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,YEAR: 02
BOX NUMBER: II
FILE NUMBER: 10 353
NUMBER OF PAGES: :2-
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ORDINANCE
6555
An Ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted by
the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of
Augusta effective November 15,'1983, entitled "An Ordinance to Readopt
and Reconfirm the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted March 25,
1963, by the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City
Council of Augusta, by amending Section 35 (Amendments to this
Ordinance) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
THE AUGUSTA COMMISSION HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by' deleting the
following from Section 35 - Amendments to this Ordinance::
35-6 Governing Body Action: ,. The Augusta Commission shall, at a regular
meeting, approve, deny or defer action on such application. The action of
the Augusta-Richmond County Commission may recommend a reduction
of the land area for which the application is made and/or recommend
conditions of rezoning. which may be deemed advisable so that the
purpose of this Ordinance will be served. When such conditions are added
to approval of an application, the Augusta Commission may require ,that a
Zoning Restriction Agreement be recorded with the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Richmond County, Georgia. ' The cost of recording such
agreement shall be borne by the applicant.
SECTION II. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amending by adding
the following to Section 35 - Amendments to this Ordinance:
35-6 Governing Body Action: The Augusta Commission shall, at a regular
meeting, approve, deny, or defer action on an application for rezoning or
another action provided for in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. The
action of the Augusta Commission may recommend a reduction of the
land area of which the application is made and/or recommend conditions
of rezoning which may be deemed advisable, so that the purpose of this
Ordinance will be served; Conditional zoning may require that a zoning
classification once granted shall revert to the former ~oning classification
under certain specific circumstances, such as the cessation of the proposed
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" use. When staff determines that reversion is warranted a certified letter
shall be sent to the owner of record notifying of the pending reversion and
affording a 30 day period to register an objection. If no objection is
registered then no further action by the Governing Body shall be required,
the reversion shall occur automatically, and the zoning map shall be
changed accordingly. If an objection is raised then the matter shall be
placed on the next regular meeting agenda for the Augusta Commission
and the owner shall show cause as to why the reversion should not take
place. The Governing Body may then act to implement the 'reversion,
terminate the reversion, or return the matter to the staff for further
evaluation. When conditions are added to approval of an application, the
Augusta Commission shall require that a Zoning Restriction Agreement be
recorded with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Richmond County,
Georgia. The cost of recording such agreement shall be borne by the
applicant.
SECTION III. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
September
,Done in Open Meeting under' the Common Seal thereof this 17th day of
,2002.
APPROVED THIS 3rd day of October
,2002.
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Published in the Augusta Chronicle October 17, 2002