§ 12.7. Developments of Regional Impact (DRI).

The Georgia Planning Act of 1989 authorized the Department of Community Affairs to establish procedures for regional review of development projects that are of sufficient size that they are likely to create impacts beyond the jurisdiction in which the project will be located. The DRI review process involves the host local government, the reviewing Regional Development Center (RDC), and other potentially affected local governments, RDC's and agencies.

Thresholds are used to determine whether a proposed development is a DRI. Because positive and negative impacts of DRI's are not necessarily confined to the host local governments' jurisdictional boundaries, impacts on other jurisdictions need to be assessed.

If a development project is submitted to the Greene County Planning Commission or the Board of Commissioners for review, then the time deadlines imposed in Article XV are suspended until the DRI review process is completed.