Publications | Contact Information
We offer an array of publications for your convenience. Our work never stops, so check back periodically for new information. If you sort through the list below and don't find what you are looking for, just contact us and we can assist you!
Publications
Best Practices and Georgia Examples
Local Planning Assistance
- Alternatives to Conventional Zoning
- Character Areas: Techniques and Guidance
- Discovering and Planning for Community Character
- Planning for Community Involvement
- Planning Press Kit
- Preparing Short-Term Work Program Updates for Local Government
- Selecting a Plan Preparer
- State Planning Recommendations
- Visualizing Character Areas
- Why Do We Plan?
- Directory of County Planning Officials (PDF)
- Directory of City Planning Officials (PDF)
Impact Fees:
- Georgia Development Impact Fee Act
- Impact Fee Rules (Development Impact Fee Compliance Requirements)
- Guide to Preparing Annual Updates of the Capital Improvements Element
Rules, Regulations, Requirements:
- Local Planning Requirements
- State Planning Recommendations
- Map of County Planning Levels
- List of Government (Municipality) Planning Level Designations
- List of Government (County) Planning Level Designations
- Environmental Planning Criteria
- Georgia Planning Act
- Requirements for a Partial Update to the Comprehensive Plan
Resource Teams
State and Regional Planning
- Annexation: Putting the Pieces Together
- Annexation Arbitration Process Timeline
- Regional Planning Requirements: DCA Rules 110-12-6
- Regionally Important Resource Fact Sheet
- Rules for Mediation of Inter-jurisdictional Conflicts
- Rules for Regionally Important Resources
Regional Commissions:
Service Delivery Strategy:
- Charting a Course for Cooperation and Collaboration
- Service Delivery Act
- Revising an Existing Service Delivery Strategy
Solid Waste, Recycling and Radon Assistance
- Curbside Value Partnership
- Composting at Home in Georgia
- Dealing with Yard Trimmings
- Film Plastic in Georgia
- Marketing Your Recycling Program
- Pay as You Throw Workshop
- Recycling Assessment
- The Road to Recycling: Solid Waste Management in Georgia
- Why Should I Recycle?
Water Resources Technical Assistance
- Backyard Buffers
- Every Drop Counts Bookmark
- Every Drop Counts Brochure
- Every Drop Counts Card
- Part V Environmental Planning Criteria
- Understanding Drought
Contact Information
For more information about planning and environmental management, please contact the Office of Planning and Environmental Management at 404-679-5279.
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
60 Executive Park South, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
