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Conyers-Rockdale Planning Commission
The Conyers-Rockdale Planning Commission conducts public hearings, receives studies and reports from staff, reviews requests, and makes recommendations to the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners (BOC) and the City of Conyers concerning the matters brought before them.
The Planning Commission reviews recommendations from the Department of Planning & Development and prepares recommendations on the following requests:
- Text Amendments:
- Map Amendments:
- Future Land Use Map (Comprehensive Plan):
- Rezonings (Zoning Map):
- Special Use Permits:
- Application;
- Telecommunication Towers:
- Conditions of Zoning:
- Future Land Use Map (Same application as above);
- Rezoning (Same application as above);
- Special Use Permit (Same application as above).
- Developments of Regional Impact (DRI):
The Planning Commission recommendations are then presented to the Board of Commissioners at their Zoning Public Hearing. The Planning Commission Meeting Schedule provides the date of the Zoning Public Hearing. The Board of Commissioners will then vote on the requests at their Voting Session.
The Planning Commission meets the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Rockdale County Assembly Hall or Auditorium, except in the event of lack of business, in which case a public notice of the cancellation will be posted at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting.
All meetings are held at the Rockdale County Assembly Hall, 901 N Main St NW or Auditorium, 903 N Main St NW, Conyers, GA, 30012.
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Planning & Development
Rockdale County Planning & Development
1117 West Avenue SW,
Conyers, GA 30012
Phone: (770) 278-7100
Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Code Enforcement
Rockdale County Code Enforcement
2570 Old Covington Highway
Conyers, GA 30012 (map)
Phone: 770-278-7103
Contact Us
Business Licenses
businesslicense@rockdalecountyga.gov
Building Permits
buildingpermit@rockdalecountyga.gov
Code Enforcement
code.violationsmailbox@rockdalecountyga.gov
Permit Inspections
inspections@rockdalecountyga.gov
Useful Links:
- Atlanta Regional Commission
- Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
- Georgia Department of Transportation
- Transportation Improvement Program
- Regional Transportation Plan
- To Acquire a Burn Permit
- Shade Tree & Tree Health Questions, or visit
- List of Arborists
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- General Tree Care and Maintainance
- Insects and Diseases associated with Trees
- Right Tree in the Right Place
- Pruning trees (Clemson University)
Meeting Schedule
Planning Commission Hearing Dates
Rockdale County Planning and Development
Planning Commission Meeting Location & Time:
Assembly Hall 901 Main Street, Conyers, Georgia 30012 @ 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 8, 2024
- Application Due Date: December 1, 2023
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: February 22, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: March 12, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Application Due Date: January 5, 2024
- Board of County Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: March 28, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: April 23, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Application Due Date: February 2, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: April 25, 2024 – CANCELLED
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: May 14, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Application Due Date: March 1, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: May 23, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: June 11, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024
- Application Due Date: April 5, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: June 27, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: July 23, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- Application Due Date: May 3, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: July 25, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: August 13, 2024
Thursday, August 8, 2024
- Application Due Date: June 7, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: August 22, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: September 20, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- Application Due Date: July 5, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: September 24, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: October 8, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Application Due Date: August 2, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: October 24, 2024
- Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: November 12, 2024
Planning Commission Members
The Planning Commission is made up of seven members. Three members must be residents of unincorporated Rockdale and are appointed by the BOC. Three members must be residents of the City of Conyers and are appointed by the City Council. The seventh member is appointed by the BOC one term and by the City Council the following term.
In alternate years, the City Council and County Board of Commissioners appoints 2 members, one for a four-year term and the other for a three-year term. The seventh member serves a three-year term. No members are eligible to serve for more than two consecutive terms.
As of August 2024-
City Appointees:
|
Tom Harrison, Chairman *Second term |
*6/21/2023 re-appointment 4-year term |
4 Year Term City | 07/01/2023–07/01/2027 |
|
Tamekia White Vice Chair |
4 Year Term City | 07/01/2021–07/01/2025 | |
| Al Ford | 3 Year Term City | 07/01/2023–07/01/2026 |
County Appointees:
| Mark Jacobs II | *Fulfilling an unexpired term of Arielle Palmer | 3 Year Term County | 07/1/2022-07/01/2025 |
| Ernestine Stovall-Goolsby *Second term |
*10/25/2022 re-appointed 4-year term | 4 Year Term County | 07/01/2022-07/01/2026 |
| Phyllis Hatcher | 4 Year Term County | 07/01/2024-07/01/2028 | |
| Angela Engram | 3 Year Term County | 07/01/2024-07/01/2027 |
2024 – Rockdale appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2024
2025 – Conyers appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2025
2026 – Rockdale appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2026
2027 – Conyers appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2027
