6 rules for unincorporated Paulding County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
Paulding County ties poultry and livestock keeping to zoning. Chapter 14 Section 14-11 bars any livestock or fowl enclosure not authorized by the county's zoning ordinances. Rural A-1 and ER acreage permits them; suburban lots do not.
Paulding County Code Sec. 14-11
It shall be unlawful for any person to have, control or possess any pasture or enclosure for livestock or fowl in any fashion not authorized by the zoning ordinances of the county. All pastures or enclosures shall at all times be kept and maintained in a proper, clean, and sanitary condition.
Paulding County Code Section 14-12 requires every animal off its owner's property to be on a leash and under a person's control, and bars leaving any animal unattended on a tether. Rabies vaccination is required by three months.
Paulding County Code Sec. 14-12
No animal shall be allowed to roam free and when not on the property of its owner must be on a leash, or similar physical control device, and in the control of a person.
Paulding County bans no dog breed. It regulates dogs by behavior under Georgia's Responsible Dog Ownership Law, O.C.G.A. Section 4-8-20 et seq. A dog is classified dangerous or vicious for what it does, not its breed.
Paulding County Code Sec. 14-1
Dangerous dog means, in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 4-8-21(a)(2), as may be amended, any dog that: (1) Causes a substantial puncture of a person's skin by teeth without causing serious injury; provided, however, that a nip, scratch, or abrasion shall not be sufficient to classify a dog as dangerous under this subparagraph;
Beekeeping is legal across Paulding County and no county permit exists. Georgia law, O.C.G.A. Section 2-14-41.1, bars any county from prohibiting honeybee hives, though it preserves zoning setback authority. Hobbyists need not register with the state.
O.C.G.A. § 2-14-41.1
No county, municipal corporation, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution prohibiting, impeding, or restricting the establishment or maintenance of honeybees in hives.
Paulding County Code Section 14-86 makes it unlawful to keep any wild animal without a written license from Animal Control, which also requires notice to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. State wildlife law applies on top.
Paulding County Code Sec. 14-86
No person or business shall own, harbor or permit to be kept or harbored a wild animal within the county, other than those persons who have received a written license to harbor and/or own a wild animal, as described in this division, and those licensed animal establishments which have received approval in writing by the animal control department as a license for such animal.
Paulding County has no ordinance banning the feeding of wildlife, and Georgia sets no general feeding prohibition. Backyard bird feeding is unrestricted, but feeding that draws nuisance or rabies-vector animals near homes creates liability.
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