§ 200-1. Purpose.  


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  • Title 2 of this Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) is enacted for the purposes of promoting health, safety, order, prosperity, aesthetics, and the general welfare of the present and future residents of the City of Chamblee; protecting the environmental integrity of the City, encouraging an aesthetically attractive environment, both built and natural, and to provide for regulations that protect and enhance these aesthetic considerations; encouraging economic development activities that provide desirable employment and enlarge the tax base; protecting the public welfare by protecting approach slopes and other safety areas of licensed airports; of improving the City's appearance; furthering traffic safety; protecting property against blight and depreciation; encouraging the most appropriate use of land, buildings and other structures throughout the city; facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, flood-protection, schools, parks and other public requirements; providing for protection of the constitutional rights and obligations of all citizens within the City; and for other purposes, all in accordance with a well-considered comprehensive plan for the development of the City.

(Ord. No. 743 , 12-19-17)