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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 12-5-440 (2019)

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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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This part shall be known as and may be cited as the ‘‘Metropolitan River Protection Act.’’

History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 128, § 1; Code 1981, § 12-5-440, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 4.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1992–2022 · leading case: Kohler Et Al. v. Van Peteghem Et Al., 767 S.E.2d 775 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014).
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Kohler Et Al. v. Van Peteghem Et Al., 767 S.E.2d 775 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 6× “During the ensuing jury trial, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendants on the plaintiffs’ claim brought under the Metropolitan River Protection Act (the “MRPA”), OCGA § 12-5-440 et seq. and in favor of the defendant wife on her battery counterclaim based on…”
Threatt v. Fulton Cnty., 467 S.E.2d 546 (Ga. 1996). · cites it 3× “4 During the proceedings, the condemnees asserted state and federal constitutional challenges to the Metropolitan River Protection Act (MRPA), OCGA § 12-5-440 et seq., 5 and to certain restrictions imposed on their property by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC).”
Cobb Cnty. v. Buchanan, 413 S.E.2d 198 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 2× “On all their properties there are structures within 50 feet of the river for which certificates from Cobb County are required pursuant to the Metropolitan River Protection Act (MRPA), OCGA § 12-5-440 et seq. Appellees entered the litigation which led to this appeal by…”
Forsyth Cnty. Georgia v. Mommies Props. LLC (Ga. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “County Zoning Board of Appeals (“ZBA”): an appeal of a stop work order issued for failing to get a land disturbance permit for stockpiling dirt on its property (A20A1810); an appeal of a decision requiring an erosion control plan for grassing the property (A20A1811); an appeal…”
Mommies Props., LLC v. Laura Semanson (Ga. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 12-5-442 (a); see generally OCGA § 12-5-440 et seq. (the Metropolitan River Protection Act).”
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