§ 7A. Wards.

(a)

For the purpose of electing the four councilmembers of the City of Riverdale, the city shall be divided into four wards. Wards 1, 2, 3, and 4 shall correspond to those four numbered districts described in a plan and attached to and made a part of this Act and further identified as "Plan: riverdale-pl-2016 Plan Type: Local Administrator: H074 User: Gina".

(b)

(1)

For the purposes of such plan:

(A)

The term "VTD" shall mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a ward description which are underneath a 'VTD' heading shall mean and describe individual blocks within a VTD as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia; and

(B)

Except as otherwise provided in the description of any ward, whenever the description of any ward refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(2)

Any part of the City of Riverdale that is not included in any ward described in subsection (a) of this section shall be included within that ward contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia.

(3)

Any part of the City of Riverdale which is described in subsection (a) of this section as being included in a particular ward shall nevertheless not be included within such ward if such part is not contiguous to such ward. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be included within that ward contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2010 for the State of Georgia."

(1963 Ga. Laws, page 2185; 1991 Ga. Laws, page 4956; 2017 House Bill 548 , 5-3-17, § 2)