Warner Robins, GA Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

No person may conduct land-disturbing activity within city limits without first obtaining a permit from the city engineer's office and, where required, filing a notice of intent with the Georgia EPD, per Sec. 21-42(a). The application must include six copies of an erosion, sedimentation and pollution control plan meeting the standards in Sec. 21-22 and 21-23, certified that the plan preparer visited the site, and is reviewed by the Ocmulgee Soil and Water Conservation District within 35 days (failure to act is deemed approval). 00 per acre of disturbed land, payable before permit issuance (Sec.

21-42(c)). 00 per acre before issuing the permit (Sec. 21-42(f)) and can deny an application if the applicant had two or more permit violations in the prior three years. Permits must be issued or denied within 45 days of a completed application (Sec. 21-44(a)), and separate permits are required for each development phase. The city engineer periodically inspects active sites (Sec. 21-56), and refusing entry to an inspector is itself a violation under Sec. 21-59. Enforcement escalates from a written warning with five days to correct, to an immediate stop-work order on the third violation or any imminent threat to public health or state waters (Sec.

21-72). Violators also risk forfeiture of their performance bond (Sec. 00 per day, with each day of continuing violation charged as a separate offense (Sec. 21-74). Starting work without any permit can additionally trigger revocation of the violator's city business license under Sec. 21-71.