As used in this chapter, the term:
(1.1) “Quasi-judicial officers, boards, or agencies” means an officer, board, or agency appointed by a local government to exercise delegated, quasi-judicial zoning powers including hearing appeals of administrative decisions by such officers, boards, or agencies and hearing and rendering decisions on applications for variances, special administrative permits, special exceptions, conditional use permits, or other similar permits not enumerated herein as a zoning decision, pursuant to standards for the exercise of such quasi-judicial authority adopted by a local government.
History. Code 1981, § 36-66-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1139, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 806, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1009, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1567, § 2; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1391, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 825, § 1/HB 1405.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added paragraph (1.1) and subparagraph (4)(F); inserted “or repeal” in subparagraph (4)(A), inserted “or denial” in subparagraphs (4)(C), (4)(D), and (4)(E); substituted “to rezone” for “which rezones” in subparagraphs (4)(C) and (4)(D); deleted “or” from the end of subparagraph (4)(D); and substituted a semicolon for a period at the end of subparagraph (4)(E). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, the definitions were alphabetized.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2022, “or” was inserted at the end of subdivision (4)(E).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2022, p. 825, § 2/HB 1405, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this Code section applicable to all zoning and quasi-judicial decisions occurring on and after July 1, 2022; however, no zoning or quasi-judicial decision prior to July 1, 2023, shall be rendered invalid or void because of a local government’s failure to implement language in their ordinances accomplishing the provisions of Code Section 36-66-5.1.
Law reviews.
For review of 1998 legislation relating to local government, see 15 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 194 (1998).
For survey article on real property law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 193 (2015).
For annual survey on zoning and land use law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 301 (2018).