Henry County, GA Ordinances (2026)

Henry County caps backyard flocks at four hens, bans roosters outright, and requires at least half an acre with a full coop and fenced enclosure to keep them outdoors. Miniature pigs…

Henry County requires every animal to be kept "under restraint": on a leash and collar, behind a fence, or under the direct control of someone at least 16 on the owner's property…

Henry County classifies dogs as dangerous or vicious through a dog control officer investigation and hearing process, then requires a nontransferable annual certificate of…

Henry County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but two narrower mandates exist: animals adopted from the county animal shelter must be sterilized, and any male…

Henry County bans owning, buying, selling, breeding or harboring a named list of wild and hybrid animals, from skunks and foxes to coyotes, wolves, hybrid wolves and exotic cats…

Henry County makes it a public nuisance to keep a wrecked, dismantled, inoperative or discarded motor vehicle on any property, public or private, in the unincorporated county. Owners…

Henry County only lets commercial vehicles park or store overnight in industrial zoning districts, and only when that parking is accessory to a licensed warehousing, storage or…

Henry County bans parking dump trucks, tow trucks, tractor-trailers, tankers and other heavy commercial vehicles in residential subdivisions and residential zoning districts, with a…

In Henry County's office-institutional, commercial and mixed-use districts, a commercial vehicle can only sit in a parking lot if it is loading or unloading, tied to a business…

Henry County requires unincorporated-area residents to set refuse at the curb no earlier than dusk the day before pickup and no later than 6:30 a.m. on collection day, then pull the…

Henry County bars excluded items like batteries and tires from the regular waste stream and requires every residential customer to participate in curbside recycling, with licensed…

Henry County bans dumping litter on any public or private property or in county waters unless it goes to a designated disposal site, a receptacle, or is done with the property owner's…

Henry County requires every licensee to provide weekly curbside collection of residential solid waste, with uniform zone fees charged to the property owner, plus at least monthly…

Henry County requires licensed haulers to collect worn-out appliances, furniture, and tires at least weekly, with an additional charge allowed, and yard trimmings at least weekly too…

Henry County confines adult entertainment establishments to two narrow M-1 zoning locations, requires a license for owners, managers and entertainers, and bans them within 3,000 feet…

Operating a tattoo or piercing studio in unincorporated Henry County requires a body art establishment permit and inspections under Code § 3-12-95 et seq., and no one under 18 may be…

Henry County requires anyone opening a pawnshop to first obtain a license from the county's occupational tax office under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-120 et seq. Applicants must be at…

Henry County's noise ordinance, not its animal control chapter, defines and bans a barking dog. Under Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-17-44(4), an animal that barks, bays, cries or howls…

Henry County's noise ordinance bars operating any radio, loudspeaker, musical instrument or similar amplified device on public rights-of-way loud enough to be plainly audible to anyone…

Henry County caps vehicle noise under Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-17-45 and Table 2, tying the decibel ceiling to vehicle weight, type and speed, and separately requires every motor…

Henry County caps outdoor sound at the property line under Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-17-42 and Table 1, with limits keyed to zoning classification and time of day. Residential parcels…

Henry County's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it unlawful for anyone to linger or loiter along public sidewalks, streets, or public ways of the unincorporated county, as one of 24…

Henry County makes it a crime to run a disorderly house. Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-4-212 bars anyone from keeping, renting or letting a house, hall or room for disorderly, riotous or…

Henry County bans drinking or being intoxicated in any county park or recreational area under Code § 3-13-4(6), with narrow carve-outs for beer and wine sales at five named county…

Henry County makes it unlawful to beg or solicit financial aid on any street or in any public park in the unincorporated county, allowing only bona fide religious, civic, or school…

Henry County Code § 3-13-4(13)a bans lighting, burning, or carrying any cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant, or other combustible substance in any county park, wording broad enough to…

Henry County bars unescorted minors under 14 from being away from home between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and unescorted minors 14 to 17 between 12:01 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., with parents…

Henry County makes it unlawful under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-46(2)(e)(4) for any canvasser or solicitor to solicit or canvass a private premises displaying a sign, plaque or other…

Henry County requires every door-to-door canvasser or solicitor working the unincorporated area to register with the revenue collection officer, pay a $100.00 regulatory fee, and be…

Henry County classifies any business run from a private home in a residential area as a home occupation under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-30. No home occupation license is prorated, and…

Henry County levies an 8 percent excise tax on the rental paid for occupancy of every guest room in a hotel or motel in the unincorporated county, under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-68…

Henry County bars anyone from advertising, renting, leasing or subleasing a residential property in the unincorporated county as a short-term rental until an occupational tax…

Henry County collects the same 8 percent hotel occupancy excise tax from short-term rentals that it collects from hotels and motels, on top of an occupational tax certificate priced at…

Henry County short-term rental hosts cannot set their own guest headcount: the maximum number of guests is fixed by county officials on a per-property basis and must be disclosed to…

Within the Towaliga Watershed Protection District, Henry County Code § 3-5-382 bars any building or accessory building from sitting lower than the maximum flood elevation for a full…

Henry County runs a stormwater management utility that bills every developed parcel in the unincorporated county based on impervious surface, and requires property owners to build and…

No one may disturb land in unincorporated Henry County without first obtaining a land-disturbance permit and an approved erosion, sedimentation, and pollution control plan under §…

Building a private swimming pool in Henry County starts with a $150 environmental health site evaluation, and operating any pool without the required permit draws a flat $300 fee under…

Henry County requires a special event license before anyone can hold a mass gathering of 10,000 or more people in the unincorporated county. The board of commissioners must approve…

Henry County requires a separate license before operating a portable eating establishment, defined as any wheeled food structure not on a permanent foundation, under Code of Ordinances…

Henry County limits where portable eating establishments can operate under Code of Ordinances § 3-3-35(b)(3): they are allowed only in C-1, C-2 or C-3 commercial zoning districts and…

Henry County allows recreational campfires and fire pits without a permit, but a fire must sit inside a ring, pit, or rock border, stay under six feet by six feet by five feet, and be…

Henry County bans open burning countywide except for narrow listed uses: cooking, firefighter training, approved flame equipment, contractor warming fires, permitted yard-debris burns…

Henry County can force the repair or demolition of an unsafe, unsanitary or drug-crime-linked building in the unincorporated area under Article V, Sec. 3-17-50 through Sec. 3-17-56. A…

Henry County declares grass or weeds over 12 inches tall a public nuisance on vacant lots in platted subdivisions and on small parcels next to occupied homes. The code enforcement…

Since 2011, every new conveyor car wash built in Henry County must install an operating recycled water system that reuses at least 50 percent of the water used in the wash and rinse…