This ordinance is for the purpose of setting forth standards and permissible uses designed to conserve and protect the natural, economic and scenic resources of Greene County; health, aesthetics, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to promote desirable living conditions and stability of neighborhoods; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements by dividing Greene County into districts of such size and shapes as may be best suited to carry out the purposes of the legislative act and of this ordinance.

(Ord. of 12-8-2020, § 1(Exh. A))

The Board of Commissioners of Greene County, Georgia under the authority of Article IX, Section 2, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and Chapter 66, Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, or the general welfare of the county and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to avoid undue concentration of population; ordains and enacts into law the Official Zoning Ordinance for unincorporated Greene County, (for planning, zoning and subdivision control purposes).

(Ord. of 12-8-2020, § 1(Exh. A))

The Board of Commissioners of Greene County, Georgia, as authorized by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, adopts zoning regulations for the following purposes: to define certain words used therein; to create zoning districts; to regulate the location of trades, professions, businesses, and industries; to regulate the density in distribution of population; to provide for the gradual elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures; 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.

(Ord. of 12-8-2020, § 1(Exh. A))

This zoning ordinance shall govern the use of all land and development within the unincorporated limits of Greene County, Georgia and within the limits of any inactive municipality in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 36-70-5.

(Ord. of 12-8-2020, § 1(Exh. A))