Troup County, GA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

Section 6.3 of the Troup County Unified Development Ordinance makes it unlawful to cause any utility facility encroachment in, or crossing of, a county-maintained public road outside a municipality's corporate limits without a permit from the Board of Commissioners. The application must go to the Board itself and include the applicant's name and mailing address, a description of the work with three copies of a plan showing the roadway centerline, right-of-way width, pavement width, existing driveways and drainage structures, and the county and state route number with distance from a reference point such as an intersecting highway or corporate limit.

The permit is issued for a fee set in the county's fee schedule, and Section 6.3(1)(a)(ii) specifies it is to be strictly construed, so no work beyond what the permit describes is authorized. The permit is regulatory rather than contractual, cannot be transferred without the Board's written consent, and the Board may revoke it at its pleasure if the facility later becomes dangerous, unsafe or a nuisance to the traveling public, or if the County needs the right-of-way to widen a road; the County must still give ten days' written notice before revoking.

An applicant may appeal the chairman's decision on permit conditions to the Superior Court of Troup County. The applicant bears the entire cost of installing, maintaining and operating the facility, must reimburse the County for any expense the work causes, and must maintain flagmen, signs, barricades and other safety devices during construction and, through a watchman, during non-work hours.