The Planning and Zoning Board meets every 2nd Thursday of the month at 6 pm.
The Building Permit/ Inspection Department is committed to serving and protecting the public’s health, safety, and general welfare and to provide the citizens and builders of Bulloch County with competent, consistent, courteous and timely inspection services.
Our certified inspectors are continually updating their credentials in order to provide the citizens and contractors of Bulloch County with quality daily inspections.
In order to maintain the state environmental requirements for land disturbance and erosion and sediment controls throughout a construction project and beyond, Bulloch County has certified erosion and sediment control inspectors.
To schedule all inspections, building and soil erosion, please call the inspection request telephone line at (912) 489-1356 or email at inspections@bullochcounty.net the day before you need the inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and have your permit number available, type of inspection needed and your contact information.
Inspector
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Missy Hagan
Permit Supervisor
All commercial and residential businesses located within the unincorporated area of the County must apply for an annual occupational tax certificate. The fee for this certificate is based upon the number of employees and is a flat fee. All applications are filtered through the Development Department who will verify if the business activity may be conducted at the designated address. New applicants who are applying as a Sole Proprietor will simply need to complete the application packet. New applicants who are wanting to establish an LLC or INC, must register with the Georgia Secretary of State and provide a copy of their certificate designating their business as a registered entity. Applications are submitted to the Development Department located at 115 North Main Street Statesboro, Georgia 30458, for processing.
For more information, call (912) 764-6245.
Patrick Patton
Development Services Manager
Type of Development | Description |
Office | Greater than 400,000 gross square feet. |
Commercial | Greater than 300,000 gross square feet. |
Wholesale and Distribution | Greater than 500,000 gross square feet. |
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities | Greater than 300 new beds; or generating more than 375 peak hour vehicle trips per day. |
Housing | Greater than 400 new lots or units. |
Industrial | Greater than 500,000 gross square feet; or employing more than 1,600 workers; or covering more than 400 acres. |
Hotels | Greater than 400 rooms. |
Mixed Use | Gross square feet greater than 400,000 (with residential units calculated at 1,800 square feet per unit toward the total gross square footage); or covering more than 120 acres; or if any of the individual uses meet or exceeds a threshold as identified herein. |
Airports | All new airports, runways and runway extensions. |
Attractions andRecreational Facilities | Greater than 1,500 parking spaces or a seating capacity of more than 6,000. |
Post-Secondary School | New school with a capacity of more than 2,400 students, or expansion by at least 25 percent of capacity. |
Waste Handling Facilities | New facility or expansion of use of an existing facility by 50 percent or more. |
Quarries, Asphalt and Cement Plants | New facility or expansion of use of an existing facility by more than 50 percent. |
Wastewater Treatment Facilities | New facility or expansion of use of an existing facility by more than 50 percent. |
Petroleum Storage Facilities | Storage greater than 50,000 barrels if within 1,000 feet of any water supply; otherwise, storage capacity greater than 200,000 barrels. |
Water Supply Intakes / Reservoirs | New facilities. |
Intermodal Terminals | New Facilities. |
Truck Stops | A new facility with more than three diesel fuel pumps; or containing a half acre of truck parking or 10 truck parking spaces. |
Any other development types not identified | 100 parking spaces. |
Our Mission is to promote orderly growth, development, redevelopment and preservation of the unincorporated areas of Bulloch County; to administer the following ordinances and plans related to development: Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, Flood Ordinance, Tower Ordinance, Sign Ordinance, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Ordinance, Building Ordinance and Manufactured Home Ordinance.
With regard to current zoning and development issues, the staff will focus on implementing the growth management measures recommended with Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map to be updated in June 2009. Development ordinance changes being considered include provisions for conservation subdivision regulation, stormwater controls, and overlay protection districts for the Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport and major commercial corridors leading to Statesboro.
At the close of FY 2019 the Board of Commissioners approved the Bulloch County Comprehensive Plan Update which will provide new challenges for the department.
The Planning and Zoning Board meets every 2nd Thursday of the month at 6 pm.
Code Enforcement Officers
Stephen Mixon
Code Enforcement 1
Chris Owens
Code Enforcement 2