§ 58-118. Provisions of regulations.

(a)

The director of public works shall prepare and recommend to the board of commissioners for adoption regulations governing the subdivision of land within the unincorporated portion of Fulton County. This article may provide for the harmonious development of Fulton County; for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets or official map streets; for the size of blocks and lots; for the dedication or reservation of land for streets, school sites, and recreation areas and of easements for utilities and other public services and facilities; and for a distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience, prosperity, or general welfare.

(b)

The subdivision regulations may include requirements as to the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded, surfaced, and improved, and water, sewers, septic tanks, and other utility mains, piping, connections, or other facilities shall be installed as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat. The subdivision regulations may provide that, in lieu of the completion of any work and installations previous to the final approval of a plat, the board of commissioners may accept a bond, in an amount and with surety and conditions satisfactory to it, providing for and securing to Fulton County the actual construction and installations of such improvements and utilities within a period specified by the department of public works and expressed in the bond; and the board of commissioners shall enforce the bonds by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies. The board of commissioners may adopt and amend any land subdivision regulations after a public hearing thereon, at least 15 days' notice of the time and place of which shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation in Fulton County.

(Code 1983, § 28-1-38)