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2020 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 5 - Water Resources
Article 5 - Rivers and River Basins
Part 6 - Protection of Metropolitan Rivers
§ 12-5-447. Minimum Standards for Certificates and Recommendations
Universal Citation: GA Code § 12-5-447 (2020)
Every certificate issued by a governing authority and every recommendation of the commission, unless the proposed use is not harmful to the water and land resources of the stream corridor, will not significantly impede the natural flow of flood waters, and will not result in significant land erosion, stream bank erosion, siltation, or water pollution, shall comply with the following minimum standards:
- No land or water use shall be permitted in the flood plain; and
- No land or water use shall be permitted within 150 horizontal feet of the watercourse.
(Ga. L. 1973, p. 128, § 8; Code 1981, §12-5-447, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1059, § 7; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1317, § 6.9; Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 25/HB 1216.)
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