Floyd County, GA Ordinances (2026)

New construction and substantial improvements in unincorporated Floyd County's special flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor elevated at least two feet above the base flood…

Anyone developing or building in unincorporated Floyd County must prepare a stormwater management plan approved by the superintendent of public works before a building permit or final…

Any construction or land-disturbing work within a special flood hazard area in unincorporated Floyd County needs an approved flood area permit before the chief building official signs…

Anyone disturbing land in unincorporated Floyd County needs an erosion, sedimentation and pollution control permit before starting work. Sec. 2-20-5 requires the permit from the…

Unincorporated Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code lists "Boat Docks, Marina, and Waterfront Recreation" as a nonresidential principal use permitted by right only in the C-C…

A Floyd County dog that habitually barks, whines or howls so as to seriously annoy a neighbor and interfere with the reasonable use of their property is committing a violation under…

Unincorporated Floyd County does not set a general decibel limit for everyday noise complaints; the county's only numeric noise standard in the Unified Land Development Code applies…

Unincorporated Floyd County does not set a blanket decibel limit, but its Unified Land Development Code bars amplified music at a special outdoor entertainment event, concert, or…

Unincorporated Floyd County has no county-wide residential noise curfew in its code, but the Unified Land Development Code requires a special event venue to end all outdoor activity by…

Unincorporated Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code requires builders to schedule inspections with the Chief Building Inspector at least 24 hours ahead for foundations and…

Unincorporated Floyd County has adopted the National Electrical Code, as amended by the State of Georgia, to govern all electrical wiring, apparatus and fixtures, and it is unlawful to…

Unincorporated Floyd County has adopted the International Plumbing Code, as amended by the State of Georgia, to govern the installation and repair of plumbing and plumbing appliances…

Unincorporated Floyd County requires a building permit from the Chief Building Official before any structure or interior finish work begins, plus a fire prevention and health code…

Unincorporated Floyd County residents get one free yard debris pickup per quarter under Floyd County Code § 2-7-66/67. Larger loads are billed by the cubic yard, piles must sit behind…

Unincorporated Floyd County requires all solid waste to go to a licensed disposal site, and bans dumping vehicle bodies, major appliances, stumps, logs or brush at the county landfill…

Floyd County's solid waste director organizes and runs the county's publicly owned collection, transportation and disposal system and inspects private haulers under Chapter 2-7. The…

Once you set out trash for collection in unincorporated Floyd County, only the owner or an authorized collection worker may go through it, and no hazardous waste can be placed in any…

Unincorporated Floyd County residents can't stockpile refuse outside a home or building unless it's in proper containers approved by the solid waste director. Any unauthorized pile of…

Floyd County residents adjacent to a county right-of-way get one free yard debris pickup per quarter, up to three cubic yards, if they pile limbs, branches and brush neatly behind the…

Unincorporated Floyd County bars domesticated cats from roaming unsupervised off their owner's property and requires feral cat colonies to register with a department-approved sponsor…

Floyd County classifies dogs by behavior, not breed. A dog that inflicts a severe injury without provocation, or that bites or attacks after already being flagged potentially…

Unincorporated Floyd County bars owning a sexually mature dog or cat that hasn't been spayed or neutered. Exceptions exist for a vet-documented health delay, a licensed commercial…

Every sexually mature dog or cat in unincorporated Floyd County must carry an implanted identification microchip. The only way out is a veterinarian's documentation that the animal…

Owners in unincorporated Floyd County cannot let an animal run at large unattended on county streets or highways, or wander onto someone else's property without permission. A separate…

Floyd County does not cap flock size for backyard fowl, but it heavily restricts how any domestic animal or livestock, including fowl, cows, and horses, may be tethered. Unattended…

In unincorporated Floyd County, a stand-alone pet grooming or kennel business is a listed principal use in the Unified Land Development Code, permitted with limitations only in the…

Unincorporated Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code requires every veterinary or kennel operation to sit at least 100 feet from any residentially zoned or residentially used…

Unincorporated Floyd County requires a permit from the chief building inspector before installing a swimming pool, and pools must also meet the county's adopted International Swimming…

A private swimming pool in unincorporated Floyd County must be enclosed by a fence or wall at least 6 feet high with a locking gate, under the Unified Land Development Code (Appendix…

Unincorporated Floyd County requires an operational smoke detector before any mobile home may relocate within the county, under the Unified Land Development Code § 4.1.12. The detector…

The joint Fire Chief of Rome and Floyd County can ban all open burning, including campfires and bonfires, whenever drought or other dangerous conditions create a significant fire risk…

Floyd County Code § 2-13-9 bans possessing or setting off fireworks in any county recreation facility. The Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation Authority can permit supervised…

Unincorporated Floyd County collects a 6 percent excise tax on the rent for every occupancy of a guest room in a hotel or motel under Floyd County Code § 2-9-75. The tax has applied to…

Floyd County has no separate short-term rental ordinance, but its hotel-motel excise tax law defines 'hotel' broadly enough to reach short-term lodging, including extended stay…

Unincorporated Floyd County exempts cooking with typical grills or smokers from its open burning ban, under Floyd County Code § 2-10-28(a). Even when the Fire Chief of Rome and Floyd…

Owners of dwellings in unincorporated Floyd County must construct and maintain them in conformance with applicable codes, and it is unlawful to let a dwelling become unsafe, unsanitary…

Unincorporated Floyd County owners and occupants must not create, maintain or allow weeds, brush, vegetation, trash, junk, debris or filth to accumulate into an unsafe or unsanitary…

In unincorporated Floyd County, outdoor watering of lawns, gardens and landscaping is limited to the hours between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. under the county's water conservation…

Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code protects trees during development, not routine yard work: land being developed must retain the equivalent of 15 tree units per acre, and…

Unincorporated Floyd County declares unsafe, unsanitary or fire-hazard buildings illegal and orders their repair or demolition under Floyd County Code § 2-9-104. The same article…

In unincorporated Floyd County, an owner who lets a developed lot grow up in weeds or turns it into a dumping ground for foreign materials has created a nuisance under the county's own…

Unincorporated Floyd County bars drinking, bringing, or possessing alcohol at any Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation facility and at any public park, with no general exception for casual…

Floyd County bans smoking and tobacco use, including vapes and e-cigarettes, inside any county facility, and Sec. 2-11-42 lets the county manager extend that ban to outdoor employee…

Operating a sexually oriented business in unincorporated Floyd County requires a county license, and the business must sit at least 1,000 feet from another sexually oriented business…

Floyd County Code § 2-12-83 requires anyone operating a pawnshop, or working as an employee or pawnbroker, to register annually with the Floyd County Police Department and provide…

In Floyd County's Neighborhood Office Commercial (N-O-C) zoning district, massage services can't operate at all, licensed or not. Section 3.3.2(g)(6) of the Unified Land Development…

Wrecker companies that want police-initiated tow calls in Floyd County must apply with the chief of police by October 1 each year and stay on a rotating call schedule. Sec. 2-18-22…

In unincorporated Floyd County, a tiny home is only lawful if it fits one of three classes the Unified Land Development Code (Appendix B) defines: a modular home set on a permanent…

In unincorporated Floyd County, a guesthouse is the closest thing the Unified Land Development Code has to an accessory dwelling unit. Section 4.2.3(k) treats it as a customary…

In unincorporated Floyd County, an accessory apartment is allowed only where the property's principal home is owner-occupied. The Unified Land Development Code (Appendix B) limits each…

A shed or tool room in unincorporated Floyd County is a customary accessory use under the Unified Land Development Code (Appendix B), but it still has to clear setback and placement…

Unincorporated Floyd County bans barbed and security wire on residential and most commercial fences. Section 4.2.5(a)(1)(c) of the Unified Land Development Code confines security wire…

Fence height in unincorporated Floyd County depends on the district and which yard the fence sits in. Section 4.2.5(a) of the Unified Land Development Code allows up to 8 feet in…

A licensed residential business operating out of a home in unincorporated Floyd County cannot turn into a walk-in storefront. Section 4.2.3(m)(5) of the Unified Land Development Code…

A home office or residential business in unincorporated Floyd County cannot advertise itself with exterior signage the way a storefront can. Section 4.2.3(l)(5) of the Unified Land…

Running a business from home in unincorporated Floyd County is allowed as a customary accessory use, but the Unified Land Development Code (Appendix B) caps a residential home office…

A family home day care serving six or fewer children is an accessory use permitted by right, with no special use permit, in nearly every residential zoning district in unincorporated…

Digital and electronic message signage in unincorporated Floyd County is regulated through the general sign prohibitions, not a standalone billboard chapter. Section 5.2.2(i)(1) of the…

Floyd County Code § 2-11-54 keeps political signs off public streets, sidewalks and rights-of-way and requires any sign near a road to sit back at least 10 feet from the pavement…

In unincorporated Floyd County, a window sign is legally a building sign under the Unified Land Development Code, and it draws from the same square-footage cap as every wall, awning…

Solar installations in unincorporated Floyd County are regulated as an accessory use under Section 4.2.17 of the Unified Land Development Code, not through a standalone solar permit…

Floyd County Code § 2-11-21 bans leaving a junked vehicle on private property in unincorporated Floyd County for more than 30 days, and an abandoned motor vehicle on public property…

A household in unincorporated Floyd County can keep only one commercial vehicle parked outdoors on a residential lot. The Unified Land Development Code (Appendix B) ties outdoor…

Before cutting a curb or laying a driveway onto a county road in unincorporated Floyd County, you need a written permit from the county. Sec. 2-16-7 caps residential driveway width at…

Floyd County Code § 2-11-90 bars camping, sitting, lying down, standing or storing belongings anywhere that materially blocks entry to or exit from a building, driveway, street or…

Floyd County Code § 2-11-90 bans camping in any public area of unincorporated Floyd County unless the spot is a designated campground or the county has authorized it. The section…

In unincorporated Floyd County, mobile food vehicles cannot set up on just any commercially zoned lot. The Unified Land Development Code (Appendix B) confines Mobile Food Vehicle…

Operating a mobile food truck lot in unincorporated Floyd County takes more than a Special Use Permit for the site. The Unified Land Development Code (Appendix B) makes the park…

In unincorporated Floyd County, how far a house can sit from the street and side lines depends on zoning district. The Unified Land Development Code's Table 3-4 sets a 60-foot front…

Unincorporated Floyd County caps building height by zoning district under the Unified Land Development Code's Table 3-5. Most residential districts, A-R, S-R, HT-R, LT-R and M-R, top…

Unincorporated Floyd County does not require a sign permit for seasonal holiday displays. The Unified Land Development Code exempts holiday decorations from its sign regulations…

In unincorporated Floyd County, sidewalk repair is the county's job, not the abutting property owner's. Sec. 2-16-2 assigns the county public works department to construct and repair…

A billboard is a freestanding sign under Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code, so it falls under the county's general exterior lighting standard: any fixture lighting it must…

Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code requires full cutoff, downward-directed and shielded fixtures for permanent exterior lighting in unincorporated areas, adopted expressly to…

Unincorporated Floyd County caps how much light a property may throw across its boundary: no more than 0.5 foot-candles at a line shared with a residential use, or 1.0 foot-candles at…

Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code has no ordinance labeled "heritage tree," but its "significant tree" designation serves the same function: a defined condition test…

Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code sets species-specific size thresholds for protected "significant tree" status: large hardwoods and softwoods qualify at 18 inches DBH or…

Floyd County closes every recreation facility and park in the unincorporated county between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. daily. Sec. 2-13-21 makes it unlawful to enter or remain on the…

Unincorporated Floyd County protects farming with its own zoning category: the A-R Agricultural Residential District. Section 3.3.2(a) of the Unified Land Development Code establishes…

A carnival, festival, or "special outdoor entertainment, or event of community interest" in unincorporated Floyd County cannot run more than 14 days or occur more than twice a year on…