Environmental Rules in Paulding County, GA (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Paulding County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
Stormwater Management
Paulding County bans discharging any pollutant other than stormwater into the county's separate storm sewer system under Code of Ordinances Sec. 46-83, and separately prohibits building or maintaining any illegal connection to that system. The marshal's office, public works, and community development enforce the ban, with civil penalties running up to $1,000 per day.
Paulding County Stormwater Discharge Rules
Significant RestrictionsPaulding County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 46-83
(a)No person shall throw, drain, or otherwise discharge, cause, or allow others under its control to throw, drain, or otherwise discharge into the county separate storm sewer system any pollutants or waters containing any pollutants, other than stormwater. ... (c)Prohibition of illegal connections. The construction, connection, use, maintenance or continued existence of any illegal connection t...
Erosion Control
Anyone disturbing land in unincorporated Paulding County needs a land-disturbance permit from the Community Development Department before grading, clearing or building starts. The permit requires an approved erosion, sedimentation and pollution control plan, and local fees are capped at $80 per acre of disturbed land.
Paulding County Erosion & Sediment Control Rules
Significant RestrictionsPaulding County, GA, Development Regulations, Appendix B, Art. 9, § 9.4.2(1),(4)
No person shall conduct any land-disturbing activity within the jurisdictional boundaries of Paulding County without first obtaining a permit from the community development department to perform such activity and providing a copy of notice of intent submitted to EPD if applicable... In addition to the local permitting fees, fees will also be assessed pursuant to paragraph (5) subsection (a) of ...
Flood Zones
No owner or developer can build, fill, grade or otherwise develop a site inside a special flood hazard or future-conditions flood hazard area in unincorporated Paulding County without first getting a floodplain development permit from the Community Development Department.
Paulding County Floodplain Development Rules
Significant RestrictionsPaulding County, GA, Development Regulations, Appendix B, Art. 10, § 10.3.1
No owner or developer shall perform any development activities on a site where an area of special flood hazard or area of future-conditions flood hazard is located without first meeting the requirements of this ordinance prior to commencing the proposed activity. Unless specifically excluded by this ordinance, any landowner or developer desiring a permit for a development activity shall submit ...
Flood Elevation Requirements
New homes built inside Paulding County's future-conditions floodplain must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least three feet above the base flood elevation or one foot above the future-conditions flood elevation, whichever number is higher.
Paulding County Flood Elevation Freeboard Rules
Some RestrictionsPaulding County, GA, Development Regulations, Appendix B, Art. 10, § 10.5.2(1)(a)
New construction of principal residential structures shall not be allowed within the limits of the future-conditions floodplain unless all requirements of sections 10.4.3, 10.4.4 and 10.4.5 have been met. If all of the requirements of sections 10.4.3, 10.4.4 and 10.4.5 have been met, all new construction shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated no lower than three feet above th...
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