What to Know Before Clearing Land Around Bremen
One town, two counties. Bremen is split by the Haralson and Carroll county
line, so a lot may answer to the city, to Haralson County or to Carroll County depending on
where its boundary falls. Haralson County's Zoning and Permits Office, on Georgia Highway 120
in Buchanan, handles building permits, and its commercial permit paperwork calls for a land
disturbing activity permit if more than one acre is to be disturbed. Georgia's construction
stormwater coverage begins at a disturbance of one acre or more. Tell us the parcel when you
request a quote; requirements vary by parcel, scope and jurisdiction, and the governing
authority makes the determination.
Creek banks and the buffer. Most of Haralson County drains toward the upper Tallapoosa River through small creeks. Privet, common throughout Georgia, takes hold on creek banks and in fence rows between pasture and woods. Georgia keeps a 25-foot undisturbed buffer along state waters that need one, so the strip right at the bank is left in place unless the governing office allows otherwise, and the acres a machine works can be fewer than the parcel shows. The quote marks which strips are streamside and which are not.
Summer shuts the burn pile. Haralson and Carroll are both on Georgia's list
of counties where yard and land-clearing debris cannot be burned from May 1 through
September 30. In the other months a Georgia Forestry Commission permit is needed for
land-clearing fires, and it is good only on the day it is issued. Across the line in Cleburne
County, Alabama, burning rules come through the Alabama Forestry Commission. Our crew grinds
brush where it stands, so there is no pile to permit or watch.