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

Table 1, Development Standards for Residential Zoning Districts, at Rockdale County Code § 214-1, lists minimum front, side and rear setbacks for every residential zoning district in unincorporated Rockdale County. In the A-R agricultural-residential district, the standard low-density district for single-family homes coexisting with agriculture, the minimums are a 40-foot front setback, a 10-foot side setback (30 feet on the street side of a corner lot, per Table 1's footnote 2), and a 50-foot rear setback. 5-foot side setback and 25-foot rear setback. Table 1's footnote 1 clarifies that these minimum setbacks do not include any buffer required separately under UDO chapter 328, article I, so a lot along a protected stream or adjoining a different zoning district can face additional buffer distance on top of the base setback.

Section 214-1 also directs that where a base-district standard in chapter 206 conflicts with Table 1, the chapter 206 standard governs, and § 214-2 allows limited three-foot projections into a required setback for architectural features like cornices, eaves and gutters.