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County of Douglas Environmental Overlay District Ordinance

Regulations
Overlay District   
Georgia
2002
Municipal
County Of Douglas   
Urban | Suburban | Rural
The ordinance establishes environmental overlay districts in order to protect the groundwater and wetlands of the community. Activities having the potential to impact the groundwater or wetlands are regulated, including the lot size for new homes which will require a septic tank or septic field, chemical or petroleum storage tanks, and any development within 100 feet of a wetlands area. The districts are marked on the town’s Zoning maps.