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 Chatsworth
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix A. ZONING
 Appendix A-C. ZONING PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS

  § 2.0. Definitions.  

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  • When used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall have the definitions and meaning hereafter set forth, alphabetically:

    Conditional Use (synonymous with Special Use). A use approved within a zone district, generally considered compatible with the other uses allowed in the district, only after due consideration of objective criteria as applicable to the proposed conditional use.

    Planning Commission. The Chatsworth Planning Commission or any other agency hereafter designated by the governing authority of the City of Chatsworth which is authorized to investigate any proposal for a zoning decision properly coming before it, to conduct any public hearings necessary for the exercise of any zoning power, and to provide an advisory recommendation to the governing authority concerning the proposed zoning decision.

    Territorial Boundaries. The incorporated areas of the City of Chatsworth, State of Georgia.

    Zoning. The power of the City of Chatsworth to provide within its territorial boundaries for the zoning and districting of property for various uses and the prohibition of other or different uses within such zones or districts and for the regulation of development and the improvement of real estate within such zones or districts in accordance with the uses of property for which said zones or districts were established.

    Zoning Decision. The final legislative action by the City of Chatsworth which results in:

    a)

    the adoption of a zoning ordinance;

    b)

    the adoption of an amendment to a zoning ordinance which changes the text of the zoning ordinance;

    c)

    the adoption of an amendment to a zoning ordinance which rezones property from one zoning classification to another;

    d)

    the adoption of an amendment to a zoning ordinance which zones property that is annexed to the territorial boundaries of the City of Chatsworth, State of Georgia; or

    e)

    the approval of a conditional use (special use) of property.

    Zoning Ordinance. An Ordinance for the City of Chatsworth establishing procedures and zones or districts within its territorial boundaries, which regulate the uses and development standards of property within such zones or districts. The term also includes the Zoning Map (as hereinafter amended) adopted in conjunction with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Chatsworth, which shows the zones and districts and zoning classification of property herein.

( Ord. of 10-09 )