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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-6-40. Land use regulations — Amendment or repeal.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-6-40. Land use regulations — Amendment or repeal.

(a) Any owner of land within a district may at any time file a petition with the supervisors asking that any or all of the land use regulations adopted by the supervisors under Code Sections 2-6-35 and 2-6-36 be amended, supplemented, or repealed.

(b) Such land use regulations shall not be amended, supplemented, or repealed except in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Code Section 2-6-36 for adoption of land use regulations.

(c) Referenda on adoption, amendment, supplementation, or repeal of land use regulations shall not be held more often than once in six months.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 9.