Should any section, clause or provision of this Resolution be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such action shall not affect the validity of this Resolution as a whole or any part hereof other than the part so declared to be invalid, each section, clause and provision hereof being declared severable.

This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption by the Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission.

This is the Comprehensive Land Development Resolution for Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, and all other conflicting Resolutions are hereby repealed; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as repealing or modifying those zoning approvals or use permits issued under previous zoning Resolutions; however, modification or repeal of these past conditions of approval may be accomplished as provided by this Resolution.

All variances and exception heretofore granted by the Commission shall remain in full force and effect, and all terms, conditions and obligations imposed by the Commission shall remain in effect and be binding. Prior Resolutions shall remain in effect insofar as required for the initiation of any proceedings against such violations and for the prosecution of any violations heretofore commenced.

Whenever the requirements of this Resolution are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing higher standards, shall govern. N permit shall be issued or considered valid for any use or activity which is otherwise illegal under the terms of any local, State or Federal Law.

(Amended February 22, 1993, ZA93-02-01; Amended July 11, 2022, ZA22-001)

SO ADOPTED, this 26th day of October, 1981.

CATHEY SMITH, Chairman

Attested:

VERNON B. RYLE, III     

Executive Director