Permit
:
____________________________
Fee: _______________________________
Project: (list address of closest adjacent property for which structure is intended to serve):
Address: _______________________________________ City: __________________, GA Zip: _____________
Documents Required for Obtaining a Dock and Seawall Permit
INITIAL ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ITEM IS ATTACHED.
__________ Permit application (can be obtained from the Greene County Building and Zoning Office or
downloaded from the Greene County website at www.greenecountyga.gov.
__________ Site Plan
__________ Dock Plans (One (1) set, no larger than 11x17)
__________ Copy of the approved Georgia Power permit and application that includes all elements of proposed
construction (i.e. location and number of boat/personal watercraft lifts)
__________ Erosion, Sediment and Pollution Control Plan (applies to seawalls)
REQUIRED INSPECTIONS
DOCK
1. Structure inspection prior to installation of decking.
2. Final inspection.
BOAT LIFT & PERSONAL WATERCRAFT LIFT
1. Bonding Inspection (if electric lifts, included with electrical inspection)
SEAWALLS
1. Erosion Control Inspection
2. Final Inspection
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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CONSTRUCTION LOCATION
Address: ________________________________________ City: ___________________, GA Zip ____________
Subdivision: ________________________________________________________ Lot#: ___________________
PROPERTY OWNER INFORMATION
Name: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________ City, State: ______________________, Zip ____________
Phone: ____________________________ Email: __________________________________________________
CONTRACTOR INFORMATION:
Name of Company: __________________________________________________________________________
24 Hour Contact Name: _______________________________________________________________________
Contact Phone: ____________________________ Email: ____________________________________________
Address: __________________________________ City, State: ______________________, Zip ____________
Business License #: _________________________ State License #: ___________________________________
(Copy of Contractor's license is required.)
Printed Name of Applicant: ____________________________________________________________________
Signature of Applicant: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________
The
Greene
County
Board
of
Assessors,
in
accordance
with
Georgia
Law,
must
give
reasonable
notice
to
property
owners prior to making a site visit. Notice is hereby given that a representative of the appraisal staff will be listing
new construction from active permits for changes and improvements which have been made to the property.
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Project Location: (List address of closes adjacent property for which structure is intended to serve.)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Project
Tentative
Start
Date:
________________
Project
Tentative
Completion:
________________
DOCK
INFORMATION:
(Please
complete
all
pertinent
information
.)
Valuation:
__________________________________
Type
of
Dock
Use:
Residential
Dock
Public
Commercial
Use
Dock
Type
of
Dock
Permit
Requested:
Stationary
Dock
Boat
Slip
Floating
Dock
New
Dock
Addition
Other
(Explain)_________________________________
Deck
Material:
Treated
Wood
Vinyl
Composite
Other:
_______________________
Dock
Dimensions:
(Foot
print):
_______________________________
Attach
a
copy
of
the
plan.
SEAWALL
INFORMATION:
Valuation:
__________________________________
Length
of
Seawall:
________________
Height
of
Seawall:
________________
Construction
Type:
New
Repair
Replacement
Seawall
Material:
Treated
Wood
Concrete
Stone
Other:
_____________________
BOAT
LIFT
AND
PWC
LIFT
INFORMATION:
Valuation:
__________________________________
Location
of
Boatlift:
Inside
Slip
Outside
Slip
Location
of
PWC
in
lift:
Behind
Platform
Next
to
Platform
Behind
Slip
Next
to
Slip
Total
Number
of
Boatlifts:
______________________
Total
Number
of
PWC
Lifts:
______________________
All
information
is
true
and
accurate
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge.
Applicant
Signature:
_____________________________________________
Date:
_______________________
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DOCK ELECTRIC INSPECTION CHECKLIST
1. Georgia Power Permit (electrical components)
2. Greene County Permit
a) Professionally Engineered Drawing
3. GFCI main breaker at point of service
4. Feeders from main service to sub panel to be stranded copper wire in schedule 40 PVC/buried 18"
a) 3 wire 120v
b) 4 wire 240v
c) Feeders cannot pass through main service wire way
5. Sub panel 36" AFG and 5 feet from water edge with float switch shunt trip.
a) Float switch shunt trip must be located above electrical datum plane but below all junction boxes and live electrical
parts and designed to trip main GFCI at the point of service.
6. Sub panel must have two 8' grounding electrodes with a ground ring with #6 bare copper and approved terminal connections.
(Flex must be approved for location).
a) All conduits must be installed center of walkways and within 2" of top of framing and 18" from the edge of the
dock.
8. Junction boxes must be approved for location and located above electrical datum plane and above float switch shunt trip.
Junction boxes 36" from finished dock surface.
9. Device covers must be approved for location.
10. All equipment must have disconnecting means with 30 inches of equipment.
11. All breakers in sub panel are to be GFCI
12. All lighting must be approved and suitable for location and have a 3rd party professionally engineered electrical design
drawing.
13. All lifts must be approved and suitable for location and have a 3rd party professionally engineered electrical design
drawing.
14. All irrigation must be approved and suitable for location and have 3rd party professionally engineered electrical design
drawing.
15. All documents, drawings, installation and specs for all equipment must be attached to permit application for review and
must be present on the job site.
16. All non-current carrying metal parts of docking facility such as metal piping, metal equipment enclosures, metal frames
of the structure and ramps, metal swim ladders and other metals in contact with the water, or may become electrically
energized, shall be electrically bonded to the equipment grounding system, at the sub panel to dock, and secured on dock
framing.
17. There shall be no electrical components located within 6' of any metal swim ladders.
18. A bonding jumper with a loop (Sized in compliance with NEC, but not smaller than #6 AWG) shall be installed around all
hinge points of metal ramps, floating structures and docks subject to elevation changes due to changes in water levels.
19. All non-current carrying metallic parts of the electrical system shall be bonded to the equipment grounding system
(Panels enclosures, gutters, junction boxes, receptacle boxes, etc.)
20. No connection points below electrical datum plane.
21. No wires, conduits, hanging below dock.
a) All conduits and wires must be 18" from outer edge of docks.
a) Sub panel
7. Sub panel feeders must be in schedule 40 PVC buried 18 inches and continuation on dock with an exception of flex for bends.