Rockdale County, GA Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

Chapter 306 of the Rockdale County Code, the Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Pollution Control Ordinance, applies to any land-disturbing activity in the unincorporated county unless it falls under Section 306-3's exemptions: minor home gardening and landscaping, single-family construction disturbing under one acre outside a larger common plan of development, agricultural operations, and forestry practices, among others. Anyone outside those exemptions must apply to the county under Section 306-5 with ten copies of an erosion, sedimentation and pollution control plan; the Rockdale County Soil and Water Conservation District has 35 days to approve or disapprove it, and silence after 35 days counts as approval.

00 per acre before issuing the permit. Section 306-4 sets the technical minimums: cut-fill operations kept to a minimum, disturbed soil stabilized as quickly as practicable, and a 25-foot buffer along the banks of all state waters (50 feet along designated trout streams) where no land-disturbing activity may occur until the site achieves final stabilization. The county may deny an application from anyone with two or more permit violations in the prior three years. Permits are decided within 45 days of a complete application. Section 306-9 lets a permit holder appeal a suspension, revocation or denial to the board of adjustment within 45 days, with further review available in Rockdale County Superior Court.