Fayette County, GA Animal Ordinances: Pet Groomer Rules (2026)

13 lists a set of uses the county has decided are never compatible with a home occupation, regardless of scale or hours. ' Because grooming is named on its own alongside the veterinary and kennel exclusions, a resident cannot obtain a home occupation conditional use permit to groom pets for clients at a residential address anywhere in the county's home occupation zoning districts, even on a small, appointment-only basis. A pet grooming business instead needs to locate in a zoning district that allows it outright or as part of another permitted or conditional use, such as the animal hospital, kennel and veterinary clinic conditional use available in the A-R, C-C, C-H and M-1 districts under Section 110-169(2)d, or within a personal services use category in the C-C or C-H commercial districts.

The exclusion sits in the same list as bans on on-premises automobile repair, welding and medical or dental facilities, all uses the ordinance's stated intent identifies as incompatible with a residential setting.