§ 40-461. Purpose and intent.  


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  • (a)

    This zoning district is not intended to apply if one or more of the city zoning districts specified in this article will accommodate the existing or proposed development on the property to be annexed. It is recognized, however, that unincorporated land annexed by the City in the future may consist of uses which are not permitted in any of the city zoning districts established in this division. Therefore, this zoning district is created as a flexible zoning district intended to facilitate application of a variety of zoning regulations to annexed lands which are not otherwise accommodated by the city's base zoning districts. This zoning district is not initially mapped in the City, but may be applied at the time a given property is proposed for annexation into the City if the other city zoning districts established in this article do not accommodate or facilitate the development on land to be annexed.

    (b)

    Adoption by reference of the Newton County Zoning Ordinance and its base zoning districts provides the flexibility needed to annex property into the City with zoning regulations that are the same as those applicable in the unincorporated County at the time of annexation, but which are otherwise not established and applied within the city limits as they exist on the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.

(Code 1997, § 40-415-1; Ord. of 2-6-2012, § 1(40-415-1))