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Pickens County Planning & Development

Zoning
Business Licenses & Fire Inspection

Business License

Businesses operating in unincorporated Pickens County are required to obtain and display a current Business License [see Pickens County Ordinances: Chapter 18]. The process for getting a Business License is as follows:

  1. Go to the Tax Assessor’s Office to register your business.
    You will receive a report that is required for your Business License Application.
    Tax Assessor Office
    Suite 121
    1266 E Church Street
    Jasper, GA 30143-1622
    Phone: 706-253-8700
    Fax: 706-253-8703
  2. Fill out the Business License Application Form.
    This can be picked up at the Planning and Development Office or Download It Here. If you need to renew your license you may Download It Here. If your business requires State of Georgia Licensure, a copy of your Georgia License will be required with your application (see O.C.G.A. Title 43 and Secretary of State: Points of Contact).
  3. Fire Safety Inspection
    As part of our ongoing effort to ensure a safe and secure environment in which to work and shop, Pickens County Fire Rescue requires that all new businesses, located within Pickens County, to have a “Fire Safety” inspection completed prior to the issuance of a business license. To schedule a “Fire Safety” Inspection please Click Here.
  4. Bring:
    √ State Licenses (if required)
    √ Tax Assessor’s Report
    √ Completed Pickens County Business License Application
    √ $100.00 Licensing Fee (see below) to:

Office of Planning and Development
Suite 136
1266 E Church Street
Jasper, GA 30143-1622

The Business Licenses run from July 1 through June 30. Your renewal will come due on July 1. The renewal fee is $100.00 per year. Our office sends a courtesy reminder. However, you are responsible for paying your license fee by the due date. We cannot guarantee receipt of a reminder in the mail.

Permits, Fees, & Affidavits
Building Inspections

Building Inspection Line Up

To schedule inspections, please call our office at 706-253-8850.

Do NOT contact the inspector to schedule any inspections.

The address number needs to be marked at the entry point of the job.

Your onsite card needs to be posted at the project site in a permit box.

1. Footing Inspections

Performed before concrete is poured.

2. Masonry & Poured Wall Inspection

Any wall higher than 4’ from bottom of footing to top of wall.

3. Foundation Water Proofing & Drainage

Performed before backfilling.

  • Any wall, including walls less than 5’ high, must have a waterproof inspection before any backfill is placed against wall.

4. Plumbing In-Slab

4” pipe must exit slab.

  • Plumbing must have water test or air test. Can seal pipe for test at cleanout between house & septic tank after test is approved. Connection from cleanout to tank can be done. Can check this on slab inspections.

5. Slab

Basement and carports. Performed before concrete is poured.

6. Sheathing

Inspect nail pattern and apply air barrier to attic side of kneewalls.

7. Housewrap

Tape all laps, turn into openings. All windows must be installed. If vinyl, must be taped.

8. Rough

Done after roofing, framing, and doors installed, fire blocking, bracing in place, and all rough-in electrical, mechanical, and plumbing are complete.

9. Insulation/Energy Code

Do NOT insulate prior to rough inspection. This inspection is performed after all insulation is in place and prior to wall cover and ceiling cover.

10. Temp to Perm Power

Once power is installed on permanent structure (meterbase).

11. Final

This inspection is performed only after the structure is complete and ready for occupancy.

  • A Certificate of Occupancy (C.O.) will not be issued until all the required documents are on file and the inspector has passed the final inspection. C.O.’s will only be released to the homeowner, or the contractor listed on the building permit.
** Please secure all animals at the inspection site. An adult MUST be present when it is necessary for the inspector to gain access to occupied properties. **
Beer, Wine, & Alcohol
Hotel / Motel Tax Reporting

The Pickens County Clerk shall administer and enforce the provisions of this article – Resolution Adopting Pickens County Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax.

 

Every operator renting guest rooms in the county shall keep such records, receipts, invoices and other pertinent papers in such form as the supervisor may require.

 

There shall be paid a tax of six percent of the rent for every occupancy of a guest room in a hotel in the county, The tax imposed by this article shall be paid upon any occupancy on and after January l, 1998.

 

The tax imposed by this article shall become due and payable from the occupant at the time of occupancy of any hotel in this county. All amounts of such taxes collected by an operator are due and payable to the County Clerk between the first and 20th day of the calendar month next following the calendar month or fiscal period for which the return is being filed.

P & D Office
P&D Meeting Minutes
Board of Appeals

Pickens County Planning & Development Office

Main Office
1266 East Church Street #136
Jasper, Georgia 30143

Hours
Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm
No applications after 4:30pm

Contact
plandev@pickenscountyga.gov email
706-253-8850 phone
706-253-8854 fax

Planning Commission Members

  • Clayton Preble – Chairman
  • Karen Benson
  • Larry Brown
  • Jim Fowler
  • Pat Holmes
  • Harold Hensley
  • Stephanie Ray

The Planning & Development department coordinates planning, zoning, and construction activities. We look forward to helping you achieve your goal – whether adding onto your house; obtaining/renewing your OTC business license; rezoning property; subdividing land; constructing a new building; or another project.

The Georgia General Assembly enacted legislation in 2008 to help protect consumers by requiring that certain types of contractors obtain a State license in order to obtain local building permits. 

Since July 1, 2008, a State-issued contractor’s license is required to perform commercial (includes commercial, institutional, and industrial) building in Georgia. This law, O.C.G.A. 43-41, may be found on the Georgia State Licensing Board’s website. Verify that a contractor is properly licensed by visiting the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.

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Bill Cagle  – Chairman

Term expiration December 31, 2026

W. A. (Red) Meaders

Term expiration December 31, 2026

Don Martin

Term expiration December 31, 2026

Ron Barnes

Term expiration December 31, 2026

Bart Connelly

Term expiration December 31, 2026

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