§ 102. Purpose and intent.

These regulations are enacted pursuant to the authority contained in the General Planning and Zoning Enabling Act of 1957 and all amendments thereto through and including the 1967 session of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia.

The purpose of these regulations is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare; to promote the orderly and beneficial development and expansion of communities within the county; to provide adequate light and air; to provide adequate water, sewerage and surface drainage; to prevent undesirable overcrowding of population; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote the orderly and desirable subdivision of land; to insure the orderly and desirable development of streets; to promote the orderly and desirable development of public utilities and services; to provide adequate and sufficient land for schools, parks, playgrounds and other public uses; and to insure proper legal description and monumentation of all subdivided land.