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  • Welcome to Candler County

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    Candler County, Georgia has the welcome mat out, whether you choose to stay a day or two, or a lifetime. 

    If your visit is a short one (perhaps you're stopping for fuel and a bite to eat as you travel along I-16), let us recommend some must see and do attractions in Metter and Candler County to make your stay memorable.

    Municipalities in Candler County include the City of Metter and the Town of Pulaski.

    HURRICANE HELENE DISASTER INFORMATION CENTER

    Storm Debris

    The Candler County Landfill is open for regular hours.  The landfill tipping fees for storm debris have been waived for Candler County residents through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 2nd.  The fee waiver period will end at close of business on that date.

    ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ - ๐ƒ๐„๐๐‘๐ˆ๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐

    Storm debris collection activities throughout Candler County, Metter & Pulaski are ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ.

    The ๐”๐’ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ (quality control) and ๐€๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ (debris collection) will be mobilizing throughout the county to collect debris in the rights-of-way. These personnel are independently contracted through the state of Georgia and are not contracted directly with Candler County or the cities of Metter or Pulaski. Collections personnel and equipment will be clearly marked and will not require any agreement or payment from a resident.

    Citizens should immediately move all debris they wish to have picked up to the edge of their property and the right of way as described in the infographic attached. ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

    ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐:
    -Properly staged debris at the edge of the rights of way and property lines (as indicated in the graphic below)

    ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐:
    -Improperly staged debris
    -Hangers, leaners or stumps that are still embedded
    -Debris on private property outside the pickup zone (indicated below)
    -Non vegetative waste (construction, hazardous, etc.)

    ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.




     

    Candler County Resident Assistance


    Storm Cleanup for residents.  Residents who require assistance with storm clean up on their property may contact Crisis Cleanup at 1 (844) 965-1386 or Team Rubicon at www.teamrubiconusa.org, or may contact a local debris contractor.

    FEMA Individual Public Assistance.  Residents of Candler County may qualify for assistance under the FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) program.  For information on the program please visit www.disasterassistance.gov.  

    SBA Homeowners & Renters Assistance.  Residents fo Candler County may qualify for assistance under the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) Disaster Loan Program.  For information on the program please visit www.sba.gov/disaster or click here: Disaster Loans Fact Sheet 

    Business Assistance

    SBA Business Disaster Loand and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). Businesses in Candler County may be eligible for loans or assistance from SBA.  For information on the available program please visit www.sba.gov/disaster or Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) Fact Sheet, Business Disaster Loans , or Disaster Loans - Fact Sheet

     

    CANDLER COUNTY ZONING

    Candler County Board of Commissioners

    Candler County Planning & Zoning Board

    The Board of Commissioners of Candler County, Georgia, adopted the Zoning Ordinance on September 23, 2024. Ordinances can be found on the Planning and Zoning page or by clicking HERE

     
     
    Questions regarding the proposed zoning should be directed to the Candler County Zoning Administrator, Crystal Rader, at crader@candlerco-ga.gov or (912) 685-2835

    Candler County has partnered with OnSolve to provide a county-wide emergency notification system, CodeRED. 


     

    Please click the link below and register to receive up to the minute weather,
    emergency and event notifications provided by the National Weather Service
    and Candler County Emergency Management.