The following analysis entitled Zoning Ordinance, Greene County, Georgia, is designed to provide the governing authority or authorities of Greene County with a regulatory measure designed to meet present-day and anticipated future needs for the promotion of the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity or general welfare of the county by the control of such matters as the location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of a lot which may be occupied, the sizes of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population, and the uses of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, conservation, water supply, sanitation, protection against floods, public activities, and other purposes.

This ordinance is made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the street, to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, to promote health and the general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.

Said ordinance is made with reasonable consideration, among other things of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to promoting desirable living conditions and the sustained stability of neighborhoods, protecting property against blight and depreciation, securing economy in governmental expenditures, conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land and other buildings and structures throughout Greene County.