Cobb County
Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Environmental Health
In short
Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Environmental Health issues 4 permits we publish for Cobb County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Art (Tattoo/Piercing) Studio and Artist Permitonly if it applies to you | Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Environmental Health | Plan review: new facility $250; existing facility, no changes $110, minor changes $175, major (structural) changes $235; plan resubmittal $110. Annual inspection $410. Temporary event inspection: 1-4 days $105; 5-7 days $155. Body artist certification exam fee: $50 per service (tattooing, piercing, or microblading). Guest body artist permit: $105. | annual studio permit; temporary-event and guest-artist permits are per event, and the certification exam is per service | 2026-10-02 |
| Swimming Pool Permitonly if it applies to you | Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Environmental Health | Plan review, new pool: under 500 sq ft $275; 500–2,000 sq ft $365; over 2,000 sq ft $475; governmental $0. Plan review, existing pool: change-of-ownership review $55; modification not altering pool hydraulics $85; modification altering pool hydraulics $205; plan resubmittal $110. Annual inspection: seasonal (April–October) $315; year-round $450; governmental $0. | annual inspection; plan review is one-time per project | 2026-10-02 |
| Food Service Permit | Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Environmental Health | Plan review (new or remodeled facility): Risk Type I $270; Risk Type II $355; Risk Type III $435; Governmental $0. Remodel-scope review: no structural or equipment change $135; minor change (equipment relocation or addition, or resurfacing) $215; major (structural or equipment) change $280; plan resubmittal $110; HACCP plan/variance review $225. Annual inspection fee, by Risk Type and Category I/II/III: Risk I $250/$285/$325; Risk II $560/$655/$750; Risk III $590/$670/$780; Governmental $0. A required additional routine inspection is $225; an owner-requested re-inspection costs two-thirds of the annual fee. | annual permit; plan review is one-time per project | 2026-10-02 |
| Onsite Sewage Management (Septic) Permitonly if it applies to you | Cobb & Douglas Public Health, Environmental Health | Residential: site review $110; re-review $85; inspection/permit $250; repair or modification review-permit-inspection $170; minor repair (non-field line) $85; pool-served-by-septic review $150; pool requiring septic relocation $170. Commercial: lot site review $280; site re-review $110; inspection/permit at or under 1,500 sq ft or 2,000 gallons per day $365; inspection/permit above that threshold $560; repair or modification review-permit-inspection $280. Other: existing-system evaluation with no permit issued (for example, for a loan letter or a remodel) $150; septic pumper inspection $100 plus $50 per truck; contractor certification exam $50 per module. | per project | 2026-10-02 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Body Art (Tattoo/Piercing) Studio and Artist Permit
A salon in Cobb County that offers tattoo, piercing, or microblading services needs this permit from Cobb & Douglas Public Health, separate from any general salon licensing; a salon offering only hair, nail, or skincare services with no body-art work has no obligation under this program. This page carries the same January 1, 2027 successor-schedule notice found on the agency's other Environmental Health pages, with no figures yet published for that later schedule as of October 2026, so every figure above is the current, in-effect schedule.
Swimming Pool Permit
A fitness studio or childcare facility in Cobb County that operates a swimming pool on its premises needs this permit from Cobb & Douglas Public Health; a studio or facility without a pool has no obligation under this program. This page carries the same notice found on the agency's other Environmental Health pages that a new fee schedule takes effect January 1, 2027, with no figures yet published for that successor schedule as of October 2026, so every figure stated above is the current, in-effect schedule rather than any later one.
Food Service Permit
A restaurant, coffee shop, or food truck preparing or serving food in Cobb County needs this permit from Cobb & Douglas Public Health's Environmental Health program, a joint two-county health district separate from the county's own Business License Division. The agency's own food-service page states that a new Environmental Health fee schedule takes effect January 1, 2027; as of October 2026 the announcement page's own body carries no dollar figures for that successor schedule, so none are stated here and every figure above is the current, in-effect schedule. The governing rule text on the same page is labeled 'Updated Georgia Department of Health Rules and Regulations for Food Service,' effective February 12, 2025.
Onsite Sewage Management (Septic) Permit
This permit applies only to a Cobb County business sited on a septic system rather than connected to public sewer. The Commercial tier is the one most relevant to a restaurant, retail store, auto-repair shop, childcare facility, veterinary clinic, or fitness studio located on a non-sewered unincorporated-Cobb parcel; a business already on public sewer has no obligation under this program. This page carries the same January 1, 2027 successor-schedule notice found on the agency's other Environmental Health pages, with no figures yet published for that later schedule as of October 2026, so every figure above is the current, in-effect schedule.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Cobb County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Cobb & Douglas Public Health — Food Service Environmental Health fee pageCobb & Douglas Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Cobb & Douglas Public Health — Public Swimming Pool Applications, Forms, and InformationCobb & Douglas Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Cobb & Douglas Public Health — Septic System Applications and RequirementsCobb & Douglas Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Cobb & Douglas Public Health — Tattoos and Piercings (body art) fee pageCobb & Douglas Public Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
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