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Article 1 — Title, Authority, Purpose and Intent

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§ 1.1

Title and Authority

§ 1.1.1

These regulations shall be known as “The Development Regulations for the City

of Lawrenceville, Georgia,” and may be referred to generally as “The Development Regulations,” or, as used herein, “these regulations.”

§ 1.1.2

These rules and regulations are adopted under the authority of the Constitution of

the State of Georgia and laws enacted pursuant thereto.

§ 1.2

Purpose

§ 1.2.1

These regulations are intended to serve the following purposes:

(a)To protect and promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Lawrenceville

(b)To provide a system for the subdividing of lands and the accurate recording of land titles.

(c)To provide assurance that lots shown on recorded subdivision plats are usable by the purchasers for their intended and permitted functions.

(d)To encourage economically sound and orderly land development in accordance with the policies and objectives of the City of Lawrenceville Planning Commission and the City of Lawrenceville Department of Planning and Zoning.

(e)To assure the provision of required streets, utilities, and other facilities and services to new land developments in conformance with the public improvement policies of the City of Lawrenceville.

(f)To assure adequate provision of safe and convenient traffic access and circulation, both vehicular and pedestrian, in new land developments.

(g)To assure the provision of needed open spaces and public facility sites in new land developments through the dedication or reservation for purchase of land for public purposes.

(h)To assure equitable review and approval of all subdivision and site plans by providing uniform procedures and standards for the developers.

§ 1.3

Intent and Application

It is the intent of these regulations that they apply to and provide guidance for the development of any lands within the City of Lawrenceville whether the development involves the subdivision of the land for sale to individual users or pertains only to the construction of buildings or other improvements on a single parcel.

§ 1.4

Agricultural Exemption

Clearly agricultural uses, limited to the cultivation of the land, dairying or animal husbandry, are not intended to be governed by these regulations, provided that land proposed to be converted to a new agricultural use must be zoned “AR” pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Lawrenceville Zoning Ordinance.