Department Menu
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 7 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.
Address
Planning & Development
1117 West Avenue SW, Conyers, GA 30012
Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Numbers
Telephone: (770) 278-7100
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
Code.ViolationsMailbox@rockdalecountyga.gov
Report a Violation Report a Code Violation
Business Licenses –Option 1
Residential Building Inspections & Permits –Option 2
Zoning –Option 3
Code Enforcement –Option 4 or 770-278-7103
Commercial Development/Building Permits –Option 5
Emails:
Business Licenses
businesslicense@rockdalecountyga.gov
Residential Building Inspections & Permits
inspections@rockdalecountyga.gov
Planning and Zoning
planning@rockdalecountyga.gov
Code Enforcement
code.violationsmailbox@rockdalecountyga.gov
Commercial Development/Building Permits
planning@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 2020
The Planning Commission meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 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 Date |
Cutoff Date |
Location | Agenda | Minutes | Video |
BOC Zoning Public Hearing |
02/13 | 12/30 | Assembly Hall | Agenda | Minutes | N/A | 02/25 |
03/12 | 01/27 | Assembly Hall | Agenda | No Quorum | N/A | 03/24 |
04/09 | 03/02 | Canceled | 04/28 | |||
05/14 | 03/30 | Canceled | 05/26 | |||
05/21 | City Items Only | Special Called Meeting via Virtual | Agenda | Minutes | N/A | N/A |
06/11 | 04/27 | Auditorium and Virtual | Agenda | Minutes | Video | 06/23 |
07/09 | 06/01 | Auditorium and Virtual | Agenda | Minutes | Video | 07/28 |
08/13 | 06/29 | Auditorium and Virtual | Agenda | 08/25 | ||
09/10 | 07/27 | Canceled | 09/22 | |||
10/08 | 08/31 | Agenda | 10/27 | |||
12/28 |
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.
Member |
Appointed By |
Term |
Expiration |
Steve Weinstein, Chair |
County |
4-year – 2nd |
2024 |
Tom Harrison, Vice chair |
City |
4-year – 1st |
2023 |
Steven Holmes |
City |
3-year – 1st |
2024 |
Leslie Lambert |
City |
4-year – 1st |
2025 |
Ernestine Stovall-Goolsby |
County |
4-year – 1st |
2022 |
Tamekia White |
City |
4-year – 1st |
2025 |
Wendolyn Bouie |
County |
4-year – 1st |
2025 |