TITLE 3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Section 12. Residential Community Development Districts, 3-12-1 through 3-12-3.

ARTICLE 2 HOTELS AND MOTELS

3-12-1. "Residential community development district" defined.

As used in this chapter, the term "residential community development district" or "district" means a private residential development that:

1. Is not less than 500 acres of contiguous land area;
2. Is located either within a county where the sale of alcoholic beverages is authorized or within a county that has one or more municipalities where the sale of alcoholic beverages is authorized, but outside the corporate limits of any municipality;
3. Has at least 200 residential sites, platted and recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the county as a residential subdivision;
4. Has streets that were or will be built with private funds and are or will be maintained by private funds of the developers or property owners within the development; and
5. Has a social club with:
   1. An 18 hole golf course of regulation size;
   2. A restaurant or eatery used exclusively for the purpose of preparing and serving meals, with a seating capacity of at least 60 patrons;
   3. A golf or social club membership and has at least 200 paid-up members who have paid a membership fee for family or individual membership;
   4. A membership policy whereby membership is not denied or limited by an applicant's race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin; and
   5. A full-time management staff for the social activities of the club, including the management of the premises where food and drink are sold.

(Code 1981, §3-12-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 486, § 2.)