Fayette County Comprehensive Plan

Background

Participation

Comprehensive Plan Document

Background

In 1989, the General Assembly passed the Georgia Planning Act, providing local governments with opportunities to plan for their future and to improve communication with neighboring governments. The Planning Act (revised in 2005) assigns local governments certain minimum responsibilities to maintain "Qualified Local Government" (QLG) status and, thus be eligible to receive certain state grants, loans, and permits.

The cornerstone of the coordinated planning program is the preparation of a long-range comprehensive plan by each local government in the state. This plan is intended to highlight community vision, goals and objectives, as well as associated actions. It is intended that the comprehensive plan be used to guide local government decisions.

To maintain its QLG status, a local government must:

Prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan that conforms to the "Minimum Standards and Procedures for Local Comprehensive Planning" as amended.
Adopt and implement regulations consistent with the Minimum Standards
Update the 5 year Short Term Work Program (STWP) and the Capital Improvement Element (CIE) annually for the imposition of Impact Fees.
Update the entire plan at least every ten years Top

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Fayette County Participation

Fayette County has complied with the requirements of the Planning Act and the 2005 revisions to maintain its QLG status. The Fayette County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan was adopted in December, 1991... A Full Plan Update (now called the Fayette County Comprehensive Plan) was adopted on April 22, 2004, and a Partial Update was adopted in June 2007. The next major update is due by June 30, 2014.

Annual updates to the Capital Improvements Element (CIE) and Short Term Work Program (STWP) are required of those local governments that have adopted Impact Fees. The latest amendment to the Fayette County Comprehensive Plan was adopted as part of the 2008 Fire Services Impact Fees Report, adopted on January 22, 2009.

For further information, please contact the Planning Department at 770-305-5421.Top

Fayette County Comprehensive Plan Document

This document is available in PDF format for viewing and printing.

Due to the size of this document, we have broken the document into individual files PDF * files for download.

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* Users must have Adobe Acrobat Reader® installed on their computer to view or print this file.This is a free download available through Adobe.


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