07 LC 37
0544
House
Bill 863
By:
Representative Cole of the
125th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 66 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to zoning procedures, so as to provide that a municipal governing body shall not
adopt or implement an ordinance or land use regulation in any manner that
prohibits a person from engaging in the activities of an automotive collector
under certain circumstances; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
66 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to zoning
procedures, is amended by adding a new Code section at the end thereof, to be
designated Code Section 36-66-7, to read as follows:
"36-66-7.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
'Automotive collector' means a person who collects and restores collectible
vehicles, either as a hobby or as a profession.
(2)
'Ordinary public view' means within normal visual range by a person on a public
street or sidewalk adjacent to real property.
(3)
'Parts car' means an automobile that is not intended to be operated on streets
and roads, but is used to provide parts for the restoration of other
vehicles.
(b)
A municipal governing body shall not adopt or implement an ordinance or land use
regulation in any manner that prohibits a person from engaging in the activities
of an automotive collector in an area zoned by the municipality, so long as any
collector vehicles, including parts cars, maintained and stored by the collector
are located out of ordinary public view by means of inside storage, suitable
fencing, trees, shrubbery, or otherwise.
(c)
A person engaged in the activities of an automotive collector may conduct
mechanical repairs and modification to a vehicle located out of ordinary public
view on private real property."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.