§ 27. Planning and zoning powers.

Said municipality, acting through its mayor and council, shall have authority to pass zoning and planning laws and ordinances, and to zone and district the territory within said municipality for the purpose of prescribing and regulating the uses that real property within said districts and zones may be devoted to. It shall have the right to prohibit other or different uses of such property within such zones or districts. It shall have the right to regulate plans for development and improvement of real estate within the corporate limits. It shall have authority to enact by ordinances and resolutions the necessary provisions for carrying into effect and enforcing the powers herein conferred, including the infliction of penalties for violations. It shall have the right to alter and amend all such ordinances, resolutions, and regulations from time to time, as might be proper, including the right to re-zone, redistrict, and to change properties from one zone or district or classification to another.

(1946 Ga. Laws, page 420)

Editor's note

The wording of the above section and section 27.1, derived from 1946 Ga. Laws, page 420, was ratified and confirmed as Charter amendments by 1959 Ga. Laws, page 2642, sec. 5.