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Published in 2009 by Order of the City Council

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OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF

COMMERCE, GEORGIA

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPUBLICATION

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Charles L. Hardy, Jr.

Mayor

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Dusty R. Slater

Mayor Pro Tem

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Donald Wilson

Mark Fitzpatrick

J. Clark Hill, III

Richard Massey
Archie D. Chaney

City Council

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Clarence H. Bryant

City Manager

____________ John E. Stell, Jr. 

City Attorney

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Shirley Willis

City Clerk

CURRENT OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF

COMMERCE, GEORGIA

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J. Clark Hill, III

Mayor

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Keith Burchett

Mayor Pro Tem

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Darren Owensby

Mark Fitzpatrick

Steve Perry

Johnny Eubanks

Archie D. Chaney

City Council

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Pete Pyrzenski

City Manager

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John E. Stell, Jr. 

City Attorney

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Sandra Haggard

City Clerk

PREFACE

This volume is a republication of the Commerce Zoning Ordinance of the Commerce, Georgia and was enacted by Ord. No. 95-11, on Nov. 13, 1995, and further updated through Ordinance No. 2007-006, adopted July 9, 2007.

The Code has been printed as adopted and the original numbering system has been retained. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected without notation; words or phrases added by the editor for purposes of clarification are enclosed in brackets.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 1987 Code, the 2001 Zoning Ordinance and ordinances subsequently adopted by the city council. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Zoning Code. By use of the comparative tables appearing in the back of this Code, the reader can locate any section of the 1987 Code, as supplemented, and any subsequent ordinance included herein.

The chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in alphabetical order, and the various sections within each chapter have been catchlined to facilitate usage. Notes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant state law have been included. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this Code.

Page Numbering System

The page numbering system used in this Zoning Code is a prefix system. The letters to the left of the colon are an abbreviation which represents a certain portion of the volume. The number to the right of the colon represents the number of the page in that portion. In the case of a chapter of the Code, the number to the left of the colon indicates the number of the chapter. In the case of an appendix to the Code, the letter immediately to the left of the colon indicates the letter of the appendix.

Indexes

The indexes have been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of which are couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by local government officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the indexes themselves which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which the user is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this publication is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing of the publication. With this system, the publication will be kept up-to-date. Subsequent amendatory legislation will be properly edited, and the affected page or pages will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the publication, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

Keeping this publication up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the publication. As revised pages are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publisher that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

This publication was under the direct supervision of Eric Grant, Supervising Editor, and Kelly B. Cribbs, Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publisher is most grateful to Mr. Clarence H. Bryant, City Manager, and Mr. John E. Stell, Jr., City Attorney, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this publication. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.