All terms used in this rule chapter shall be interpreted in accordance with the definitions as set forth in O.C.G.A. Sec. 48-5-7.4 and Rule Chapter 560-11-6.
(1) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.(2) "Maintenance in its natural condition" means to manage the land in such a manner that would not ruin, erode, harm, damage, or spoil the nature, distinctiveness, identity, appearance, utility or function that originally characterized the property as environmentally sensitive under O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-7.4(a)(2).(3) "Primary use" means the principal use to which the property is devoted, as distinct from an incidental, occasional, intermediate or temporary use for some other purpose not detrimental to or in conflict with its primary purpose.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-18-.02
O.C.G.A. §§ 48-5-7.4, 12-2-4(k), 12-2-24(a).
Original Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. Feb. 7, 1992; eff. Feb. 27, 1992.Amended: F. July 22, 2019; eff. August 11, 2019.