Paulding County is landlocked in the northwest Atlanta metro, roughly 250 miles from the Atlantic. Georgia's coastal statutes do not apply here. What governs waterfront lots instead are the county's stream buffers, watershed setbacks, and floodplain rules.
Georgia's Shore Protection Act (O.C.G.A. § 12-5-230 et seq.) and Coastal Marshlands Protection Act (O.C.G.A. § 12-5-280 et seq.) regulate development only in the state's six coastal counties, so no coastal-zone permit exists in Paulding County. The county has no ocean shoreline and no major federal reservoir. Its waters are creeks, Pumpkinvine Creek, the Sweetwater Creek headwaters, and Raccoon Creek, draining to the Etowah and Chattahoochee basins. Development near these streams is instead governed by the state's 25-foot undisturbed buffer under the Erosion and Sedimentation Act, the Metro Water District watershed setbacks, and county floodplain rules.
There are no state coastal penalties in Paulding County. Encroaching on a stream buffer or building in the floodplain without a permit instead draws Erosion and Sedimentation Act fines, stop-work orders, and corrective action from the county.
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Paulding County, GA
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