Title 3 — Development Regulations, Chapter 320 — Land Development.

Plans submitted shall be reviewed in accordance with one of the two tracks below:

incomplete applications will not be accepted. Likewise, all plats and plans must contain the minimum information required in Title 3. The absence of necessary design data shall result in plats and plans being resubmitted for a future plan review date. The checklist for construction plans can be found in Appendix Section 3.0 Section 3-60 or 3-70.

Table 320.3 Plan Review Thresholds for Construction Plans

1 Mandatory minimum number of days that shall pass between receipt of previous submittal comments and a future submittal to ensure responsible implementation of previous comments 2 Are required to meet in person with staff at the next available Thursday plan review meeting

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The construction plans shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one-inch equals 20 feet and the maximum scale shall be one- inch equals 100 feet, on no larger than a 24-inch by 36-inch sheet of paper, and contain the information required by the Residential Construction Plan Review Checklist found in Appendix 3.0 Section 3-60 or Nonresidential Construction Plan Review Checklist found in Appendix 3.0 Section 3-70.

When it is found to be necessary and desirable to locate public utility lines in other than street rights-of-way, easements shall be shown on the plat for such purposes.

Such easements shall not be less than 20 feet in width and shall be centered on the utility structure.

Where a proposed subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainage way or stream, appropriate provisions shall be made to accommodate stormwater and drainage through and from the proposed subdivision. Such easement shall conform substantially with the lines of said watercourse and be of sufficient width for construction and maintenance. All easements and appropriate storm drain pipe components shall be subject to Table 320.4, conform to county standards, and be centered over the conveyance system.

As a note, the property owner (public or private) is responsible for maintaining any open channel drainage easement included on or adjacent to their property.

Property owners are obligated to accept storm water flowing onto their property by gravity and should understand that property owners who fail to maintain drainage easements in an open unobstructed condition may be subject to fines and could face civil liability in the event of flood damage to surrounding properties.

Table 320.4 Easements for Watercourse and Drainage Storm Drain Pipes¹

Pipe Size  36         20    20      20      20   25    25      25  30  30  35    35          35    40

1The minimum easement width shall be based on the pipe diameter (span) plus two feet plus two times the pipe invert depth. The value shall be rounded up to the nearest five foot. For pipes exceeding 16 feet depth, a pre-submittal conference shall be held with the county to determine what additional requirements may be required.

In certain instances, a combined easement may be required that will encompass both the stormwater drainage structure/pipes and sanitary sewer structures/pipes.

When a situation such as this arises, the systems shall be separated by a minimum of 10-foot horizontal clearance (measured center to center of each pipe). The easement required will be measured from the center of the horizontal separation of the two systems and shall be no less than the required dimensions as detailed in Table 320.4 per each line. If the easement is not symmetrical due to different requirements for either the storm or sanity sewer lines, then the combined easement will need to be labeled so that it is clearly identified what the total width of the easement is along with the width from the center to the edge of easement on either side.

Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs) are large-scale developments that are likely to have regional effects beyond the local government jurisdiction in which they are located. The Georgia Planning Act of 1989 authorized the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to establish procedures for review of these large-scale projects. These procedures are designed to improve communication between affected governments and to provide a means of revealing and assessing potential impacts of large-scale developments before conflicts relating to them arise. At the same time, local government autonomy is preserved since the host government maintains the authority to make the final decision on whether a proposed development will or will not go forward.

No disturbance of the land, including clearing, grubbing or grading activities, shall commence or proceed except in accordance with the provisions of these regulations, unless the activity is exempt as an agricultural activity, or is for the construction of an approved private dwelling on a buildable lot of record. The following permits covering portions of the land development process may be issued in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.

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Where vehicles are expected to be operated upon one or more county roads in conjunction with the disturbance of any major or minor temporary work site, such road use permit shall include the following:

provided, however, that the county shall not be required to inspect any county road designated by the Board of Commissioners as a primary access route. At the discretion of the inspecting department, photographs may be attached showing the general condition of the county road sought to be used;

5.   Hospitals,  health  care  centers,   mental   health   institutions,  orphanages,

     nursing   homes,    convalescent    homes,    old     age  homes,     jails,  prisons,

     reformatories,  and  all  administrative,     public   assembly,     and  academic

buildings of colleges, universities, and vocational-technical schools. As used in this subparagraph, the terms “nursing homes,” “convalescent homes,” and “old age homes” mean any building used for the lodging, personal care, or nursing care on a 24-hour basis of four or more invalids, convalescents, or elderly persons who are not members of the same family;

For any structure to be served by on-site sewage disposal, a permit issued by the Office of Environmental Health shall be required prior to issuance of a land disturbance permit and/or building permit. Said permit(s) may first require approval by the Office of Environmental Health of a plan showing the location of the sewage disposal system and other site improvements, in accordance with their regulations.

Any developer of land within Paulding County's jurisdictional control shall first submit to the Community Development Department plats and construction plans as required by these regulations, and shall have been granted a permit consistent with these regulations and approved by the department prior to the initiation of development activities. Approval of plans by Paulding County officials or employees shall not imply nor transfer acceptance of responsibility for the application of the principles of engineering, architecture, landscape architecture or any other profession, from the professional corporation or individual under whose hand or supervision the plans were prepared and sealed.

The Community Development Department shall not issue a permit for any development activities until all plats and construction plans, as applicable, have been approved by such other departments or agencies as may have authority or jurisdiction over said activities in whole or in part.

Whenever access to the subdivision is required across land within the jurisdictional boundaries of another local government, the Community Development Director may request assurance from the local government authority that access is legally established, and from the local government engineer that the access road is adequately improved, or that a guarantee has been duly executed and is sufficient in amount to assure the construction of the access road.

Construction plans shall be prepared to the specifications listed in Appendix Section 3-30 of these regulations for residential subdivisions and Appendix Section 3-40 for nonresidential developments.

Each project submitted for review shall be allotted a 30-minute appointment for the date and time assigned for review before the Plan Review Committee. If a developer, engineer, surveyor or landscape architect has several projects for review on the same week, an effort will be made to schedule contiguous appointments for his or her convenience. However, appointment times are scheduled on a first come-first served basis. Only those projects scheduled well in advance may be so scheduled.

A list of requirements and corrections will be discussed at the time of the scheduled review. If the Plan Review Committee determines that an insufficient amount of information, detail or design was provided for review, the project shall be resubmitted. Appointments will only be assigned for projects when the completed construction plans are resubmitted for review.

plans, said plans may be submitted for their approval. Eight sets of amended construction plans and two copies of a hydrology study shall be presented for approval. The construction plans must be accompanied by the "plan review copy"

of the plans reviewed and comments returned by the Plan Review Committee.

approval of the Plan Review Committee. The LDP will be delivered to the project site by the department's development inspector at the time of the scheduled pre-construction meeting.

Development activities shall be limited to those as authorized by the applicable LDP and as may be further restricted by conditions of approval pertaining thereto attached by the Community Development Department or other department or agency as may have authority or jurisdiction over said activities in whole or in part.

It shall be the developer's responsibility to notify the necessary utility companies servicing their site involved in burying main and/or service cable and/or pipe (including conduit) in commercial and residential developments where there are streets to be dedicated to Paulding County for maintenance.

Sufficient notice shall be given so as to allow for the burying of long side services, intersectional crossings and to make splices, taps or relocations within acceleration/deceleration lanes, relocations to relocate poles at project entrances or within the limits of the project improvements. Work completed within County right of way will require a Utility Right of Way Encroachment Permit. No paving work on the public right-of-way shall be done until clear of all above and below ground utility work.

construction conference to be held on the site of the project. The primary purpose of this conference is to discuss policy, procedures and construction plans and to present the developer with the development permit.

and Water System departments shall attend the pre-construction conference, as shall the developer of the project. The developer is strongly encouraged to bring to the conference the grading, paving, water, sewer and other contractors that will be working on the project. Paulding county DOT will require a contact list of all contractors and subcontractors for the development (including Company Name, Contact Name and Number, 24-hour contact name and number if different, Developers 24-hour contact name and number for the site)

conference and that checklist will be reviewed with him by the aforementioned Paulding County representatives. The developer shall sign a statement following the conference, attesting to his understanding of the county's development requirements and his responsibility to abide by said requirements.

Tax Permit prior to performing any work within Paulding County. This applies to contractors and subcontractors performing the following work: erosion and sediment control; grading; storm drainage; curbing; public utilities (water and sewer); all other utilities to be installed in proposed or existing county-maintained right-of-way; and paving (including fine grading of subgrade and base installation).

Community Development Department Development Division. Except as otherwise provided, fees are non-refundable.

responsibility of maintaining full compliance with all codes, ordinances and other regulations of Paulding County except as amended by an approved variance, or other relief granted through applicable formal appeal procedures for a specific property or application. Any permit issued in error or in contradiction to the provisions of an adopted code, ordinance, or regulation of Paulding County shall be considered to have been null and void upon its issuance.

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