Johns Creek, GA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

The City of Johns Creek regulates poultry through its own animal-control nuisance ordinance, Sec. 10-4. Keeping fowl is lawful provided the owner meets sanitation, setback, space, and quantity requirements. Any housing or enclosure must be well-drained, free of accumulated excrement and objectionable odors, and otherwise clean and sanitary, with excrement disposed of in a manner approved by the city manager or designee. Chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, or similar fowl must be kept at least 100 feet from any occupied building other than the owner's own dwelling unit. Except in areas zoned for agriculture, each bird must be provided an average minimum of 4 square feet of floor or ground area in its enclosure, and the maximum number of fowl on a single premises may not exceed 75. The 100-foot setback applies citywide; the 4-square-foot and 75-bird limits apply outside agricultural zoning. Licensed veterinary hospitals, commercial kennels, grooming parlors, and public or commercial horse facilities are exempted from the distance and space tables. The Code does not list a separate rooster prohibition, but crowing or odor that unreasonably offends the senses can be treated as a nuisance under the Sec. 10-1 definition. Always confirm zoning limits, since lot size determines whether the 100-foot setback can be met.