This title shall be known and may be cited as the Coweta Zoning Code.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

This title is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, order, and general welfare; lessening danger and congestion of public transportation and travel; securing safety from fire and other dangers; preventing overcrowding of land; avoiding undue concentration of population; providing adequate light and air, police protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, forests, recreational facilities, military and naval facilities, and other public requirements, and preventing undue encroachment thereon; conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land; encouraging the industrial, commercial and residential growth of the community; and promoting the development of the community in accordance with a comprehensive plan.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

1. Validity of other laws. Where this title imposes a greater restriction upon the use of structures or land or upon height or bulk of structures or requires larger open spaces or yards than are imposed by other ordinances, laws, or regulations, the provisions of this title shall govern. However, nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent the enforcement of other ordinances, laws, or regulations which prescribe more restrictive limitations.
2. Severability. In case any portion of this title shall be invalid or unconstitutional, as declared by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this title shall not thereby be invalid but shall remain in full force and effect.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

1. No person, firm or corporation shall use or permit to be used any land or buildings, nor shall any person, firm or corporation make, erect, construct, move, alter, enlarge or rebuild or permit the making, erection, construction, moving, altering, enlarging or rebuilding of any building, structure or improvement, which is designed, arranged or intended to be used or maintained for any purpose or in any manner except in accordance with the use, height, area, yard, space, and other requirements established in the district in which such land, building, structure or improvement is located except as provided by CCC 12-16.
2. Nothing in this title shall be deemed to require a change in the plans, construction, or designated use of any building, where a building permit has been lawfully issued prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this title is derived, and pursuant to such permit, construction is diligently carried to completion. Upon completion, such building or use shall be deemed nonconforming and may continue as regulated by CCC 12-16.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)

This title shall be in full force and effect in the corporate limits of the City. Property owned, leased, or operated by the City or any other public or governmental body or agency shall be subject to the terms of this title.

(Ord. No. 716, 4-4-2011)