Business Licensing & Operations in Barrow County, GA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Barrow County, Georgia.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Barrow County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Adult Entertainment

Barrow County requires a sexually oriented establishment permit before anyone opens an adult bookstore, cabaret, dancing establishment, arcade, video store, escort bureau or similar business in the unincorporated area, on top of special use zoning approval. The Unified Development Code also keeps these businesses at least 1,000 feet from residential property, churches, schools, parks and other adult businesses, and bars them from parcels under three acres.

Adult Business Permits in Barrow County, GA

Heavy Restrictions

Barrow County Code § 89-135

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct or carry on in or upon any premises within the county any of the sexually oriented establishments defined in this section without a sexually oriented establishment permit so to do. ... (d)Distancing and location requirements. No sexually oriented establishment, business or use restricted under this section shall be located within the fol...

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Auto Repair on Residential Property

Barrow County's home business zoning category, at Barrow County Code § 89-219(a), does not allow repair or maintenance work on merchandise received at the home, which rules out running an auto repair shop from a residential lot. The code also bars parking commercial repair vehicles like wreckers or tow trucks at a home business outside AG or AR agricultural districts.

Home Auto Repair Ban Barrow County

Heavy Restrictions

Barrow County Code § 89-219(a), (d)(4)

Home business: ... does not involve the maintenance, repair, storage or transfer of merchandise received at the home. ... (4)Outdoor storage and parking.a.It shall be unlawful to store or park any business material, equipment or vehicle on the premises of the home business, unless any such business material, equipment or vehicle is confined entirely within the residence or in an approved access...

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