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02 LC 18 1696
House Bill
1639
By: Representatives Harrell of the
62nd, Davis of the 60th, Watson of the 70th,
Ragas of the 64th, Sailor of the 71st and others
A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of
Chamblee, approved March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 976), as amended, so as to
change the election districts to provide for two at-large districts and three
numbered districts; to define the boundaries of the three numbered districts; to
provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this Act for approval
under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
An Act creating a new charter for the City of Chamblee,
approved March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 976), as amended, is amended by
striking subparagraph (a) of Section 1 of Article 3 and substituting in
lieu thereof a new subparagraph (a) to read as
follows:
"(a)
For purposes of electing members of the city council, the City of Chamblee is
divided into three council districts and two at-large districts. One member of
the city council shall be elected from each of the three council districts and
two members of the city council shall be elected from the city at large. The
three council districts shall be and correspond to those three numbered
districts described in Section 1.1 of this Article 3. At the time a candidate
for the office of councilmember of any of the three election districts described
in Section 1.1 of this Article 3 qualifies as a candidate, and at the time he is
elected to such office, and throughout such
person´s
term of service as such, such person shall be a bona fide resident of the
election district within the city designated by such person when qualifying as a
candidate. Candidates for the office of councilmember at large may reside
anywhere within the corporate limits of the City of Chamblee. A candidate for
the office of councilmember at large shall designate, at the time such
person qualifies as a candidate, that such person is qualifying as an at-large
candidate. Council districts numbered 1, 2, and 3 as they exist immediately
prior to the effective date of this Act shall continue to be designated as
Council Districts 1, 2, and 3, respectively, but as newly described under this
Act and as set forth in Section 1.1 of this Article 3, and on and after the
effective date of this Act, such councilmembers serving from former districts 4
and 5 shall be deemed to be serving as councilmembers at
large."
SECTION 2.
Said Act is further amended in Section 1 of Article 3 by
striking subparagraphs (b) and (g) in their entirety; by redesignating
subparagraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), and (h) as subparagraphs (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f), and (g); and by striking newly designated subparagraph (g) in its entirety
and substituting in lieu thereof a new subparagraph (g) to read as
follows:
"(g)
The office of a councilmember shall become vacant upon such
person´s
removal of such
person´s
residence from the district from which elected or such
person´s
removal of such
person´s
residence from the
city."
SECTION 3.
Said Act is further amended by striking Section 1.1 of
Article 3 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new heading and new
Section 1.1 to read as follows:
"SECTION
1.1.
The corporate area of the City of Chamblee is divided into
three districts for the purpose of electing councilmembers from each such
district. For such purposes, said districts are to be known as election
districts and are to be numbered Election Districts 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
Two councilmembers shall be elected from the city at
large.
(1) Election District 1 shall include the area
lying within the following described lines and boundaries: Beginning at the
point where the centerline of New Peachtree Road intersects the centerline of
Clairmont Road, and from said point of intersection running southwesterly along
the centerline of New Peachtree Road to a point where the centerline of New
Peachtree Road, if extended in a straight line in a southwesterly direction
would intersect the centerline of Eighth Street, and running thence in a
westerly direction along the centerline of Eighth Street to the point where the
centerline of Eighth Street, if extended in a straight line in a westerly
direction, would intersect the centerline of Peachtree Road, and running thence
in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of Peachtree Road so as to
reach the point where the west line of Land Lot 278 of the 18th
District of DeKalb County intersects the centerline of Peachtree Road; thence
northerly along the west line of Land Lot 278 of said 18th District
and continuing northerly also along the west line of Land Lot 300 of said
18th District, and also along the west line of Land Lot 307 of said
18th District to the point where the centerline of Harts Mill Road
intersects the western line of Land Lot 307 of the 18th District;
running thence in a northerly, easterly and northeasterly direction along the
centerline of Harts Mill Road following the curvature thereof to the point where
the centerline of Harts Mill Road would intersect the centerline of Spring
Street, if the centerline of Spring Street was extended northerly in a straight
line; thence southerly along the centerline of Spring Street to the point where
the centerline of Mendenhall Street would intersect the centerline of Spring
Street, if the centerline of Mendenhall Street was extended westerly in a
straight line; thence easterly along the centerline of Mendenhall Street to the
point where the centerline of Mendenhall Street would intersect the centerline
of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road if the centerline of Mendenhall Street was extended
easterly in a straight line; thence southeasterly along the centerline of
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road to the point where the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road would intersect the centerline of Pierce Drive, if the centerline of Pierce
Drive was extended easterly in a straight line; thence westerly and southerly
along the centerline of Pierce Drive to the point where the centerline of Pierce
Drive would intersect the centerline of New Peachtree Road, if the centerline of
Pierce Drive was extended in a straight line in a southerly direction; thence
northeasterly along the centerline of New Peachtree Road to the point where the
centerline of New Peachtree Road intersects the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road; thence continuing southeasterly from said point of intersection along the
centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road to the point where the centerline of
Catalina Drive would intersect the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road if the
centerline of Catalina Drive was extended northerly in a straight line; thence
southerly along the centerline of Catalina Drive to the point where the
centerline of Catalina Drive would intersect the centerline of Coronado Place,
if the centerline of Coronado Place was extended westerly in a straight line;
thence easterly along the centerline of Coronado Place to the point where the
centerline of Coronado Place would intersect the centerline of Blackburn Way if
the centerline of Blackburn Way was extended southerly in a straight line;
thence northerly along the centerline of Blackburn Way to the point where the
centerline of Blackburn Way would intersect the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road, if the centerline of Blackburn Way was extended northerly in a straight
line; thence southeasterly along the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road to a
point where the centerline of West Hospital Avenue would intersect the
centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, if the centerline of West Hospital Avenue
was extended northerly in a straight line; thence southerly along the centerline
of West Hospital Avenue to a point where the centerline of West Hospital Avenue
would intersect the centerline of Reeves Street, if the centerline of Reeves
Street was extended westerly in a straight line; thence easterly and southerly
along the centerline of Reeves Street to a point where the centerline of Reeves
Street would intersect the centerline of Lu Jan Drive if the centerline of Lu
Jan Drive was extended westerly in a straight line; thence easterly along the
centerline of Lu Jan Drive to a point where the centerline of Lu Jan Drive would
intersect the centerline of Cumberland Drive, if the centerline of Lu Jan Drive
was extended easterly in a straight line; thence southeasterly along the
centerline of Cumberland Drive to the point where the centerline of Cumberland
Drive would intersect the centerline of the northern most end of Cumberland
Court, if the centerline of Cumberland Court was extended westerly in a straight
line; thence southerly along the centerline of Cumberland Court to the point
where the centerline of Cumberland Court would intersect the centerline of
Cumberland Drive, if the centerline of Cumberland Court was extended westerly in
a straight line; thence running southerly along the centerline of Cumberland
Drive to the point where the centerline of Cumberland Drive would intersect the
centerline of Chamblee-Tucker Road, if the centerline of Cumberland Drive was
extended southerly in a straight line; thence westerly along the centerline of
Chamblee-Tucker Road to the point where the centerline of Chamblee-Tucker Road
intersects the centerline of New Peachtree Road; thence westerly along the
centerline of New Peachtree Road to the point where the centerline of Hardee
Avenue would intersect the centerline of New Peachtree Road, if the centerline
of Hardee Avenue was extended northerly in a straight line; thence southerly
along the centerline of Hardee Avenue to the point where the centerline of
Hardee Avenue would intersect the centerline of Sixth Street, if the centerline
of Sixth Street was extended easterly in a straight line; thence westerly along
the centerline of Sixth Street to the point where the centerline of Sixth Street
would intersect the centerline of Clairmont Road; if the centerline of Sixth
Street was extended westerly in a straight line; thence northerly along the
centerline of Clairmont Road to the point where the centerline of Clairmont Road
intersects the centerline of New Peachtree Road, this point being the point of
beginning in this description of Election District
1.
(2) Election District 2 shall include the area
lying within the following described lines and boundaries: Beginning on the
eastern corporate limit line at a point where the centerline of
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road would intersect said eastern corporate limit line, if the
centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road was extended in a straight line in an
easterly direction, thence westerly along the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road to the point where the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road intersects the
centerline of Cumberland Drive if the centerline of Cumberland Drive was
extended in a straight line in a northerly direction, thence southerly along the
centerline of Cumberland Drive to the point where the centerline of Cumberland
Drive would intersect the centerline of Lu Jan Drive, if the centerline of Lu
Jan Drive was extended in a straight line in an easterly direction; thence
westerly along the centerline of Lu Jan Drive to the point where the centerline
of Lu Jan Drive would intersect the centerline of Reeves Street, if the
centerline of Reeves Street was extended in a straight line in a southerly
direction; thence northerly and westerly along the centerline of Reeves Street
to a point where the centerline of Reeves Street would intersect the centerline
of West Hospital Avenue, if the centerline of Reeves Street was extended in a
straight line in a westerly direction; thence northerly along the centerline of
West Hospital Avenue to a point where the centerline of West Hospital Avenue
would intersect the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, if the centerline of
West Hospital Avenue was extended in a straight line in a northerly direction,
thence westerly along the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road to a point where
the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road would intersect the centerline of
Blackburn Way, if the centerline of Blackburn Way was extended in a northerly
direction in a straight line, thence southerly along the centerline of Blackburn
Way to a point where the centerline of Blackburn Way would intersect the
centerline of Coronado Place, if the centerline of Coronado Place was extended
in an easterly direction in a straight line, thence westerly along the
centerline of Coronado Place to a point where the centerline of Coronado Place
would intersect the centerline of Catalina Drive, if the centerline of Coronado
Place was extended in a westerly direction in a straight line, thence northerly
along the centerline of Catalina Drive to a point where the centerline of
Catalina Drive would intersect the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, if the
centerline of Catalina Drive was extended in a northerly direction in a straight
line, thence northwesterly along the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road to the
point where the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road intersects the centerline
of New Peachtree Road, thence southwesterly along the centerline of New
Peachtree Road to the point where the centerline of New Peachtree Road would
intersect the centerline of Pierce Drive, if the centerline of Pierce Drive was
extended in a straight line in a southerly direction; thence northwesterly and
then easterly along the extended centerline of Pierce Drive to a point where the
centerline of Pierce Drive would intersect the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road, if the centerline of Pierce Drive was extended in a straight line in an
easterly direction, thence northerly along the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road to a point where the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road would intersect
the centerline of Mendenhall Street, if the centerline of Mendenhall Street was
extended in a straight line in an easterly direction, thence westerly along the
centerline of Mendenhall Street to a point where the centerline of Mendenhall
Street would intersect the centerline of Spring Street, if the centerline of
Mendenhall Street was extended in a straight line in a westerly direction,
thence northerly along the centerline of Spring Street to a point where the
centerline of Spring Street would intersect the centerline of Harts Mill Road if
the centerline of Spring Street was extended in a straight line in a northerly
direction, thence continuing easterly along the centerline of Harts Mill Road to
a point where the centerline of Harts Mill Road would intersect the centerline
of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road if the centerline of Harts Mill Road was extended in a
straight line in an easterly direction, thence southeasterly along the
centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road to a point where the northern corporate
limit line of the City of Chamblee intersects the centerline of
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road if the said northern corporate limit line was extended
southwesterly in a straight line; then northerly and easterly following the said
corporate limit line of the City of Chamblee in all its courses, curves and
meandering to a point where the eastern corporate limit line intersects the
centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, if the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road was extended in a straight line in an easterly direction, this being the
point of beginning of this description of Election District
2.
(3) Election District 3 shall include the area
lying within the following described lines and boundaries: Beginning at the
point where the centerline of New Peachtree Road, if extended in a straight line
in a southwesterly direction, would intersect the centerline of Eighth Street,
if extended in a straight line in an easterly direction, and running thence in
an easterly and southerly direction and following the corporate limit line of
the City of Chamblee in all its courses, distances, curves and meanderings so as
to reach a point where the said corporate limit line reaches the east side of
Shallowford Road; thence running in a northeasterly direction and following the
said corporate limit line of the City of Chamblee in all its courses, distances,
curves and meanderings so as to reach a point where the said corporate limit
line of the City would intersect the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, if
the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road was extended in a straight line in an
easterly direction; thence westerly along the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody
Road to the point where the centerline of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road would intersect
the centerline of Cumberland Drive, if the centerline of Cumberland Drive was
extended in a straight line in a northerly direction; thence southerly along the
centerline of Cumberland Drive to the point where the centerline of Cumberland
Drive would intersect the northernmost end of Cumberland Court, if the
centerline of Cumberland Court was extended westerly in a straight line; thence
southerly along the centerline of Cumberland Court to the point where the
centerline of Cumberland Court would intersect the centerline of Cumberland
Drive, if the centerline of Cumberland Court was extended westerly in a straight
line; thence running southerly along the centerline of Cumberland Drive to the
point where the centerline of Cumberland Drive would intersect the centerline of
Chamblee-Tucker Road, if the centerline of Cumberland Drive was extended
southerly in a straight line; thence westerly along the centerline of
Chamblee-Tucker Road to the point where the centerline of Chamblee-Tucker Road
intersects the centerline of New Peachtree Road; thence westerly along the
centerline of New Peachtree Road to the point where the centerline of Hardee
Avenue would intersect the centerline of New Peachtree Road, if the centerline
of Hardee Avenue was extended northerly in a straight line; thence southerly
along the centerline of Hardee Avenue to the point where the centerline of
Hardee Avenue would intersect the centerline of Sixth Street, if the centerline
of Sixth Street was extended easterly in a straight line; thence westerly along
the centerline of Sixth Street to the point where the centerline of Sixth Street
would intersect the centerline of Clairmont Road, if the centerline of Sixth
Street was extended westerly in a straight line; thence northerly along the
centerline of Clairmont Road to the point where the centerline of Clairmont Road
intersects the centerline of New Peachtree Road; thence southwesterly along the
centerline of New Peachtree Road to a point where the centerline of New
Peachtree Road, if extended in a straight line in a southwesterly direction,
would intersect the centerline of Eighth Street, if extended in a straight line
in an easterly direction, this point being the point of beginning in this
description of Election District
3."
SECTION 4.
It shall be the duty of the attorney of the City of Chamblee
to submit this Act for approval pursuant to Section 5 of the federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended.
SECTION 5.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.