Any land disturbance in Paulding 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. Red-clay Piedmont soil makes this critical.
Paulding County's Development Division acts as a certified Local Issuing Authority under the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act (O.C.G.A. Title 12, Chapter 7), reviewing plans, issuing land-disturbance permits, and inspecting sites. In the county's erosion-prone red clay, best management practices such as silt fence, stabilized entrances, sediment basins, and prompt stabilization of bare soil are mandatory. State law fixes a 25-foot undisturbed vegetative buffer along all state waters and a 50-foot buffer along trout streams, measured from the point where vegetation has been wrested by normal stream flow. No land-disturbing activity is allowed inside the buffer without a state variance.
Disturbing land without controls or encroaching on a stream buffer brings stop-work orders and fines. Under the Erosion and Sedimentation Act, penalties reach $2,500 per day per violation, assessed by the county as issuing authority.
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