100 local rules on file · Pop. 4,406 · Clayton County
Showing ordinances that apply to Bonanza, GA
Bonanza is an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 4,406 in Clayton County, Georgia. Because Bonanza is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal government or city code. Instead, Clayton County ordinances apply directly to residential and commercial properties here. The rules below are the county-level regulations that govern your area. Nearby incorporated cities in Clayton County may have different rules.
Clayton County has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but its five-animal private-kennel threshold and confinement rules limit accumulation. Severe neglect and overcrowding are…
Clayton County's animal chapter sets no specific beekeeping ordinance. Beekeeping is governed statewide by Georgia's Bee Law (O.C.G.A. 2-14-40 et seq.), which the Department of…
Clayton County's animal chapter has no standalone ordinance prohibiting the feeding of wildlife. Feeding that creates a nuisance or effectively maintains wild animals can be reached…
Clayton County has no breed-specific dog ban. Dangerous and vicious dogs are regulated by behavior under Georgia's Responsible Dog Ownership Law (O.C.G.A. 4-8-21) and the county's…
In unincorporated Clayton County, a dog off its owner's property must be leashed and under the direct control of a person able to restrain it. Confinement by fence, pen, cage, trolley…
Clayton County Code Chapter 14, Article III (Wild and Exotic Animals) prohibits keeping listed wild and exotic species, including primates, big cats, wolves, bears, venomous and…
Chickens and other poultry are 'farm animals' under Clayton County's zoning ordinance. A 'farm' means at least three acres, and chickens are generally allowed for personal use only in…
Clayton County treats cats as animals that must be kept 'under control' and current on rabies vaccination. Cats count toward the five-animal private-kennel threshold, and Georgia law…
Horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, and similar livestock are 'farm animals' under Clayton County zoning. A 'farm' means at least three acres, so livestock is limited to…
Clayton County treats a household with more than five dogs or five cats (or a combination of five) over four months old as a 'private kennel.' Keeping animals above that threshold…
Open burning of natural vegetation is allowed only outside the summer burn ban and must be at least 25 feet from any structure or property line. You must first obtain a Georgia…
Consumer fireworks are legal statewide in Georgia. Any day you may use them from 10:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., extended on July 3, July 4, New Year's Eve and to 1:00 a.m. on January 1…
Clayton County has no wildfire defensible-space mandate. If you clear brush, you may not burn the debris from May 1 through September 30 under Georgia's summer ozone burn ban. Outside…
Small recreational and cooking fires are allowed in Clayton County as long as they are attended and controlled. Open burning of natural vegetation must stay at least 25 feet from any…
Recreational backyard fires such as campfires and grilling are exempt from Georgia's open-burning ban and are allowed year-round in Clayton County if attended and controlled. Burning…
Georgia state law requires an approved smoke detector in every dwelling. Detectors must be mounted centrally in the hallway serving bedrooms, on each sleeping level. Clayton County…
Clayton County has no unique propane quantity limit. Home LP-gas storage follows the International Fire Code and NFPA 58, adopted through Georgia's state minimum fire safety standards…
Clayton County is an urban metro-Atlanta county with no designated wildfire hazard zone or wildland-urban-interface code. Georgia sets no statewide fire-hazard-severity map, so there…
The owner, platform, or manager operating a short-term rental in unincorporated Clayton County must hold a valid county business license, and the license number must appear in every…
Clayton County sets no annual cap on how many nights a short-term rental may be booked. The only night-based line is the 30-day threshold that separates a short-term rental from a…
Article XII sets no fixed guest headcount. Instead, short-term rental occupancy in unincorporated Clayton County is controlled by the county zoning ordinance and by building and fire…
Clayton County levies an 8% hotel-motel excise tax on the charge for short-term lodging. Operators collect it and remit monthly by the 20th, on top of Georgia's 4% state sales tax and…
Because a Clayton County short-term rental must sit inside or adjacent to the owner's occupied dwelling on the same property, a responsible host is present on the parcel. Owners or…
Clayton County allows short-term rentals only inside or adjacent to the owner's occupied dwelling on the same property. Non-owner-occupied, investor-run whole-house rentals are not…
Clayton County's short-term rental ordinance sets no liability-insurance requirement. Owners must hold a county permit and business license, but Article XII does not mandate a specific…
Unincorporated Clayton County requires every short-term rental unit to hold a county permit. Before a permit issues, the property is inspected for compliance with all building and fire…
Clayton County requires all parking for a short-term rental unit to be accommodated on the same lot as the unit. Guests may not use the street or neighboring property for rental…
Before renting, every short-term rental owner or host in unincorporated Clayton County must post the county's noise ordinance in a visible location inside the unit, putting guests on…
In unincorporated Clayton County, playing a radio, stereo or other sound device between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that is plainly audible 50 feet away is prima facie evidence of a noise…
Clayton County sets no fixed daily start/stop hours for construction. Loud or prolonged construction noise is judged by the 50-foot reasonable-person standard, and a special noise…
Persistent animal noise is not exempt from Clayton County's noise ordinance. The § 62-3.4(11) farm-noise exception expressly does not cover animal noise within 500 feet of a…
Leaf blowers, mowers, edgers and other domestic power equipment are exempt from Clayton County's noise ordinance only when they have a working muffler and are used 8 a.m.–9 p.m. on…
Clayton County's only numeric decibel cap—110 decibels—applies to activities on county and publicly owned property, not to ordinary residential noise. Homes are judged by the…
Clayton County cannot regulate aircraft noise. Section 62-3.4(8) exempts aircraft-related noise while planes are in flight under FAA or Department of Defense jurisdiction…
Clayton County bars loudspeakers and sound amplifiers cast onto public streets for advertising, and playing amplified music louder than needed for voluntary listeners in the room or…
Outdoor concerts, parades, fireworks displays and other special events are exempt from Clayton County's noise ordinance only when a county permit is obtained, and only within the hours…
Clayton County prohibits loud vehicle exhaust, unnecessary horn use and rattling loads. Modified or special exhaust devices that increase or change a vehicle's sound are banned, and…
Noise made in the ordinary course of lawfully permitted businesses in industrial-zoned areas is exempt from Clayton County's noise ordinance. Industrial operations outside their zoning…
In Clayton County cities like Forest Park, required off-street parking areas, drives, and ingress/egress must be paved with asphalt or concrete and drained properly. Vehicles are…
Clayton County sets no ordinance letting residents paint their own curbs. Curb colors and no-parking markings are official traffic-control devices placed only by the county or city…
Passenger cars may generally park on residential streets, but Clayton County cities prohibit heavy and commercial vehicles from parking on any public street within a residential zoning…
Clayton County cities require commercial and heavy vehicles in commercial districts to park only in posted loading zones or docks, and prohibit their operators from sleeping or parking…
No countywide ban stops residents from parking passenger cars overnight, but commercial-lot overnight sleeping is prohibited in cities like Forest Park, and any vehicle left five days…
Under Georgia's abandoned-vehicle law, a car left unattended on public property for at least five days, or left on private property 30 days without a claim, is 'abandoned' and may be…
In Clayton County cities like Forest Park, one resident-owned recreational vehicle may be stored on a residential lot only within the rear yard, never occupied and never hooked to…
Clayton County cities bar parking, maintaining, or storing heavy and commercial vehicles on residential property. Forest Park makes it unlawful to keep such a vehicle in a residential…
Oversized commercial and heavy vehicles cannot be parked or stored in residential neighborhoods in Clayton County cities. Forest Park allows them to park overnight or in storage only…
Clayton County has no special residential EV-charging ordinance. Home chargers are governed by Georgia's state minimum electrical and building codes and require a standard electrical…
Clayton County has no ordinance banning native or drought-tolerant landscaping. Its Tree Protection Ordinance actively recommends native species, though plantings still cannot become…
In unincorporated Clayton County, a single-family homeowner may remove three or fewer trees under 30 inches diameter per calendar year without a tree permit, unless land disturbance is…
Rainwater harvesting is allowed in Clayton County. No county ordinance bans rain barrels or cisterns, and Georgia's watering rules exempt captured stormwater and reclaimed water from…
Clayton County has no ordinance specifically permitting or banning artificial turf on residential lots. Its use is governed by general zoning, impervious-surface, and stormwater…
Backyard composting is allowed in Clayton County; no ordinance bans home compost piles. A pile must be maintained so it does not become rubbish or a nuisance that breeds vermin or…
In unincorporated Clayton County, grass, weeds, and similar plants on developed land may not exceed ten inches. Owners and occupants must keep the property mowed and clear of rubbish…
Homeowners in unincorporated Clayton County may trim their own trees. The county's Tree Protection Ordinance targets land development and clearing, not routine pruning, but owners…
Clayton County's Quality of Life Code requires unincorporated properties to be kept free of rubbish and uncut vegetation. Grass and weeds over ten inches are unlawful, and owners must…
Under Georgia's Water Stewardship Act, landscape watering across Clayton County is allowed daily but only between 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. The Clayton County Water Authority supplies most…
Georgia's adopted code, enforced by Clayton County, treats spas and hot tubs like pools once water exceeds 24 inches deep, so barrier rules generally apply. However, a spa or hot tub…
Yes. Clayton County requires a building permit for residential swimming pools, which are built to the Georgia-adopted IRC. Only prefabricated pools under 24 inches deep are exempt…
Pool gates in Clayton County must be self-closing and self-latching and open outward away from the pool, under Georgia's adopted residential code. These rules, plus the 48-inch…
Georgia's adopted residential code, enforced by Clayton County, requires a barrier at least 48 inches high around any residential pool over 24 inches deep. Openings must not pass a…
Above-ground pools deeper than 24 inches are treated like any residential pool in Clayton County: they need barrier protection and a building permit. If the pool wall itself is the…
In unincorporated Clayton County, residential chain-link and privacy fences may reach 6 feet in side and rear yards; ornamental fences 4 feet front and 6 feet elsewhere. Any fence in…
Yes. The Clayton County Zoning Ordinance requires a permit for every fence and wall: Sec. 6.30 states they 'shall be permitted in all zoning districts with the issuance of a permit.'…
Clayton County lets a side- or rear-yard fence sit on the property line only with written consent from all adjacent owners or a certified boundary survey (Sec. 6.30). Fences with one…
Clayton County's zoning ordinance sets no dedicated retaining-wall height limit. Retaining walls are structures needing a building permit, and Sec. 6.34 bars retaining walls from…
Clayton County's Sec. 6.30 table recognizes chain-link, living, ornamental, privacy, rail and industrial fences, plus decorative and obscuring walls, each with its own height limit…
Clayton County requires every fence to sit completely within the owner's lot, including posts, foundations and overhangs (Sec. 6.30). Fences must clear the sight-visibility zone, stay…
In Jonesboro, barbed wire, razor wire and similar materials are prohibited in all zoning districts except approved M-1 light industrial (Sec. 86-264). In unincorporated Clayton County…
Clayton County zoning permits family day care homes in residential districts subject to state licensing plus local standards: at least 35 square feet of indoor and 200 square feet of…
Clayton County home businesses must hold the appropriate occupational licensing, including a Clayton County business license, and cannot employ anyone who does not reside at the home…
Clayton County allows home occupations in residential zones as permitted uses, but the business must be clearly incidental and subordinate to living in the home. It cannot use more…
Georgia lets residents make non-potentially-hazardous foods in their home kitchen and sell them directly to consumers. A cottage food operator produces only in their primary…
A Clayton County home occupation may display one sign attached to the primary structure and not exceeding 2 square feet, as authorized by Article 8 sign standards. No off-site signs…
In unincorporated Clayton County, sheds, mini-barns, and storage buildings are accessory structures: no more than three per lot, together no larger than 50% of the home's finished…
Clayton County treats habitable garage quarters as an accessory dwelling. Converting a garage into living space, or building an apartment over a detached garage, is allowed only as a…
Carports and detached garages are accessory structures in unincorporated Clayton County. They must be set back at least five feet from side and rear lines, keep ten feet from the home…
Clayton County allows accessory dwellings (guest houses, in-law suites) only as a conditional use, and only in the AG, ER, and RS-180 zoning districts. No more than one accessory…
Clayton County has no separate 'tiny home' ordinance. A freestanding backyard living unit is treated as an accessory dwelling: rear yard only, one per lot, and only on lots of at least…
Clayton County's Quality of Life Code (Sec. 62-202) makes it unlawful to store appliances, furniture, machinery, scrap, or waste materials outdoors on any developed or undeveloped land…
Clayton County's unincorporated-area code sets no garage-sale or yard-sale permit; occasional residential sales are allowed. But recurring or ongoing sales can become unlawful outdoor…
Clayton County requires owners of abandoned or vacant buildings to board up and secure them against animals, vermin, and trespassers (Sec. 62-203). Vacant and undeveloped lots may not…
In unincorporated Clayton County, grass, weeds, and similar plants on developed land may not exceed ten inches in height (Sec. 62-202(b)). Owners must also keep the property clear of…
In unincorporated Clayton County, solid-waste containers must be stored to the rear of the building line except on scheduled pickup days, kept in waterproof cans with tight lids, and…
Clayton County's Litter Control Code (Sec. 62-30.1) makes it unlawful to dump or leave litter on any public or private property or waters in the unincorporated county without…
Clayton County's regular collection excludes large appliances, furniture, tires, and other bulky items that a regulation garbage truck cannot compact (Sec. 78-7(6)). Residents must…
Unincorporated Clayton County is served by private licensed haulers, not a county curbside route. Contractors must provide at least once-per-week residential collection (Sec. 78-7)…
In unincorporated Clayton County, refuse containers stay behind the building line until the scheduled pickup day, when they may be set out no closer than ten feet from the sidewalk or…
Georgia law, incorporated in Clayton County Sec. 78-7(4), bans yard trimmings from municipal landfills. Grass, leaves, and limbs must be separated from household garbage in cans (no…
Backyard barbecue and propane grilling is allowed year-round in Clayton County and is exempt from Georgia's open-burning ban. Under the adopted International Fire Code, charcoal and…
Using a backyard smoker in Clayton County is allowed as recreational cooking and is exempt from Georgia's open-burning ban. There is no specific smoker ordinance, but persistent smoke…
Clayton County requires front, side and rear yard setbacks for every structure, set individually for each zoning district in Article 3 of the zoning ordinance (Sec. 6.4). The exact…
Clayton County sets a maximum building height for each zoning district in the Article 3 layout (Sec. 6.5). Certain features may exceed it: church steeples, private water towers and…
Clayton County caps the maximum lot coverage for every zoning district, but the percentage is set individually for each district in the Article 3 layout (Sec. 6.4). Check your parcel's…
You may place political signs on your own private property, but Clayton County prohibits any poster, sign, or advertisement in or within the right-of-way of a public road. The county…
Clayton County lets you post 'weekend signs' (yard-sale and similar temporary signs) without a permit, but only from 6 p.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Sunday, no larger than 4 square feet per…
Clayton County has no formal dark-sky designation, but its zoning code requires exterior lighting to be fully shielded and directed downward, using full-cutoff fixtures to prevent…
Clayton County's zoning code caps light spilling onto neighbors: no more than 1.0 footcandle at a zoning-lot boundary or street line, and only 0.5 footcandle where a lot abuts a…
These unincorporated areas are also governed by Clayton County ordinances.