Carroll County, GA Ordinances (2026)

Electrical work in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia is regulated under the National Electrical Code, adopted by Code § 18-26(2), and needs a permit under § 18-15 except for minor…

Construction permitted in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia goes through staged foundation, frame and final inspections by the county building official under Code § 18-16(a)(6)…

Any construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, move, demolition or occupancy change to a building or structure in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia requires a building permit…

Plumbing work in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia is regulated under the International Plumbing Code, adopted by Code § 18-26(5), and requires a permit under § 18-15 except for…

Carroll County requires every dwelling, rooming or housekeeping unit that is rented, leased or let in the unincorporated county to have a deadbolt lock with at least a 1-inch throw on…

Carroll County's property maintenance code requires elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators in the unincorporated county to comply with the state Safety Fire Commissioner's rules, and…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia treats day care differently by zoning district: private day nurseries are a permitted use in the Agricultural (A) district under County Code §…

Carroll County's Board of Commissioners can require a permit, or ban outright, for parades, motorcades and other public assemblages on unincorporated roads, streets, sidewalks, parks…

Retaining walls in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia only need a building permit if they exceed four feet in height or support a surcharge or Class I, II or III-A liquids; shorter…

Fences over six feet tall in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia need a building permit; the code exempts only fences at or under six feet, per § 18-15(b)(1)b. Taller fences must go…

Unincorporated Carroll County exempts fences up to six feet tall from a building permit, but caps any fence, planting, or other obstruction at four feet within 20 feet of a street or…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, building a residential swimming pool requires a permit from the county building official under Code § 18-15(a), unless the pool is a small…

Carroll County requires any private pool, hot tub or spa deeper than 24 inches in the unincorporated county to be fully enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high with a…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, outdoor lighting for non-residential and multi-family development within the county's designated transportation corridor overlay must be…

Outdoor advertising signs, Carroll County's term for billboards, may only use LED illumination meeting Georgia's O.C.G.A. § 32-6-75 standard or traditional top-mounted down-lighting…

In its designated primary and secondary transportation corridors, unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia requires new streetlights to use fixtures the manufacturer certifies as dark…

Once an open fire is lawfully burning in unincorporated Carroll County, Section 42-8(b) sets a hard 30-foot buffer: no fire may be started or allowed to burn closer than 30 feet to a…

Open burning anywhere in unincorporated Carroll County requires a permit from the Georgia Forestry Commission in advance, and the county fire chief can order any fire extinguished…

Carroll County requires interconnected, hard-wired smoke alarms with battery backup in every bedroom, sleeping area and story of homes in the unincorporated county, with older Group R…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia can order an unsafe or uninhabitable dwelling repaired, vacated or demolished through a magistrate court hearing under Code §§ 18-57 through…

Carroll County requires every vacant lot and vacant structure in the unincorporated county to be kept clean, safe, secured and sanitary under its International Property Maintenance…

Carroll County bans parking on any county road or county-maintained property overnight, or for any period at all, under Code § 74-2. This is unincorporated-territory law only: it does…

Unincorporated Carroll County caps inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles at two per premises and bans vehicles left in major disassembly or disrepair, though a vehicle may undergo…

Unincorporated Carroll County limits vehicles kept in connection with a licensed home occupation to those 'used primarily as passenger vehicles,' so commercial trucks and other work…

Carroll County lets residents place one temporary garage- or yard-sale sign per property under Code § 78-6(a)(1)e, but only in the unincorporated county, not inside Carrollton, Villa…

Carroll County allows political signs in every zoning district ahead of an election under Code § 78-9, with no permit required, but bars placement in the public right-of-way. Signs…

Dumping garbage, refuse, dead animals or other offensive matter on any road, private property without the owner's consent, or public property outside a designated site is unlawful…

Anyone providing solid waste collection service in unincorporated Carroll County must collect at least once a week, and every hauling vehicle must be covered, under Code § 82-3. The…

Carroll County restricts its dumpster, bin and green-box receptacles to household waste from county residents under Code § 82-5, barring commercial haulers, dead animals, furniture…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, there is no curbside pickup; residents haul household garbage to county-run dumpster, bin and green box sites under Carroll County Code §…

Along Carroll County, Georgia's designated highway corridors, the Corridor Development Plan at Carroll County Code § 102-16, Appendix A requires commercial, industrial and multifamily…

Carroll County assigns every unincorporated-area business to a numbered SIC-based tax class for its annual occupation tax, and requires each business registration to identify its…

Carroll County requires anyone selling goods, taking sales orders, or soliciting door-to-door in the unincorporated county, including peddlers and transient merchants, to register with…

No one may rent a dwelling in unincorporated Carroll County for 29 days or fewer without first obtaining a short-term rental license from the Community Development Department, applying…

Carroll County caps overnight occupancy of a short-term rental at two adults per bedroom, a limit the owner must acknowledge in writing at application and post, along with the unit's…

Carroll County limits short-term rental parking to one vehicle per bedroom, bans parking on the county right-of-way or in yards, and requires the maximum vehicle count and the license…

Carroll County requires every short-term rental license applicant to post written rules in the unit acknowledging that exceeding the county's noise ordinance limits is unlawful, and…

Carroll County revokes a short-term rental license, and bars the owner, agent or address from reapplying for 12 months, once three convictions or judgments for code violations…

Carroll County charges a $200.00 nonrefundable fee with every annual short-term rental license application and separately subjects short-term rentals to Georgia's hotel-motel tax, on…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia requires a landscaped street-tree strip for multi-family, retail, office and industrial development inside the county's designated transportation…

Unincorporated Carroll County requires a land-disturbance permit from the department of community development before any grading, clearing or excavation that is not exempt…

Carroll County regulates post-construction stormwater for new development and redevelopment in the unincorporated county's MS4 urbanized area. Projects that add 5,000 square feet of…

In the special flood hazard areas of unincorporated Carroll County, new construction and substantial improvements must have the lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least…

Any development inside a mapped special flood hazard area of unincorporated Carroll County needs a development permit before work starts. Section 46-33 requires the permit, Section…

Carroll County, Georgia has no permit for a homeowner cutting down a tree on an existing lot. The only clearing limit in the code sits in the subdivision rules: Carroll County Code §…

Carroll County's property maintenance code bans weeds and unsightly plant growth like kudzu, ragweed and thistle on any unincorporated premises, and if an owner does not cut them after…

Manufactured homes placed or substantially improved in a Carroll County flood hazard area must have their lowest floor at least two feet above base flood elevation and sit on…

Carroll County's nuisance ordinance lets residents report conditions like sewage discharge onto a neighboring lot or stagnant water breeding mosquitoes. The building inspector, code…

Carroll County's property maintenance code requires every structure and exterior property in the unincorporated county to be kept free of rodent harborage and infestation, with prompt…

Unincorporated Carroll County levies a six percent hotel-motel excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations furnished for value, and its short-term rental ordinance expressly…

Unincorporated Carroll County exempts one-story detached tool sheds, storage sheds, and playhouses under 200 square feet from a building permit, but any larger accessory structure…

Unincorporated Carroll County permits paid in-home child care for up to four children as an administratively approved home occupation, distinct from a state-defined 'family child care…

Carroll County allows customary home occupations in every agricultural and residential zoning district through an administrative land-use permit, provided the operator lives on-site…

Home occupations in unincorporated Carroll County cannot host more than ten clients or customers in the aggregate at the property in any 24-hour period, and the business overall must…

Home occupations in unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia may not display any external sign advertising the product or service offered, per County Code § 102-5(5.11)(c)(10). The ban…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, customers cannot leave a licensed bar or restaurant with an open alcoholic drink, gather outside an alcohol establishment to drink, or be…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia requires a permit before operating any adult bookstore, video store, motion picture theater or erotic dance establishment, and Code § 10-74 keeps…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, an animal that disturbs neighbors with excessive barking or other noisemaking is legally a nuisance under Code § 14-51, and owners must…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia recognizes trap-neuter-return colonies: an ear-tipped 'community cat' under an approved TNR program is protected from routine impoundment, while…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia every dog must be confined to its owner's property or kept on a leash, chain or lead strong enough to prevent escape; in residentially zoned…

Carroll County, Georgia does not mandate spay/neuter for pets generally, but Code § 14-56 lets the Animal Control Department condition any shelter adoption on evidence the animal has…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia lets pet shops sell animals under a county permit, but Code § 14-59(d) bans selling any animal over three months old without vaccination, and §…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia allows commercial poultry, dairying and livestock raising in the Agricultural (A) district if animal housing sits at least 200 feet from any…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia enforces the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code under Code § 18-91, requiring landlords to keep structures sanitary and in good repair…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia sets aside a dedicated Agricultural (A) zoning district under County Code § 102-6, and Section 102-8(8.1) lists commercial forestry, agriculture…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia's Office and Institutional (OI) zoning district, County Code § 102-9(9.1)(5.5) caps combined building and parking footprint at 60 percent of…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia's zoning ordinance bars any building from occupying a required yard under County Code § 102-5(5.2), and in the Office and Institutional (OI)…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia's zoning ordinance caps buildings at 35 feet in the Office and Institutional (OI) district under County Code § 102-9(9.1)(5.4), and at 50 feet in…