5 rules for unincorporated Coweta County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
Coweta County requires a land-disturbance permit and post-development stormwater controls for new construction. As a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District member, it enforces runoff-reduction and stream-buffer standards on the erosive red-clay Piedmont.
Any land disturbance in Coweta County requires erosion and sediment controls under Georgia's Erosion and Sedimentation Act. A 25-foot undisturbed buffer applies along state waters, widening to 50 feet on trout streams, a serious constraint on the county's easily eroded red clay.
O.C.G.A. § 12-7-6(b)(15)(A)
There is established a 25 foot buffer along the banks of all state waters, as measured horizontally from the point where vegetation has been wrested by normal stream flow or wave action
Coweta County is landlocked in the southwest Atlanta metro, roughly 250 miles from the Atlantic. Georgia's coastal statutes do not apply here. The county's waterfront is the Chattahoochee River and creeks, governed by stream buffers, watershed setbacks, and floodplain rules instead.
Coweta County participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and enforces floodplain standards along the Chattahoochee River, Line Creek, and White Oak Creek. New buildings in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas must sit above base flood elevation with added county freeboard.
Coweta County requires a land-disturbance permit for significant grading and enforces the state's stream buffers. Drainage cannot be redirected onto neighboring property, and retaining walls over four feet need engineered plans and a separate permit.
O.C.G.A. § 12-7-6(b)(15)(A)
There is established a 25 foot buffer along the banks of all state waters, as measured horizontally from the point where vegetation has been wrested by normal stream flow or wave action
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