(b.1) In addition to policies and procedures required by subsection (a) of this Code section, each local government providing for a quasi-judicial officer’s, board’s, or agency’s grant, denial, or review of a quasi-judicial matter may adopt specific standards and criteria governing the exercise of such quasi-judicial decision-making authority, and such standards shall include the factors by which the local government directs the evaluation of a quasi-judicial matter. Such standards shall be printed and copies thereof made available for distribution to the general public.
History. Code 1981, § 36-66-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1139, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 806, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 317, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 825, § 1/HB 1405.
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, inserted “or quasi-judicial decisions” in the second sentence in subsection (a); inserted “rendering a zoning decision” in the first sentence in subsection (b); added subsection (b.1); and in subsection (c), inserted “and permitted by subsection (b.1)” and substituted “shall” for “may” in the first sentence, and substituted “July 1, 2022” for “January 1, 1986” in the second sentence. See Editor’s notes for applicability.
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.
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For comment, “Judicial Review of Zoning Ordinances in Georgia: The Court’s Role in Land Use Planning,” see 41 Mercer L. Rev. 1469 (1990).