street, road, highway, railroad, stream, or river as being parallel thereto.