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Community Development Department Zoning Division 135 West Cherokee Avenue, Suite 124 Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770-387-5007 Fax: 770-387-5644

Bartow County Application for Buffer Reduction

(Completed by Zoning Office)

Application Number: ______Date Submitted: ______Property Zoned: ______

Application is hereby made to the Bartow County Zoning Administrator for the purpose of requesting a buffer reduction under Section 8.3 of the Bartow County Zoning Ordinance. I submit herewith the fee of $100.00.

All applicants are to complete the following:

Name of subject property owner: ______

Name of applicant, if different from property owner: ______

Address:______

______

Telephone Home:______Work:______

Subject Property Description (property waiving buffer protection):

Address: ______

Land lot (s):______District______Section______

Area:______

Describe buffer(s) to be waived:

Location (i.e. north boundary, etc.):______

______

Property owner of property containing buffer to be waived:______

Buffer reduction from existing width ______to requested width______(“0” is a possible answer).

All property owners of record of the subject property must sign before notary public. [Permission from property owner of property containing buffer to be waived is not required].

Name: ______Signature: ______(please print)

Sworn to and subscribed before me This_____ day of ______, 20___.

______Notary Public

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED:

The applicant must provide the following along with the application.

(1) The deed of the property making application;

(2) One copy of a plat, drawn to scale, showing north arrow, land lot and district, the dimensions, acreage and location of the tract and showing the reduced or eliminated buffer area and buffers remaining to protect adjacent property not participating in the request. The plat should show the zoning of all the involved and adjoining parcels. The plat must be prepared by an architect, engineer, landscape architect or land surveyor whose state registration is current and valid. The preparer’s seal shall be affixed to the plat. If a new plat is prepared, the plat must be prepared in compliance with the County’s GPS Control Network and Digital Enterprise GIS system (consult the Engineering Department for details). An additional electronic copy of the plat shall be submitted by the applicant, owner or developer to the Engineering Department;

(3) The names and addresses of the owners of the land and their agents, if any; and

(4) The names and addresses of all adjoining property owners. In determining the adjoining property owners, streams and road, street or railroad rights-of-way shall be disregarded.

NOTES:

(A) Once the property owner waives or reduces the buffer, it is waived or reduced hereafter unless both the current subject property owner and the adjoining property owner (i.e., the property buffered) file a request for the buffer to be reinstated.

(B) If the request is approved, the applicant shall submit a proposed Agreement, Covenant or other instrument to the Zoning Administrator, for review and approval prior to filing in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Bartow County, Georgia in the Deed Records. The plat shall also be filed and referenced therin reflecting the buffer reduction. The purpose of this instrument shall be to inform all subsequent purchasers of the reduction of the buffer. The buffer reduction shall not take effect until said instrument has been reviewed and approved, and it and the plat have been recorded.

(C) A buffer that has been reduced or eliminated through this process may be increased or re-imposed by future zoning decision or zoning condition imposed by the Commissioner, especially if conditions change. The reduction granted in this process by the Zoning Administrator shall not abridge the zoning power of the County’s governing authority. However, any future zoning decision or zoning condition should respect the vested rights of the property owners.

Application received by: ______Date: ______

Buffer Request  Approved  Denied

Zoning Administrator: ______Date: ______

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