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title: O.C.G.A. § 8-2-216. Continuation of legal use and occupancy.
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# O.C.G.A. § 8-2-216. Continuation of legal use and occupancy.

The legal use and occupancy of any building or structure may be continued without change, except as may be provided otherwise by this article or as may be legally provided for by any applicable state or local law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, or standard.

## History

Code 1981, § 8-2-216, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1160, § 1.