§ 4.1. Scope and intent.

This article includes a variety of regulations that apply to uses and structures allowed in more than one use district or to uses and structures allowed in all use districts except when specifically excluded by provisions contained elsewhere in this resolution.

4.1.1 Other laws apply. Compliance with this resolution shall not substitute for compliance with federal and state laws nor for other Fulton County ordinances and resolutions.

4.1.2 Judicial and quasi-judicial actions. Zoning-related legal proceedings or appeals to boards designated within this resolution shall stay deadlines and expiration dates which are designated in this resolution. Appeals from decisions of the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be brought within 30 days. Appeals from the application, interpretation and administration of this resolution shall be to the Board of Zoning Appeals unless otherwise specifically provided for in the various sections of this resolution.

4.1.3 Administrative approval. The action on a request brought under a provision of the Zoning Resolution which requires approval by at least one Fulton County official, accompanied or followed by an interoffice memorandum which shall be addressed to, and included in, the appropriate zoning file or alternate file if there is no zoning file. A courtesy copy of the authorization memo shall be sent to the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Department of Environment and Community Development. (Added 7/5/89, Amended 11/3/93, 2/7/01)