Environmental Rules in Cobb County, GA (2026)

Cobb County Code § 50-131(a)(1)

(a)Stormwater management measures may include both structural and nonstructural elements. Natural swales and other natural runoff conduits shall be retained where practicable.(1)Structural stormwater controls. All structural stormwater management facilities shall be selected and designed using the appropriate criteria from the Georgia Stormwater Management Manual. All structural stormwater cont...

Cobb County Code § 50-75(b)(2)

A discharge of stormwater runoff from disturbed areas where best management practices have not been properly designed, installed and maintained shall constitute a separate violation of any land disturbing permit issued by Cobb County pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 12-5-30(f), the Georgia Water Quality Control Act, for each day on which such discharge results in the turbidity of receiving waters being i...

Cobb County Code § 58-51

No owner or developer shall perform any development activities on a site where an area of special flood hazard is located, or is proposed to be altered or disturbed in any way, without first meeting the requirements of this article prior to commencing the proposed activity. A development permit shall be required in conformance with the provisions of this article prior to the commencement of dev...

Cobb County Code § 58-67(2)

Sec. 58-67. - Development standards. The following development standards shall apply: ... (2) In districts which permit residential use, not less than 12,500 square feet of a single contiguous area of one zoning classification shall be at least 18 inches above the effective base flood elevation such that encroachments into the future-conditions "built-out" conditions floodplain for residential ...