Bulloch County, GA HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

Bulloch County Zoning Ordinance § 1455(g)(4), part of the Appendix C conservation-subdivision article, governs any homeowners' association (HOA) formed to own and manage the open space set aside in a conservation subdivision in unincorporated Bulloch County. Before the planning director will approve a final plat, the developer must submit a description of the HOA, including its bylaws and its methods for maintaining open space, for departmental review. The developer is also required to establish the HOA and endow it with a financial subsidy before that final plat is approved.

Once created, membership is not optional: every owner of a non-open-space lot in the subdivision becomes a member automatically. The HOA carries the ongoing burden of maintaining the open space and paying its insurance and property taxes, and it must assess dues from members to cover those costs unless another income source is available; members split the expense equitably under the association's bylaws. To make those dues collectible, the ordinance gives the HOA the legal authority to place liens on the lots of members who fail to pay.

Finally, the HOA cannot be dissolved on its own initiative: Section 1455(g)(4)(e) requires the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners' consent before dissolution, so residents cannot simply vote to wind the association down and abandon upkeep of the protected open space. Separately, Section 1455(g)(3) requires that the open space also be protected by a conservation easement in addition to HOA ownership.