South Fulton, GA Business Licensing & Operations: Pawnbrokers (2026)

Table 2-4, the Principal Use Table for Non-Residential Districts, lists NAICS code 453310 Pawnshops with an 'S' in the C-2 General Commercial District column and leaves every other district column, AG-1, C-1 Limited Commercial, O-I Office and Institutional, MIX Mixed Use, M-1 Light Industrial, and M-2 Heavy Industrial, blank. 06(b) defines what that 'S' means: the use is allowed only by approval as a Special Use, which the City Council alone may grant when certain conditions are met, following the Special Use process described in Article 8 of the Zoning Ordinance.

04(a) makes clear that any principal use not shown as allowed on Table 2-4, whether by right or by Special Use, is specifically prohibited in that district, so a pawnshop application anywhere outside C-2 is dead on arrival at the zoning stage regardless of any business license the operator might otherwise qualify for. 06, giving neighbors and the CDRA Director a formal review opportunity before any pawnshop can open. and the use of firearms' among its enumerated business-regulation powers, confirming pawnshop control sits squarely within the city's home-rule authority rather than being preempted by the state.