• § 12-5-440 - Short Title
  This part shall be known as and may be cited as the "Metropolitan River Protection Act."
• § 12-5-441 - Definitions
  As used in this part, the term: (1) "Applicant" means any person who requests the issuance of a certificate under this part. (2) "Area"...
• § 12-5-442 - Legislative Findings and Purposes
  (a) The General Assembly finds that adequate supplies of clean water for drinking and other purposes constitute the lifeblood of the great metropolitan areas...
• § 12-5-443 - Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan; Transmittal of Plan to Political Subdivisions; Notice and Hearing; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Application Fee
  The commission shall, consistent with the purposes of this part: (1) Prepare, adopt, and keep up to date one or more comprehensive, coordinated land...
• § 12-5-444 - Prohibited Land and Water Uses; Uses Prior to Adoption of Plan; Certificate of Compliance With Plan; Information Required of Applicant; Changes in Use; Notice and Hearing
  (a) (1) Pending adoption of the plan by the commission, it shall be unlawful for any person to erect, maintain, suffer, or permit any...
• § 12-5-445 - Review of Application and Supporting Documents by Commission; Effect of Inconsistencies; Alternatives Where Modification Recommended
  (a) After receipt of a complete application for a certificate, the governing authority shall transmit to the commission a copy of such complete application...
• § 12-5-446 - Prereview by Commission of Application for Certificate; Fee Where Prereview Requested by Applicant; Effectiveness of Certificate Following Prereview; Immediate Effectiveness of Certificate; Consultation by Commission With Governing Authority; Informal Consultation With Applicants
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1059, § 6, effective March 29, 1983.
• § 12-5-447 - Minimum Standards for Certificates and Recommendations
  Every certificate issued by a governing authority and every recommendation of the commission, unless the proposed use is not harmful to the water and...
• § 12-5-448 - Appeal
  Any person aggrieved by any final determination, cease and desist order, other order, or other final action of the commission or a governing authority...
• § 12-5-449 - Other Laws Not Superseded by Part
  The requirements of this part are in addition to and do not supersede other requirements of law including the zoning and building regulations of...
• § 12-5-450 - Election by Counties Contiguous to Area, and by Municipalities Within County, to Come Under Part
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 1059, § 9, effective March 29, 1983.
• § 12-5-451 - Uses to Which Part Inapplicable
  This part shall not apply to the following uses: (1) Any land or water use for agriculture or animal husbandry as defined in the...
• § 12-5-452 - Cease and Desist Orders; Injunctions; Land-Disturbing Activities As Nuisances; Penalty; Jurisdiction of Actions
  (a) If a governing authority determines that any person is violating any provision of this part, any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this...
• § 12-5-453 - Local Regulation of Land in Drainage Basins; Enforcement Where Local Regulation Inadequate; Failure of Governing Authority to Meet Requirements
  (a) On or before January 1, 1984, or March 1, 1999, with respect to land brought within the stream corridor on July 1, 1998,...
• § 12-5-454 - Removal of Sand From Watercourse
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part to the contrary, nothing contained in this part shall be construed so as to prohibit any person,...
• § 12-5-455 - Plan and Application for Certificate Open to Public Inspection
  The plan, every proposed version thereof, every revision thereof, and every application for a certificate under this part shall constitute public documents and shall...
• § 12-5-456 - Commission to Notify Local Authorities of Violations of This Part; Director's Powers in Absence of Local Action; Hearings on Violations
  (a) If the commission has reason to believe that any person is carrying out any land-disturbing activity in or on the stream corridor without...
• § 12-5-457 - Environmental Protection Division's Powers and Duties Unaffected by Part
  No provision of this part shall repeal, supersede, or preempt any function, power, authority, duty, or responsibility assigned to the Environmental Protection Division of...

Last modified: October 14, 2016