For the purposes of this ordinance, the City of Peachtree City, Georgia, is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:

(Ord. No. 174(c), 1-25-1979)

The location and boundaries of each zoning district are as shown on the "Official Zoning Map of Peachtree City, Georgia." The city zoning map, dated September 12, 1977, as amended is hereby updated and replaced by the city zoning map dated July 10, 2025. The zoning map dated July 10, 2025 is hereby adopted and by such adoption all properties in the city are hereby zoned to the zoning classifications indicated for such properties on said map until such time as said property may be rezoned to some other zoning classification.

A copy of the zoning map shall be kept on file in the office of the city clerk, and preserved by the city clerk. It shall be the express duty of the city clerk or someone authorized by the city clerk, to replace the zoning map as it is amended by the city council. A copy of the zoning map shall be available for all persons desiring to examine it and shall be considered the official zoning map of the city.

As properties are rezoned, it shall be the express duty of the city clerk or their designee to make the authorized rezoning changes such that the zoning map reflects the changes authorized by the city governing authority. A copy of the zoning map shall be available for all persons desiring to examine it and shall be considered the official zoning map of the city.

(Ord. No. 1011, §§ 1, 4, 5, 10-7-2010; Ord. No. 1205, § 2, 2-2-2023; Ord. No. 1217, § 2, 2-1-2024; Ord. No. 1238, § 2, 7-10-2025)

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the district boundaries as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

(703.1) District boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines or right-of-way lines of streets, highways, railways, or utility easements shall be construed to follow such centerlines or right-of-way lines.

(703.2) District boundaries indicated as approximately following lot or tract lines, whether public or private, shall be construed to follow such lines.

(703.3) District boundaries indicated as approximately following incorporated area lines, county limit lines, land lot lines, militia district lines, or special district lines, as amended from time to time, shall be construed to follow such lines.

(703.4) District boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines, right-of-way lines, or shorelines of creeks, streams, channels, canals, or other waterways shall be construed to follow such centerlines, right-of-way lines, or shorelines.

(703.5) District boundaries indicated as being approximately parallel to, or extensions of, features or lines listed in subsections (703.1), (703.2), (703.3) and (703.4), above, shall be so construed.

(703.6) Distances not specifically indicated on the official zoning map shall be determined according to the scale of the map.

These regulations are designed to set forth the principles which shall apply to annexation of property into the city limits of the city. The following principles shall apply:

(a)

Support and enhance the existing economic value and environmental control of property within the city limits.

(b)

Primary consideration will be given to complementary zoning within the current land use plan of the city and contiguous jurisdictions.

(704.1) Priority will be given to raw land that can be developed consistent with current city standards. Secondary considerations will be given to harmoniously adjacent developed parcels.

(704.2) The city shall provide written notification to the appropriate governmental jurisdiction as soon as practicable following the initiation of any annexation.

(704.3) It is desirable, but not essential, that all property have natural boundaries, but in no instance create unnatural division for convenience sake.

(704.4) Each of the following factors will be reviewed on each area to be annexed according to economic and service feasibility on its own merit within the framework of existing plan for the entire city:

a.

Water/sewer;

b.

Road/street access;

c.

Police/fire protection;

d.

Zoning compliance.

(704.5) Whenever the owner of a piece of property outside the city limits and/or the city council, planning commission and the planning and zoning department wishes to request that certain property be annexed into the city limits of Peachtree City, such person or their designated agent shall follow a two-step review process as adopted by city council at their meeting on August 5, 2004 (or as amended by city council) and formally identified as the "Annexation Review Process." A copy of this document is kept on record at city hall and is available from the planning and zoning department.

The first step of this process is intended to provide a general overview of the proposed annexation and identifies how the annexation may or may not be compatible with the established goals within the city's comprehensive plan. This information will be reviewed by city staff and other governmental agencies and will then be forwarded to city council for review.

Should city council recommend that the proposed annexation request continue through the established review process, step two of this process requires the submittal of additional and detailed information pertaining to the impacts of the proposed annexation and subsequent development. The recommendation that the annexation request continue through the review process in no way implies that the city council will ultimately approve the property for annexation.

Until such time that the city council votes to accept an application for annexation, city staff shall not take any action or make any recommendations with respect to such application that is submitted by a property owner or their designated agent. This restriction shall not apply to an application for annexation that is initiated by city council, the planning commission and/or the planning and zoning department.

If the application for annexation is rejected by city council, no further action will be taken by the city regarding such application.

(704.6) A property owner may not apply for annexation of the same parcel more often than once every six months; provided that a property owner, with the consent of the city council, may voluntarily withdraw the annexation application once prior to the time same is acted upon by the city council, and the six-month waiting period shall not apply to a subsequent annexation application for the same parcel; the "same parcel" is one which includes any portion of a parcel for which a annexation application has been submitted previously; and

(704.7) If an applicant [application] for annexation is denied by action of the city council, then the same property may not again be reconsidered for annexation until the expiration of at least six months immediately following said denial.

(704.8) If step one of an application for annexation is approved by the city council, the applicant shall submit all required information for step two of the process within one year of the approval of step one of the process. If such information is not submitted within such one year period, the approval of step one of the process will expire unless such period is extended by the city council. The applicant may request one extension of the step one approval for a period not to exceed six months.

(Ord. No. 464, 6-2-88; Ord. No. 512, 10-19-89; Ord. No. 832, 8-5-04; Ord. No. 858, 10-6-05; Ord. No. 864, 1-5-06; Ord. No. 1086, 12-18-2014)

Where the total land area in the city is increased or reduced by virtue of annexation or some other means, the zoning district boundaries shall be adjusted in the following fashion:

(705.1) When increases are made in the land area of the city, the added land shall be classified AR-agricultural reserve unless the city council makes provision for another zoning classification in accordance with the procedures set forth in this ordinance.

(705.2) When reductions are made in the city land area, the provisions of this ordinance shall no longer apply to that land area involved in the reduction.

(705.3) In all cases where additions or reductions to the city's total land area require adjustments in the zoning district boundaries, said adjustments shall be made immediately on the official zoning map.

(Ord. No. 464, 6-2-1988)