§ 54-1. Industrial district created; description.

There is hereby created in Fulton County along the east side of the Chattahoochee River in accordance with the description hereafter set forth, a special district to be known as the Fulton County Industrial District. Said district shall consist of the lands and property located within the following boundaries, to wit:

Beginning in Land Lot 17 of the 14th District F.F., at the intersection of Sandy Creek Road and the northwesterly right-of-way of Fulton Industrial Boulevard; thence proceeding southwesterly along said right-of-way to the point of intersection with the corporate limit line of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, said corporate limit line being the eastern line of Land Lot 22, 14th District F.F., Fulton County, Georgia; thence southerly along said corporate limit line to the northeast corner of Land Lot 24 of said district; thence westerly along the northern line of Land Lot 24 to the northwest corner of said land lot; thence southwesterly to a point of the west line of Land Lot 51, 1,000 feet, more or less north of the southwest corner of said land lot; thence southwesterly to a point at the northeast right-of-way intersection of Selig Drive and Mendel Drive; thence in a southeasterly direction to the west right-of-way of Bakers Ferry Road, at a distance of 1,200 feet more or less northeast of Mendel Drive; thence continuing southwesterly along the west right-of-way of Bakers Ferry Road to the western line of Land Lot 58 and then proceeding southerly along the western line of said land lot to the northwestern corner of Land Lot 59; thence, proceeding southerly along the western line of Land Lot 59 to the southwestern corner of Land Lot 59; thence along the southern line of Land Lot 82 to the southwestern corner of said land lot; thence southerly along the western line of Land Lot 81 to the north right-of-way of Cascade Road; thence along the north right-of-way of Cascade Road in a westerly direction to the east right-of-way of Fulton Industrial Boulevard; thence in a southwesterly direction along the eastern right-of-way of Fulton Industrial Boulevard to the intersection of the south right-of-way of Old Riverside Drive; thence proceeding in a southeasterly direction along the southwesterly right-of-way of Riverside Drive 1,274.93 feet to a point; thence, southerly to a point on the northern line of Land Lot 131; thence, westerly along the northern line of said land lot to the northwest corner of said land lot; thence, in a southerly direction along the western line of said land lot to the southeast corner of Land Lot 137; thence, westerly along the southern line of Land Lot 137 to the southwest corner of Land Lot 137; thence, southerly along the eastern line of Land Lot 149 to the southeast corner of said land lot; thence, proceeding westerly along the southern line of Land Lot 149 to the intersection of the northern right-of-way of Campbellton Road; thence, along the northern right-of-way of Campbellton Road in a westerly direction to a point of intersection between the Fulton County line and the northern right-of-way of Campbellton Road, said county line also lying in the Chattahoochee River and being the western line of Land Lot 58, District 9C, in said county and state; thence north and east with the Fulton County line to the northwest corner of Charlie Brown County Airport at the intersection of Sandy Creek and the Chattahoochee River, said point being in Land Lot 20, 14th District F.F. of said county and state; thence, running along Sandy Creek south and east to a point of intersection with the southern line of Land Lot 20; thence, proceeding along the southern line of Land Lot 20 in an easterly direction to the southeast corner of Land Lot 18, said point being on the district line between the 14th District F.F. and the 17th District; thence along said district line northerly to the northwest corner of Land Lot 268; thence, along the north boundary of Land Lot 268 in an easterly direction to the intersection with the south right-of-way of Fulton Industrial Boulevard; thence, in a southeasterly direction 810.55 feet to a fence corner; thence, in a northeasterly direction 294.60 feet to an iron pin; thence, in a southeasterly direction 331.97 feet to an iron pin; thence, in a southwesterly direction 843.48 feet to a point; thence, in a southwesterly direction 1,778.38 feet to a concrete monument on the west boundary line of Land Lot 268; said boundary line also being the district line between the 14th District F.F. and the 17th District; thence, along said district line in a southerly direction 309.58 feet to an iron pin; thence, in a southwesterly direction 473.74 feet to a fence corner on the southeast right-of-way of Fulton Industrial Boulevard; thence, in a southwesterly direction across Fulton Industrial Boulevard to the said point of beginning.

The area described hereinabove shall not hereafter be included within the limits of any municipal corporation as now exists or hereafter incorporated except by constitutional amendment. Except as hereinafter provided, property located within said area shall not be subject to any taxation except such as may be common to all of the territory of Fulton County outside the limits of any municipal corporation. The governing authority of Fulton County shall have the power and authority to levy an assessment for taxes or a service charge to defray the cost of any function performed or service rendered to the area herein described which is not common to all of the unincorporated areas of said county. The properties within said area shall be subject to all taxes for school purposes. The governing authority of Fulton County shall, without limitation, except as contained herein, have control over the area herein described for the same purposes and to the same extent as it shall have control over all other unincorporated areas in Fulton County. It is not the purpose hereof to limit the control of the governing authority of Fulton County over said area but to preserve to such authority hereafter the power and authority to develop and control said area as an industrial area, it being declared the public policy that such area be developed to supply employment, increase production, and promote the welfare of Fulton County as a whole and of the citizens thereof under the direction of the governing authority of the county.

Any other provision of this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing authority of Fulton County is hereby prohibited from levying any tax for educational purposes on taxable property within Fulton County which is located within the boundaries of an independent school system.

(1979 Ga. Laws (Act No. 22), page 1797, § 1)

Editor's note

The above amendment to Ga. Const. (1976) art. IX, § IV, ¶ II was continued in full force and effect by 1983 Ga. Laws (Act No. 176), page 4077 and 1986 Ga. Laws (Act No. 22), page 4438. See Ga. Const. art. XI, § I, ¶ IV.