Coweta County, GA Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)

The Cedar Creek (CC) zoning district was created to protect the Cedar Creek Reservoir and its watershed from the effects of unrestricted development, and Article 20 regulates land uses there more tightly than in the county's conventional residential districts. Section 202(1) allows a landowner to keep personal, noncommercial pets or livestock, but only as a conditional use approved by the Board of Commissioners after a recommendation from the Board of Zoning Appeals under Article 28's conditional-use procedures, not as a by-right accessory use. The animal count is capped at five, and each large animal, horses, mules, goats, cattle, swine, draught animals, or similar livestock, requires a minimum of three acres of land dedicated to it, meaning a landowner keeping the maximum five animals needs at least 15 acres set aside for that use alone.

The keeping area must sit at least 100 feet from every property line and at least 200 feet from any off-site residential dwelling, buffering neighboring homes from odor, noise, and runoff. The Board of Zoning Appeals can attach additional conditions or limitations to the permit beyond these baseline numbers, such as requiring fencing, manure management, or hours of use, as part of its review. Because this is a conditional use rather than a permitted use, an applicant must file for a conditional use permit, pay the associated fee, and go through the public hearing process before the animals can lawfully be kept; simply moving livestock onto CC-zoned land without that approval does not satisfy the ordinance even if the acreage and setback numbers are otherwise met.