Whereas, local governments of the State of Georgia are authorized by the 1983 Georgia State Constitution, Article 9, Section 2, Paragraph 4, and O.C.G.A. § 66-36, to exercise the powers of planning and zoning; and whereas it has been determined by the Unified Government of Georgetown-Quitman County, Georgia that it is necessary and desirable to adopt zoning regulations under the authority of the above cited Constitutional and statutory provisions.

Now therefore be it resolved that the Unified Government of Georgetown-Quitman County, Georgia, as authorized by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, has created a Planning Commission known as the Georgetown-Quitman County Planning Commission and does hereby adopt zoning regulations for the following purposes: to define certain words used therein; to create zone boundaries; to regulate the location of trades, professions, businesses, and industries; to regulate the density and distribution of population; to provide for the gradual elimination of non-conforming uses of land, buildings, and structures; to define and limit the powers and duties of the Planning Commission; to provide for the method of administration, amendment and enforcement; to provide for the imposition of penalties for violations; repeal conflicting ordinances and resolutions, and for other purposes.

This Ordinance shall govern the use of all land and development therein and within the legal limits of Georgetown-Quitman County.