Gordon County, GA Ordinances (2026)

Mobile food services in unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia need a temporary use permit under Section 5.03.03 of the Unified Land Development Code. The operator must also hold…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, mobile food services are allowed only on vacant lots or lots containing a business in the Commercial and Industrial zoning districts. Section…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Gordon County Code § 14-35 requires an automatic fire sprinkler system in any building where renovation, modification, or reconstruction exceeds fifty…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, the building inspector must sign off at each stage of construction before work goes on. Section 4-38 lists foundation, frame and final…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a building permit from the building inspection department is required before constructing, enlarging, altering, repairing, moving or…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, anyone who installs, alters, repairs, removes, converts or replaces a plumbing system regulated by the technical codes must first apply to the…

In unincorporated Gordon County, a child day care center, nursery school or private preschool serving nineteen (19) or more children is permitted only in the O-I, C-C, C-G and C-H…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, yard and garage sales are allowed in rural and residential zoning districts, limited to a three day consecutive period per sale and no more…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, every building used for business, trade or industry must provide off-street loading space with 14 feet of vertical clearance. Retail needs one…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, developers must provide stormwater management structures designed by a state approved professional for a 25-year storm, with stream crossings…

Land-disturbing activity in unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia needs a permit from the Building Inspection Department, backed by an erosion, sedimentation and pollution control…

Anyone building in unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia needs a development permit before any work starts in an area of special flood hazard. The Unified Land Development Code adopts…

New homes and substantial improvements in unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia must have the lowest floor, including the basement, elevated no lower than one foot above the base flood…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Gordon County Code § 15-102 makes it unlawful to place or mix yard trimmings with municipal solid waste, and bars yard trimmings from any lined…

Dumping litter on public or private property or in waters in unincorporated Gordon County is a misdemeanor under Gordon County Code § 15-62. A conviction carries a fine of $100.00 to…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a dumpster needs a solid masonry wall or opaque fence 6 to 8 feet tall, an access gate and a paved pad. It goes behind the principal building…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Article II of Chapter 16 puts an excise tax on every occupancy of a hotel guest room. Section 16-27 sets the rate at eight percent of rent…

In unincorporated Gordon County, an off-premises billboard needs a permit and cannot be lit directly. Gordon County Code § 13-10(f) allows only base mounted fluorescent or mercury…

In unincorporated Gordon County, new commercial development in the New Echota Overlay District must use full cut-off light fixtures that direct light downward, and the light cannot…

In unincorporated Gordon County, the standards table for farmers markets and other outside and seasonal sales facilities says no exterior lighting shall shine or cause glare on any…

Gordon County Code § 16-27 taxes every occupancy of a guest room in a hotel in the county at eight percent of the rent. Section 16-26 defines hotel to reach any structure or portion of…

Unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, licenses businesses through a regulatory fee, not an occupation tax. Section 7-4 says the article is for regulatory purposes only, limits each…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, new construction and substantial improvements in a special flood hazard area must have the lowest floor, including the basement, at least one…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, no one can work upon, across or through a county road right-of-way without a permit from the Gordon County Road Department. Section 7-225…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, the Gordon County Code keeps county road rights-of-way clear. Section 7-227 bans debris that becomes a hazard and bans parking or leaving a…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, conditions that encourage the excessive breeding of rodents, flies, mosquitoes or other insects and vermin are a declared health hazard, as…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, the Unified Land Development Code allows one accessory dwelling inside a principal dwelling (one bedroom, capped at the lesser of 50 percent…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a freestanding accessory dwelling shall only be occupied by family members, guests, or individuals employed full-time by the family residing…

In unincorporated Gordon County, accessory buildings in residential districts go in the rear yard and sit at least ten (10) feet from property lines that do not abut a street…

In unincorporated Gordon County, a garage converted to living space is an accessory dwelling under the Unified Land Development Code. Inside the main house it is limited to one bedroom…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, an adult entertainment establishment needs an annual license and can be located only in the I-2 zoning district, at least 1,000 feet from…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, every pawnbroker and pawnshop employee must register annually with the Gordon County Sheriff's Department before working. The Gordon County…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, junk dealers and salvage yards need a permit from the clerk of the Board of Commissioners under Section 9-84 of the Gordon County Code…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Section 4.03.07 permits vehicle repair shops that do major repairs in the C-H zoning district, and a home occupation cannot be run from an accessory…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a fence in a side or rear yard is capped at 6 feet in residential districts and 8 feet in nonresidential districts. Front-yard fences top out…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Table 5.02.03(B) prohibits barbed wire, welded or hog wire and electric fencing in Residential Zoning Districts, and solid metal sheathing is…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Section 9-35 of the Gordon County Code lists six conditions that let the public nuisance officer find a building unfit: fire and accident…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a complaint about an unfit dwelling or building goes to the county public nuisance officer under Section 9-28 of the Gordon County Code. A…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Section 5.02.06 allows solar panels only in A-1, RA-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, O-1, C-C, C-G, C-H, I-1 and I-2 districts, exempts them from the…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Section 9-5 of the Gordon County Code allows outdoor landscape watering only between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. Thirteen listed uses, including…

In unincorporated Gordon County, hillside development on land with a natural slope of 25 percent or more inside the Resaca Battlefield Overlay District cannot remove trees outside the…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, the Gordon County Code lets the public nuisance officer order an unfit building repaired or demolished. Section 9-30 bars a demolition order…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, it is unlawful to possess an open container of alcohol while driving, or while riding as a passenger, on a public road. An open container is…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, every cat must be vaccinated against rabies and wear a collar with a current rabies tag outdoors. Gordon County can impound a cat that is…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a dog must be under control: on a leash, at heel beside a competent person, in a vehicle, or within its owner's property limits. A tether must…

In unincorporated Gordon County, animal hospitals and veterinary clinics are permissible in the A-1, O-1, C-C, C-G, C-H, I-1 and I-2 districts, in freestanding buildings only…

In unincorporated Gordon County, keeping six or more adult dogs or cats on one property counts as a kennel under the Unified Land Development Code, whether they are pets, breeding…

In unincorporated Gordon County, backyard chickens are permitted in the A-1, R-1 and RA-1 districts on at least two acres. Tracts of two to five acres can hold up to 24 birds, with one…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, the A-1 Agricultural District protects crops, livestock, and timber operations from suburban development and sets a five-acre minimum tract…

In unincorporated Gordon County, the Unified Land Development Code shields agricultural facilities and operations from nuisance claims caused by changed conditions once they have…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, the public nuisance officer can declare a dwelling unfit for human habitation for conditions such as fire hazards, inadequate ventilation…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, each zoning district carries a maximum impervious surface ratio, from 15 percent in RC-1 and 25 percent in A-1 and RA-1 up to 50 percent in…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Table 4.01.02(E) sets minimum setbacks by district: 40 feet from the right-of-way in the rural districts, 25 feet in R-1 and R-2, 20 feet in…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Table 4.01.02(E) caps building height in stories: 2.5 stories in the rural districts and in R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-6, 4.5 in R-5 and the office…

In the New Echota Overlay District of unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a business can use either awning space or window space for a secondary sign. Window signs are limited to…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, political signs need no permit and are allowed in every zoning district. Each must sit at least one foot from any publicly maintained…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, holiday and seasonal displays need no sign permit and can stay up for 30 days in any one year. The Thanksgiving through New Year's season gets…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a yard or garage sale gets one sign of up to eight square feet on the property where the sale is held, with no permit, and it must come down…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, only billboards with frontage on Interstate 75 can use digital changeable copy. Each message needs a ten-second minimum dwell time with static…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, Article II of the sign chapter covers every outdoor advertising sign abutting or visible from the Interstate 75 right-of-way. Signs must meet…

Unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia has no downtown district in its Unified Land Development Code, but the New Echota Overlay District east of Interstate 75 imposes design standards…

In unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia, a building, structure, site, or object becomes a designated historic property only when the Board of Commissioners adopts a designation…

In unincorporated Gordon County, tree lawn and spacing standards apply to new commercial development inside the New Echota Overlay District, east of Interstate 75 along State Highway…

In unincorporated Gordon County, a family day care home for fewer than seven (7) children is permitted in the A-1, RA-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, O-1, C-C, C-G and C-H districts. A group day…

In unincorporated Gordon County, a home occupation is permitted in a lawfully established dwelling unit in any zoning district where residential uses are permissible. It needs a Gordon…

In unincorporated Gordon County, no home business involving on-site visits by customers can operate between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Employees are limited to the residents of the…

In unincorporated Gordon County, outdoor recreation facilities must design, install and use loudspeakers or paging systems so they are not heard at the property line of adjacent…