Subdivision, Improvement, Lease, or Sale of Island by Authority - Limitation as to Number of Lots to Be Leased or Sold to One Party

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  6. Jekyll Island-State Park Authority
  7. Subdivision, Improvement, Lease, or Sale of Island by Authority - Limitation as to Number of Lots to Be Leased or Sold to One Party

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  1. Subject to the exceptions provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this Code section, no person, partnership, or corporation except the authority may, during the life of the authority, hold under lease or by deed or any combination of leases and deeds a total of more than three lots in the residential subdivisions made on Jekyll Island by the authority.
  2. No violation of the limitation provided in subsection (a) of this Code section by any party shall in any wise affect the good and sufficient title of any bona fide assignee or transferee or any subsequent assignee or transferee thereof.
  3. The limitation provided in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any bank, insurance company, building and loan association, mortgage loan company, or federal or state lending agency which may be holding lots under lease or by deed or under any combination of leases and deeds by virtue of foreclosure of loans made upon the security or improvements erected or existing on such lots.
  4. The authority may waive the limitation provided in subsection (a) of this Code section as regards groups of not more than 25 lots if the lessee or owner thereof is a person or a corporation or other business enterprise engaged in the construction and sale of houses, and such entity covenants to erect houses upon the lots so leased or owned and to sell and assign all lots so leased or owned as improved within a reasonable period of time as determined by the authority.
  5. The authority may waive the limitation provided in subsection (a) of this Code section as regards groups of not more than 25 lots when the lessee or owner thereof covenants to erect or causes to be erected a shopping center or business block or housing project thereon which, when completed, shall be offered for rental or sale, unit by unit, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the authority.

(Ga. L. 1950, p. 152, § 11; Ga. L. 1951, p. 782, § 4; Ga. L. 1952, p. 276, § 2; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 261, § 3; Ga. L. 1957, p. 608, § 3.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, § 64 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, § 249.


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