5 rules for unincorporated Paulding County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
You can run a business from a Paulding County home, but the zoning ordinance keeps it low-impact: the office fills no more than one room, only residents plus one incidental outside employee may work there, and you hold a county occupation tax certificate.
Paulding County, GA, Zoning Ordinance Title 2, ch. 230, § 230-30 (Home Occupations)
Only residents of the dwelling may be employed in the home office, except one incidental employee other than a resident of the dwelling is permitted
A home business in unincorporated Paulding County stays invisible from the street. The zoning ordinance requires that a home occupation not be visibly evident from outside the dwelling, so no exterior business sign is allowed.
Paulding County, GA, Zoning Ordinance Title 2, ch. 230, § 230-30 (Home Occupations)
The use shall not be visibly evident from outside the dwelling
Paulding County caps client visits to a home business at two per hour, with up to four per hour during a peak season like tax time. The point is to keep a home from becoming a commercial destination.
Paulding County, GA, Zoning Ordinance Title 2, ch. 230, § 230-30 (Home Occupations)
The use shall include no more than two clients per hour frequenting the services of the home office; however, during peak seasons (for example tax season for accountants), up to four clients per hour are permitted
Georgia dropped its statewide cottage food license, so you can bake and sell non-hazardous foods from a Paulding County home kitchen with no state permit and no revenue cap. Sales must go straight to the end consumer.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 40-7-19-.05(2) (Cottage Food Limitations)
Sale of cottage food products must be to the end consumer. No distribution or wholesale is allowed, including to hotels, restaurants, or institutions.
Home child care in Paulding County is licensed by the state, not the county. Georgia's Bright from the Start (DECAL) licenses a family child care learning home for three to six children; watching one or two needs no license.
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