Georgia Code
Article 4 - Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Commissions
§ 50-8-92. Development Guides; Contents

A commission shall prepare and adopt and from time to time amend, change, or repeal, after appropriate study and such public hearings as may be deemed necessary, comprehensive development guides for its area. The development guides shall consist of policy statements, goals, standards, programs, and maps prescribing an orderly and economic development, public and private, of the area. The development guides shall be based upon and encompass physical, economic, and health needs of the area and shall take into consideration future development which may have an impact on the area including, but not limited to, such matters as land use not including zoning, water and sewerage systems, storm drainage systems, parks and open spaces, land needs and the location of airports, highways, transit facilities, hospitals, public buildings, and other community facilities and services.
History. Code 1981, § 50-8-92 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 51.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 50 - State Government

Chapter 8 - Department of Community Affairs

Article 4 - Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Commissions

§ 50-8-80. Definitions

§ 50-8-81. Legislative Intent

§ 50-8-82. Creation of Metropolitan Area Planning and Development Commission; First Meeting

§ 50-8-83. Powers, Duties, and Obligations of Regional Commission

§ 50-8-84. Composition of Membership of Commission; Redistricting of Areas Removed From Jurisdiction of Existing Commission

§ 50-8-85. Terms of Office; Removal From Office; Filling of Vacancies

§ 50-8-86. Quorum; Votes Equally Weighted

§ 50-8-87. Chairman; Election; Powers and Duties; Salary and Expense Allowances; Removal

§ 50-8-88. Election of Officers; Compensation of Officers and Members

§ 50-8-89. Executive Director; Selection and Appointment

§ 50-8-90. Terms of Employment of Officers, Employees, and Agents; Power to Contract With Private Individuals; Officers and Employees to Be Public Employees

§ 50-8-91. Establishment of Advisory Committees; Appointment of Members; Compensation

§ 50-8-92. Development Guides; Contents

§ 50-8-93. Review of Area Plans; Designation as Official Planning Agency; Responsibility to Carry Out Assigned or Delegated Planning Functions for an Area

§ 50-8-94. Submission by Municipality and County of Area Plan; Comment and Recommendation; Public Hearing Upon Request for Reconsideration of Recommendation

§ 50-8-95. Submission by Public Entity of Area Plan; Review; Public Hearing Upon Request for Reconsideration of Recommendation

§ 50-8-96. Commission to Review All Applications of Governmental Entities for State or Federal Loan or Grant; Procedure

§ 50-8-97. Commission to Engage in Continuous Program of Research, Study, and Planning of Matters Affecting Its Area

§ 50-8-98. Determination of Whether Plan Is Area Plan Under Code Section 50-8-80; Procedure; Authorization to Adopt Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations

§ 50-8-99. Authorization to Accept Gifts, Loans, and Grants From Governments and Agencies

§ 50-8-99.1. Commission Authorized to Be Contracting Agent for Certain Local Governments

§ 50-8-100. Annual Report to General Assembly and to Each Political Subdivision and Supporting Agency; Contents

§ 50-8-101. Books of Account; Annual Population Estimates; Operating Funds; Annual Program and Budget

§ 50-8-102. Submission of Negative or Unfavorable Recommendation Based Upon Stale Data

§ 50-8-103. Determination of Effective Dates of Certain Code Sections by Resolution of Commission or by Operation of Law