Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subject 391-3-18 - RULES FOR CERTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PROPERTY
Rule 391-3-18-.02 - Definitions
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through December 18, 2024
All terms used in this rule chapter shall be interpreted in accordance with the definitions as set forth in O.C.G.A. Sec. 48-5-7.4 and Rule Chapter 560-11-6.
(1) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
(2) "Maintenance in its natural condition" means to manage the land in such a manner that would not ruin, erode, harm, damage, or spoil the nature, distinctiveness, identity, appearance, utility or function that originally characterized the property as environmentally sensitive under O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-7.4(a)(2).
(3) "Primary use" means the principal use to which the property is devoted, as distinct from an incidental, occasional, intermediate or temporary use for some other purpose not detrimental to or in conflict with its primary purpose.
O.C.G.A. §§ 48-5-7.4, 12-2-4(k), 12-2-24(a) .
