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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:
- 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.
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 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
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
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