Home Business in Bartow County, GA (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Bartow County, Georgia.
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Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Unincorporated Bartow County allows a home occupation in a residential or A-1 district only as a use that is clearly secondary to the home itself. Zoning Ordinance § 6.2 caps the business space at 30 percent of the residence and bars anything that reveals from outside that the home is being used commercially.
Bartow County Home Occupation Zoning Rules
Some RestrictionsBartow County Zoning Ordinance § 6.2, subsection A
Sec. 6.2. - Home occupations. Unless specifically permitted as a use under the following provisions or other applicable provisions of Article VII, no business or commercial enterprise may operate in a residentially-zoned district, including A-1 and any R district (R-1, R-2, etc.). A home occupation must be a use that is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the residentially-zoned prop...
Signage Rules
Unincorporated Bartow County bars any exterior sign or visible evidence of a home occupation. Zoning Ordinance § 6.2(D) prohibits external display of products, outside storage of equipment, and any other externally visible sign that the home is being used for business.
Bartow County Home Business Sign Ban
Heavy RestrictionsBartow County Zoning Ordinance § 6.2(D)
D.External display and storage of products prohibited. There shall be no external display of products or storage of equipment or any other externally visible evidence of the occupation, business, or profession.
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Bartow County limits how a home occupation handles customers and vehicles under Zoning Ordinance § 6.2. On-street parking of business vehicles is barred entirely, no more than two business vehicles are allowed on site, and daily in-person retail exchanges with customers at the residence are prohibited outright.
Bartow County Home Business Customer Rules
Significant RestrictionsBartow County Zoning Ordinance § 6.2, subsections G and I(7)
G.Parking and business-use/commercial vehicles. No on-street parking of business-use/commercial vehicles shall be permitted at any time. The number of business-use/commercial vehicles shall be limited to two. ... I.Occupations which are not allowed (prohibited). The following uses are examples of home occupations which are not allowed: ... 7)Retail sales of goods and/or services in which purcha...
Home Daycare
In-home childcare is allowed as a home occupation in unincorporated Bartow County, but Zoning Ordinance § 6.2(H)(6) caps it at six children at a time, counting the caregiver's own preschool-aged children toward that limit. The business must still meet every other home-occupation standard in the section.
Bartow County Home Daycare Rules
Some RestrictionsBartow County Zoning Ordinance § 6.2(H)(6)
H.Allowable home occupations. The following uses are examples of allowable home occupations: ... 6)In-home childcare, but not more than six children at a time, including the caregiver's own preschool-aged children.
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