Bulloch County, GA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

The development standards table in Section 606 of the Zoning Ordinance (Appendix C, Article 6) fixes yard setbacks separately for R-80, R-40, R-25, R-15, R-8, R-2 and R-3 districts. Front-yard setbacks in R-80 through R-8 run 80 feet from an arterial street or road, 60 feet from a collector, and 40 feet from a local street; R-2 and R-3 instead carry a 40-foot (35 feet with public sewer) front setback regardless of road classification. Side-yard setbacks in R-80 through R-8 range from 20 feet on an arterial down to 10 feet on a local street, while R-2 and R-3 use a flat 25-foot side setback that drops to 12 feet with public water service, except the common wall separating individual dwelling units in a two-family or multi-family building is exempt from the side setback entirely.

Rear-yard setbacks are 20 feet from an arterial and 10 feet from a collector or local street in R-80 through R-8, and 25 feet regardless of road classification in R-2 and R-3. On a corner lot or a lot with double street frontage, Section 606 applies the front-yard setback to every lot line abutting a street. Section 606 also carries forward general standards from Section 504: shrubbery, driveways, retaining walls, fences, curbs and buffers are not treated as encroachments into a required yard, and a lot of record existing at the ordinance's original November 4, 1994 adoption that does not meet these standards may still be built on if approved by the county health department.

Minimum lot width also varies by whether the lot has water and sewer service, running from 125 feet with no service down to 70-80 feet with both.