Counties of the State of Georgia are authorized by the Georgia State Constitution, Article 9, Section 2, Paragraph 4, and O.C.G.A. tit. 36, ch. 66, to exercise the powers of planning and zoning; and it is hereby determined by the Board of Commissioners of Macon County, Georgia, that it is necessary and desirable to adopt these zoning regulations under the authority of the above cited Constitutional and statutory provisions.

Now therefore be it resolved that the Board of Commissioners of Macon County, Georgia, as authorized by the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and having created herewith a Zoning Commission known as the Macon County Zoning Commission, does hereby adopt these zoning regulations for the following purposes:

(1)

To define certain words used herein;

(2)

To create district boundaries;

(3)

To regulate the location of trades, professions, businesses, and industries;

(4)

To regulate the density in distribution of population;

(5)

To provide for the gradual elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures;

(6)

To provide for the method of administration, amendment and enforcement;

(7)

To provide for imposition of penalties for violations;

(8)

To repeal conflicting ordinances and resolutions; and

(9)

For other purposes.

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