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

Sec. 4.1, Zoning Space Dimensions, in Appendix B of the Troup County UDO fixes minimum yard setbacks by district in a single Space Dimensions Table. For the AG, agricultural district, the numbers are the largest in the county: side yard 50 feet, road/street side yard 50 feet, and rear yard 50 feet. Front yard setbacks scale with the road classification the lot fronts: 100 feet along a local road, 125 feet along a collector, and 145 feet along an arterial, versus as little as 60 to 100 feet in the tighter AG-R, SU-R, LR, and commercial districts.

The table also fixes AG lot width at the setback line at 220 feet and a 40-foot maximum building height, both tied to the same section. Footnote (5) waives any rear yard requirement for a parcel abutting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property, and footnote (7) cuts side and rear setbacks for accessory buildings and structures to one-half of the principal-structure figures in the table, so an AG accessory building's side setback is 25 feet rather than 50. Sec. 4.2 requires every building to sit on a lot with approved public or private road or easement access before these setbacks even apply, and Sec.

4.3 lets architectural features such as eaves, chimneys, bay windows, and fencing project up to 3 feet into any required setback provided they stay at least 3 feet off the property line. The Community Development Director administers the table and can apply a context-sensitive adjustment when the average setback within 5,000 feet of a property does not match the table figure for that district.