Rockdale Planning Commission

The 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:

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The Planning Commission is made up of five members. All five members must be residents of unincorporated Rockdale and are appointed by the BOC. Three of the members initially appointed to serve on the Planning Commission shall serve for a term of three (3) years each, and the other two members initially appointed to serve on the Planning Commission shall serve a term of four (4) years each. Thereafter, each person appointed to serve on the Planning Commission shall serve for a term of four (4) years each, the intent being to have staggered terms for membership on the Planning Commission. Each person appointed to be on the planning commission shall serve for the term the member was appointed for unless the person dies, resigns, or is otherwise disqualified from serving or removed from said position. 

No member of the Planning Commission will be eligible for more than two (2) consecutive terms.

Appointments shall expire on July 1 in the last year of the term. 

As of April 2025- 

County Appointees: 

1). Ernestine Stovall-Goolsby   Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                                   Expire 7/1/2028
                                                                  Three-year initial term; then four 

2). Angelique McClendon   Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2028
                                                           Three-year initial term; then four 

 

3). Danny Forrester                 Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2028
                                                           Three-year initial term; then four 

 

4). John Lee Peterson, Jr.     Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2029
                                                           Four-year term 

 

5). Marlessia Yancey             Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2029
                                                           Four-year term 

2025 – Rockdale appoints 3 from terms expiring in 2028 
2025 – Conyers appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2025 REMOVED 
2025 – Rockdale appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2029 
2027 – Conyers appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2027 REMOVED 

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 


Code Enforcement

Rockdale County Code Enforcement
2570 Old Covington Highway
Conyers, GA  30012 (map)
Phone:  770-278-7103 

Report a Code Violation  


Contact Us

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businesslicense@rockdalecountyga.gov

Planning & Zoning
planningandzoning@rockdalecountyga.gov

Code Enforcement
code.violationsmailbox@rockdalecountyga.gov

Building Permits & Inspections
inspections@rockdalecountyga.gov

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