Catoosa County, GA HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

Catoosa County allows private streets only in the A1, RA, R-1, R-2, R-3, C-R and PUD zoning districts, and only when a development wants gated entries, mixed ownership forms or other non-traditional road designs (UDC § 6.03.09(A)-(B)). The county itself never owns or maintains a private street: § 6.03.09(D)(1) states plainly that the County shall not maintain roadways, signs or drainage improvements on private streets and requires every such development to form a mandatory Homeowners Association. Section 6.03.09(D)(2) then dictates what the HOA's recorded covenants must contain.

The covenants must establish minimum annual assessments in an amount adequate to defray the cost of ordinary maintenance, along with a procedure for approving additional assessments when needed; they must set a periodic maintenance schedule; be enforceable by any served property owner or by the HOA itself; and include a formula that assesses maintenance and repair costs equitably across all lots served by the private road. The covenants must run with the land and cannot be modified in a way that conflicts with the UDC.

Maintenance responsibilities spelled out in the covenants cover road surfacing, shoulders, signs, storm drainage facilities and vegetation control, and the covenants must carry a notice that no Catoosa County public funds will ever be used to build, repair or maintain the private road. Buyers are also protected on the front end: § 6.03.09(E) requires every purchaser of a lot served by a private street to sign a release, prepared on a form the County Attorney approves and recorded with the deed, acknowledging the street is private and that maintenance is the HOA's responsibility, not the County's.

The final plat must carry a matching notice in at least 12-point bold type. The HOA is also responsible for maintaining compliance with the County's NPDES stormwater discharge permit for the private street parcel under § 6.03.09(G)(2).