What to Know Before Clearing Land Around Byron and Peach County
Permits depend on which side of the city line you are on. The City of Byron
takes land disturbance permit applications at its municipal complex on Main Street, and
that form sends a project to the state when it disturbs more than one acre or lies within
200 feet of state waters. Outside the city, Peach County's Chief Marshal's office handles
building permits. Ask before a lot is opened up; requirements vary by parcel, scope and jurisdiction, and the
governing authority makes the determination.
The ground changes within a short drive. Macon, fourteen miles north, sits on
the Fall Line: clay soils and narrow stream valleys lie to its north, and sandy soils to its
south. Add the low ground toward the Flint River and the creek bottoms between fields, and
one parcel can hold firm sand, slick clay and a wet bottom that waits for dry weather. The
quote says which one moved the number.
Burning is seasonal and local. Georgia bars the burning of yard and
land-clearing debris through the summer months in Peach, Houston, Crawford and Monroe
counties, and a ban can be in force before you plan a pile, so check. Outside those months a
Georgia Forestry Commission permit covers land-clearing fires, and Byron's Fire Department
issues burn permits inside the city limits. Grinding in place leaves no pile to tend.