Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Clayton County, GA (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Clayton County, Georgia.
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Sidewalk Repair
In unincorporated Clayton County, a property owner required to build a sidewalk under the county's sidewalk standards can ask the zoning administrator for permission to pay the county to install it instead, under Code of Ordinances Sec. 82-71. The owner covers the full installation cost and must convey any needed land to the county at no charge.
Clayton County: Owners Pay For Sidewalks
Some RestrictionsClayton County Code of Ordinances § 82-71
A property owner required to construct sidewalks consistent with the Clayton County Code Section 6.28 - Public Improvement Standards (PI), Section 86-154 - Sidewalk standards, and/or other sections of the Clayton County Code regarding construction of sidewalks may upon written request to the Zoning Administrator and with the consent of the Zoning Administrator and the Director of Transportation...
Obstruction Rules
Clayton County makes it disorderly conduct to obstruct a highway, road, street, sidewalk, passage, or parking area so that it becomes impassable without reasonable inconvenience or hazard, then refuse to clear it when a law enforcement officer lawfully orders it, under Sec. 62-9(a)(7). The offense requires both the blockage and the refusal to move once ordered.
Clayton County Bans Sidewalk and Street Obstruction
Some RestrictionsClayton County Code § 62-9(a)(7)
(7)Obstruction of any highway, road, street, sidewalk, passage or parking area in such a way as to render it impassable without reasonable inconvenience or hazard and the failure or refusal to remove such obstruction upon being lawfully commanded to do so by a law enforcement officer.
Encroachment Permits
Clayton County requires a utility permit before any utility installs, builds, maintains, renews, removes or relocates pipes, cables, poles or similar equipment in, on, along, over or under a public county road, and facilities already in place need one too. Applications go in writing to the Transportation and Development Director, and the permit is a revocable license on 30 days' notice.
Clayton County Right-of-Way Utility Permit Rules
Significant RestrictionsClayton County Code of Ordinances § 82-27
Permit requirement. Prior to the installation, construction, maintenance, renewal, removal, or relocation of pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, poles, towers, tracks, drains, traffic and other such signals, and other equipment and appliances of any utility in, on, along, over or under the public roads of the county, a permit for such installation, construction, maintenance, renewal, removal...
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