Catoosa County, GA Ordinances (2026)
Local rules and regulations for Catoosa County, Georgia. Population: 68,000.
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🏡 Home & Property
🌿 Yard & Garden
🏠 Renting & Housing
🔊 Noise & Neighbors
🐾 Animals & Farming
🔥 Fire & Safety
🚗 Parking & Streets
💼 Business & Licensing
📋 Permits, Signs & Events
🌎 Environment & Utilities
🏚️ Property Maintenance
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, weeds or grass over 12 inches on average, or dead-weed and brush accumulations that harbor rats, mice or snakes, are a declared public nuisance under…
Property Blight
Significant RestrictionsCatoosa County's zoning administrator, acting as public officer under Catoosa County Code § 18-124, investigates dwellings and structures reported as unfit for habitation or business…
🚗 Parking Rules
Abandoned Vehicles
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, the Unified Development Code declares a vehicle left unattended on a public street, alley or public property for more than 48 hours, or one that is…
Driveway Rules
Some RestrictionsBefore repairing or installing any driveway that connects to a public street, right-of-way or public property in unincorporated Catoosa County, the property owner must get Public Works…
Loading Zones
Some RestrictionsEvery unincorporated Catoosa County business, trade or industrial building must set aside its own off-street loading space under UDC Section 4.05.02: retail needs one 10-by-25-foot bay…
RV & Boat Parking
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County does not let residents turn a parked RV, travel trailer, boat trailer, or mobile home into a storage building on residential property. The Unified…
🏪 Business Licensing & Operations
Pawnbrokers
Light RestrictionsCatoosa County lists pawnbrokers among the businesses subject to a regulatory fee under Sec. 70-175(1)(h), collected because the county customarily inspects or investigates such…
Secondhand Dealers
Light RestrictionsChapter 62 Secondhand Goods has no general dealer-licensing article in unincorporated Catoosa County (only a junkyard article survives); the county's only regulation of secondhand-type…
Towing Companies
Some RestrictionsFor county facilities in unincorporated Catoosa County, Sec. 74-103 adopts O.C.G.A. § 44-1-13 wholesale to govern towing, storage and maximum fees, requires signage disclosing towing…
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County will not license auto repair as a home-based business, with or without a garage. The Unified Development Code lists it among ten uses expressly excluded…
Adult Entertainment
Significant RestrictionsAdult entertainment establishments in unincorporated Catoosa County need a business tax certificate and can only operate in a C-1 commercial zone under Section 10-37. Every use must…
Massage Establishments
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County licenses massage parlors under its adult entertainment article. Section 10-69(c) requires a medical doctor's health certificate for every applicant, and Section 10-101…
📢 Noise from Specific Sources
Bar & Nightclub Noise
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County has no bar- or nightclub-specific noise permit, but UDC § 9.05.01(A)(6)(c) declares any musical instrument, radio, loudspeaker or sound-amplifying device…
Car Alarm Limits
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, sounding a bell, horn, whistle or signal device on a vehicle that is not in motion for an unnecessary or unreasonable period, other than as a genuine…
Low-Frequency Bass Limits
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County's nuisance code, UDC § 9.05.01(A)(5), specifically names bass sound that causes vibrations or rattles adjoining properties or homes as a declared public…
💼 Home Business
Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County allows a home occupation in any zoning district where residential use is permitted, but only inside the house itself. The Unified Development Code caps…
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County caps the disruption a home-based business can bring to a residential street. The Unified Development Code bars any home occupation from increasing normal traffic or…
Home Daycare
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County treats a home-based daycare as a home occupation, not a separate use, so it is allowed in any zoning district where a residence is permitted only if it stays at six or…
Signage Rules
Some RestrictionsA home-based business in unincorporated Catoosa County may post one small identification sign, nothing more. The Unified Development Code allows only a nonilluminated name plate of 2…
🔧 Building Safety
Electrical Permits
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County enforces the state-adopted Electrical Code under Sec. 18-31, with the county building inspector administering permits per an attachment-A fee/enforcement…
Plumbing Permits
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County enforces the state-adopted Plumbing Code under Sec. 18-31, administered by the county building inspector with attachment-B permit fees, and opts out of…
Building Inspections
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, no excavation, construction, alteration or moving of a building, or development of more than one acre, can begin until the Zoning Administrator issues…
Building Permits
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County adopts the state Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical and One- and Two-Family Dwelling Codes by reference under Catoosa County Code § 18-31, and the county…
Childcare Center Rules
Some RestrictionsBefore operating a child day care facility in unincorporated Catoosa County, whether a family day care home, group day care home or child day care center, UDC Section 4.09.08 requires…
🐔 Animal Ordinances
Veterinary Clinic Zoning
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County treats a veterinary clinic as a listed commercial use, permitted by right in the C-1 General Business District and in Planned Unit Developments. Before…
Cat Rules
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, every cat over 90 days old must carry a current rabies vaccination and a county registration tag under Catoosa County Code §§ 14-6, 14-8 and 14-9…
Microchipping
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County does not require microchips for pets generally, but Catoosa County Code § 14-83(c)(3) makes a scannable microchip, injected between the shoulder blades, a mandatory…
Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, Catoosa County Code § 14-9 makes every dog owner responsible for keeping the dog under control at all times, and § 14-1 defines control as…
Breed Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsCatoosa County does not ban dog breeds; instead Catoosa County Code § 14-77 defines and classifies individual dogs as dangerous or vicious based on their conduct, and § 14-83 requires…
Chickens & Livestock
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County allows up to 8 hens on residential lots under an acre and up to 12 on lots an acre or larger, but bans roosters, ducks, geese and other fowl in…
Pet Groomer Rules
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County allows pet grooming as a home occupation, but only if every grooming service happens inside the dwelling unit itself. The Unified Development Code caps…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
Shed & Carport Rules
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, sheds and other accessory structures must clear the same yard rules as any building on the lot. The Unified Development Code requires every accessory…
ADU Rules
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County allows one freestanding accessory dwelling per lot in single-family detached residential districts, but only under tight numeric limits. The Unified…
ADU Owner Occupancy
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Catoosa County, adding a freestanding accessory dwelling to a single-family lot comes with a residency string attached: the Unified Development Code requires the…
🚪 Soliciting & Door-to-Door
No-Knock Registry
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County bars door-to-door solicitors and canvassers between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. and on Sundays and recognized holidays under Sec. 19-46, unless the resident…
Solicitor Permits
Significant RestrictionsDoor-to-door solicitation and canvassing are banned across unincorporated Catoosa County unless the solicitor is invited, running for office, delivering newspapers or food, or working…
🚷 Public Conduct
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Light RestrictionsCatoosa County's only outdoor smoking restriction sits inside its solid waste code: Sec. 66-41(d)(1) bans smoking and alcohol at the county's solid waste management facilities except…
Loitering Rules
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County's only codified loitering ban applies at the county's solid waste management facilities, not countywide streets or sidewalks. Section 66-41 lists it among general…
🗑️ Trash & Recycling
Recycling Rules
Light RestrictionsCatoosa County lets residents drop off garbage at the landfill by the bag at no charge if they separately deposit an equal-or-greater volume of accepted recyclables, under Sec…
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County runs no county-wide curbside trash pickup: private haulers who bring commercial, industrial, institutional or municipal waste to the county's solid waste management…
Illegal Dumping
Heavy RestrictionsDumping, throwing or leaving litter on any public or private property or waters in unincorporated Catoosa County is a misdemeanor under Sec. 66-79, punishable by a $200 to $1,000 fine…
🚶 Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules
🌿 Landscaping Rules
Weed Ordinances
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County caps weeds and grass at 12 inches in average height under UDC § 9.05.01(A)(1), declaring anything taller, or any dead-weed and brush pile that could…
Tree Trimming
Some RestrictionsStreet trees planted under Catoosa County's UDC must be pruned as they grow to keep at least 8 feet of clearance above sidewalks and 12 feet above road surfaces, per Section 4.06.03…
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Light RestrictionsCatoosa County's UDC does not license the removal of trees generally, but Section 4.06.04 requires any street tree removed by development activity, or one that dies, to be replaced…
🔊 Noise Ordinances
Vehicle Noise
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County declares it a nuisance under UDC § 9.05.01(A)(6)(d) to run a vehicle in a state of disrepair that creates loud or unreasonable grinding, rattling or…
Barking Dogs
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County treats a dog's loud, continuous barking as a legal 'nuisance' under Section 14-1: any barking a neighbor can hear from over 100 feet away that continues for more than…
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
Lot Coverage Limits
Light RestrictionsCatoosa County's Unified Development Code Table 2-4 only sets a maximum lot coverage figure for the Commercial-Residential (C-R) district: 30 percent of a lot's ground floor area…
Structure Height Limits
Some RestrictionsSingle-family homes in Catoosa County's R-1 Residential District, the county's baseline 22,000-square-foot-lot zone, are capped at three stories under UDC Table 2-4. The same…
Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsTable 2-4 of the Catoosa County Unified Development Code sets the minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for every zoning district in unincorporated Catoosa County; a standard R-1…
🌍 Environmental Rules
Erosion Control
Significant RestrictionsAnyone disturbing land in unincorporated Catoosa County needs a land-disturbance permit from the Stormwater Management Office before grading, clearing or building starts, under the…
Stormwater Management
Significant RestrictionsNew development or redevelopment in unincorporated Catoosa County that creates 5,000 square feet or more of impervious surface, or disturbs an acre or more, must meet the county's…
Flood Zones
Significant RestrictionsBuilding, filling or altering land within a mapped special flood hazard area in unincorporated Catoosa County requires a development permit under the county's Flood Damage Prevention…
Flood Elevation Requirements
Significant RestrictionsNew construction and substantial improvements in a Catoosa County special flood hazard area must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least two and seven-tenths…
🎪 Special Events & Permits
Parade Permits
Some RestrictionsAnyone organizing a parade, march, rally, or other special event on a public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way in unincorporated Catoosa County needs a permit under Section 10-177. The…
Street Fair Rules
Some RestrictionsFood and merchandise vendors at a festival or street fair in unincorporated Catoosa County must be authorized in writing by the event's producer under Section 10-186, not licensed…
Block Party Permits
Some RestrictionsCatoosa County has no separate block party permit; a temporary street or sidewalk closure for a private or community gathering is approved under the special events article. Section…
🪧 Sign Regulations
Digital Billboards
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County bans digital and electronic billboards outright. The Unified Development Code prohibits electronic signs, aside from a narrow carve-out letting up to 50…
Window Signs
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County caps window signage at 30 percent of a storefront's glass. The Unified Development Code's sign table allows window signs in commercial and industrial…
Freeway-Facing Signs
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Catoosa County imposes a tight dimensional and spacing regime on billboards facing I-75. The Unified Development Code caps interstate billboards at 14 feet in height and…
Data Sources
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