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91 Albany Ave.

PO Box 510

Danielsville, GA. 30633

Department Head:  Anthony Dove

adove@madisonco.us

Department Manager

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Planning & Zoning Administrator: Linda Fortson

lfortson@madisonco.us

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Administrative Assistant: Tracy Patrick

tpatrick@madisonco.us

Members of the Planning & Zoning Board

        The purpose of the Madison County Planning and Zoning Department is to help the Board of Commissioners decide on land use with the best long term interests of the county. The Planning and Zoning Department achieves this through community-driven long range planning and through the application of the county's land use regulations. The county's Comprehensive Plan serves as an overall guide for development in the county, while the Madison County Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations, and Stormwater Ordinance provide specific details about how that development is to take place.

        Applications for the rezoning of property, for conditional uses, and for variances are accepted and reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Department, and are brought before the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of Commissioners for review and approval. The Planning and Zoning Department also reviews and prepares preliminary and final plats for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of Commissioners.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• See Plat approval!!!!

Application Deadline and Meeting Dates

Plat approval

•  We now require 3 paper copies and 1 Cad file on disc of a plat for approval.  Most plats can be approved when brought in.  To make sure you may want to call first.   9-1-10

Click on the following link for a list of our fees:

Fee Schedule

Zoning Book 

Need the zone of a property?

With a map and parcel number, the following zoning book can be used to check the zoning of a particular piece of property. This is for general reference only and does not reflect any changes after the date below. The current and official version is in the Madison County Planning & Zoning Department.

Zoning Book 8-16-10

Madison County is divided into 5 Commission Districts.

District Map

Future Land Use

• The density parameters relate specifically to subdivision developments and do not apply to single parcel splits within rural residential areas.

• Conservation subdivisions are appropriate in A2, RR, R1, R2, and R3 zones. Requests may be made to rezone to a more intensive classification (from A1/A2 to RR) to increase the lot yield for conservation subdivisions.
  

The Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan

The Future Land Use Map

2001 Comprehensive Plan

Madison County's 2001 Comprehensive Plan can be accessed by the following web address below. You may find some documents useful in PDF format or maps in JPEG

• Water Systems
  
• Sewer Systems
  
• Existing Land Use

2001 Comprehensive Plan (Click here)

Click on the following link for a table of area, yard, and height requirements with setbacks for buildings and structures in our county:

Area, Yard, and Height Requirements

Additional Setbacks:

• Wells and septic are regulated by the Madison County Health Department. 
• Chicken houses - 200' from property line (90' from center line of road and 400' from any home other than the owner).
• Storage buildings - the same as the above table for Area, Yard, and Height Requirements.
• Swimming pools - 10' from the property line.
• Signs - 70' from centerline and 5' from ROW on Federal and State roads; 60' from centerline and 5' from ROW on County roads; If the sign is not on the subject's property, the ROW is determined by the property's zoning classification.
  
• Fences, walls, shrubbery, or other obstructions to vision - anything 2.5' to 15' above the finished grade of streets cannot be within 20' of the intersection of the rights-of-way lines of streets or railroads (8.4.3).
  

General Information

• Mobile homes can't be older than 12 years to come into the county.
• You do not have to have 5 ac. for a mobile home, it is treated the same as a site built home.  The lot size depends on the zone of the property.  If it is any existing lot, you will need to be able to meet  the property set backs.
• Campers can only be used as a residence when you have a active permit for building a home.
• It is required to have at least 1 ac. per horse or cow.
• A private drive can only serve four lots.
• Only 1 single-family dwelling will be allowed on a lot, unless otherwise permitted by zoning, such as medical hardships, caretakers, and accessory dwelling units.
• Property can only be split 3 times for a total of 4 lots within a 3 year period.
• Any structure that is used for a residence, office or business that is 100 sq. ft. or larger must be permitted.
• Any accessory building such as a storage building smaller than 288 sq. ft. does not have to permitted.  If you are adding electrical you must get an electrical permit.

The following information is provided for reference only, and is not the official version of the Madison County Zoning Ordinance. The official version can be obtained in the Madison County Planning and Zoning Department.

Madison County Zoning Ordinance 

Amendments for 2008!  

Political Signs 4/30/08

Mobile Home Skirting 6/23/08

Approved changes 8/25/08

Accessory Dwelling Unit 8/25/08

Definitions 8/25/08

Streams and Rivers 8/25/08

Set back on private drives and easements 8/25/08

Application for permits 8/25/08

Plats for rezoned parcel splits 8/25/08

Definition of Kennels 11-24-08

Amendments for 2009! 

Inert Landfill 4-6-09

Home Occupations 4-6-09

New Sign Ord. 5-4-09

Outdoor Storage 6-1-09

In-Home Child Care 9-8-09

Manufactured Mobile Units 9-8-09

Building Permits 9-8-09

Septic tanks on strams, and river 10-5-09

Section 7.14.4.1 (d) and (e) deleted 10-5-09

Section 7.12.7.1 & 7.12.7.2 (Septics)Stream and River Buffers 10-5-09

Section 7.14.1 Impervious Surface 11-2-09

Section 9.1.3.1 Age of mobile home 12-7-09

Section 9.1.3.6     Hardship Waiver 12-7-09

Section 7.12.7.2 Stream and River setbacks 12-7-09

Amendments 2010! 

Section 7.3.1.4 Farm animals in an RR Zone 1-4-10

Section 14.3.8.2 Failure of the Applicant 1-4-10

Section 12.3.4 Commercial and Public Assembly Site Plan 5-3-10

Section 12.3.5 Commercial buildings 5-3-10

Section 12.4 construction Progress 5-3-10

The following information is provided for reference only, and is not the official version of the Madison County Subdivision Regulations. The official version can be obtained in the Madison County Planning and Zoning Department.

• There is a 1000 feet pipeline buffer for wells in subdivisions.

Madison County Subdivision Regulations

Subdivision Amendment for 2008!    

Wells and Well Lots in a Subdivision 2/25/08

Subdivision Amendments for 2009!    

Conservation Subdivision Section 4.17.4    5/4/09

Final Plat requirements 10/5/09

Madison County Development Standards Program (Section 5.3 of the Subdivision Regulations)

Required Utility Layout for Major Subdivisions with lots of 3 acres or less (Appendix 2)

Preliminary Plat Questionnaire

Preliminary Plat Review

Final Plat Questionnaire

The following information is provided for reference only, and is not the official version of the Madison County Mobile Home Park Regulations. The official version can be obtained in the Madison County Planning & Zoning Department.

Mobile Home Park Regulations

Post Development Stormwater Management Ordinance

This information is provided for reference only, and is not the official version of the Madison County Post-Development Stormwater Management Ordinance. The official version can be obtained in the Madison County Planning and Zoning Department

Stormwater Management Ordinance