Georgia § 36-31-4 - Use and subdivision of areas proposed to be incorporated.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 36-31-4 — Use and subdivision of areas proposed to be incorporated., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 36-31-4. Use and subdivision of areas proposed to be incorporated.
To be eligible for original incorporation as a municipal corporation, the area embraced shall be so developed that at least 60 percent of the total number of lots and tracts in the area at the time of incorporation are used for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational, or governmental purposes and shall be subdivided into lots and tracts such that at least 60 percent of the total acreage, not counting the acreage which at the time of incorporation is used for, held for future use for, or subject to a contract for future use for commercial, industrial, governmental, recreational, or institutional purposes, consists of lots and tracts of five acres or less in size. (Ga. L. 1963, p. 251, § 4; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 36; Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 2/HB 36.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 5/HB 36, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability. Ga. L. 2005, p. 185, § 6/HB 36, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the Act shall apply with respect to any local Act enacted at the 2005 regular session of the General Assembly or any future session.
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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