Engineering Services Division

Stormwater Compliance

• Land Disturbance Permit and Process
• Plan Review (for public and private site development plans, final plats, individual plats)
• Internal References: 
  • Stormwater Supplement, 2016 Edition, 2018 Revised (PDF)
  • Georgia EPD Stream Buffer Variance Procedures and Criteria (PDF)
  • Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Program (PDF)
    • Green Infrastructure Inspection Guidance (PDF)
  • GSWCC Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia, 2016 Edition (PDF)
  • Not Guidance-Commercial Common Development (PDF)
  • Not Inspection Guidance-Single Family Lot (PDF)
  • Stormwater Management Plan (PDF)
  • Stormwater Service Fee Credit Manual, 2022 Revised (PDF)
  • Storm Water Utility Fee FAQ
• External References
  • Georgia EPD Online System for Permitting
  • Georgia EPD Stream Buffer Variance Procedures and Criteria
  • GSWCC Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia, 2016 Edition
  • Georgia Flood Map Program
  • FEMA, Letter of Map Changes (LOMA/LOMR/LOMR-F) Guidance
  • US Army Corps of Engineers, Piedmont Branch
• Contact Information
  • Phone: 706-447-7645
  • Email Stormwater Compliance

Road Construction

• Project Access Improvements Procedure (PDF)
• County Route Driveway Encroachment Manual (PDF)
  • County Route Driveway Encroachment Permit (PDF)
• Internal References:
  • Pavement Design Supplement (PDF)
    • Pavement Design Submittal Checklist
    • Pavement Design Tool (XLSX)
  • Construction Standard Specifications and Details (PDF)
• External References
  • GDOT Specifications (PDF)
  • GDOT Details
  • State Route Regulations for Driveway and Encroachment Control Manual (PDF)
  • GDOT Soil Sampling Guidelines
• Road Projects
  • Flowing Wells Road widening project
  • Lewiston Road widening project
  • William Few Parkway improvements
• Contact Information
  • Phone: 706-447-7600
  • Email Road Construction

Traffic Engineering & Operations

• Traffic Control Devices Standard Layout Locations (DOCX)
• Work Zone Traffic Control Procedures (PDF)
• Streetlight Procedure (PDF)
• Safety Lighting Procedure (PDF)
• Speed Hump Program Procedure (PDF)
  • Speed Hump Application (PDF)
• Children at Play Signage Procedure (PDF)
• Internal References:
  • Street ID, Regulatory, Warning Sign, and Pavement Marking Procedure (PDF)
  • Road Data (PDF)
  • Email Traffic Engineering on Traffic Signal Issues, non-emergency
  • Traffic Counts
• External References:
  • 2009 MUTCD with May 2012 Revisions 1 and 2 (PDF)
  • Georgia Power - Report a Street Light Outage
  • Street ID Layout Detail
  • Traffic Control Devices Standard Layout Locations
  • Ride on Time
  • Glance TravelSafely
• Contact Information:
  • Phone: 706-868-4223
  • Email Traffic Engineering and Operations

Other References

• Final Plat Process Flow Chart, in Development (coming soon)
• Utility Encroachment Permitting
• Zoning
• County Maps Online
• Residential and Commercial Building Applications
• Water Utility: Engineering and Inspections
• Columbia County at Work
• Title VI

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