{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-3-12-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 3-12-1","heading":"“Residential community development district” defined.","body":"As used in this chapter, the term “residential community development district” or “district” means a private residential development that:\n(1) Is not less than 500 acres of contiguous land area;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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\n(5) Has a social club with:\n(A) An 18 hole golf course of regulation size;\n(B) A restaurant or eatery used exclusively for the purpose of preparing and serving meals, with a seating capacity of at least 60 patrons;\n(C) 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;\n(D) A membership policy whereby membership is not denied or limited by an applicant’s race, color, creed, sex, religion, or national origin; and\n(E) A full-time management staff for the social activities of the club, including the management of the premises where food and drink are sold.","path":["TITLE 3 Alcoholic Beverages","CHAPTER 12 Residential Community Development Districts"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.03.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"7e62a933dea933a36351edfa224b924247f8882be667508afe11f1a440661dbb","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-3-11-5","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-3-12-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}