In the county's default RC Rural Conservation zoning, backyard chickens are allowed on a half-acre with up to ten hens and one rooster, and horses and livestock are permitted as an accessory use with 100-foot setbacks. Horse farms are common.
Most unincorporated Coweta County land is zoned RC Rural Conservation, which permits noncommercial poultry, horses, and livestock as an accessory to a home, with pens and buildings set at least 100 feet from property lines and 200 feet from off-site dwellings. A backyard-chicken exception allows a half-acre minimum, no more than ten chickens, and only one rooster or crowing fowl per parcel, with coops 30 feet from lines and 50 feet from neighboring homes. Commercial poultry and livestock raising requires 20 acres; riding stables need 10. Countywide, Section 10-81(h) makes it unlawful to let any fowl or livestock run at large.
Exceeding ten hens, keeping more than one rooster, siting a coop inside the setbacks, or letting livestock run at large is a violation enforced by county code compliance and animal services, with correction notices, fines, and animal removal.
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