DeKalb County Plan Commission

Plan Commission News and Announcements

Jan 9, 2012 - Click on the Downloads icon above this article to gain access to the document.

Dec 2, 2011 - Click on the Downloads icon above this article to gain access to the most recent copy of the proposed Wind Energy System Ordinance (Draft B)

Nov 15, 2011 -

Oct 31, 2011 - Attached is the public review draft of the Wind Energy System Ordinance.

Sep 1, 2011 -

Department Overview

Created by the County Commissioners in 1964, the DeKalb County Plan Commission is responsible for administering the County ordinances regarding land use.  To guide the Plan Commission, the County Commissioners adopted a Master Plan in December 1964 that has since been amended.

The Master Plan, as amended, includes the following:

Land Use Plan Zoning Ordinance Improvement Location Permit Ordinance Major Street or Highways Plan Subdivision Control Ordinance Flood Plain Management Ordinance Development Plan Ordinance

After the establishment of the Plan Commission and the adoption of the Zoning Ordinance, the Board of Zoning appeals (BZA) was created in 1965 as required by law.  It is the BZA's function to hear cases involving requests for variances from the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and to rule on the granting of Special Exceptions for specific types of land uses.  The jurisdiction of both the Plan Commission and BZA includes the unincorporated portion of the County (i.e. that land outside of the incorporated cities and town) and the Town of Corunna.  The Plan Commission and the BZA may also share responsibility with those cities and towns that have exercised all or part of their extra-territorial jurisdiction.