Troup County, GA Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Troup County, no one may possess, buy, sell or display a wild animal commercially without a county permit. Permit holders keeping wild animals must guarantee against…

Unincorporated Troup County scales hobby livestock and chicken limits to lot size under UDO Sec. 7.3(9)(g): under one acre allows small livestock like hens or rabbits (no roosters)…

Unincorporated Troup County requires every dog to be kept under restraint, defined in Code Sec. 14-1 as on a leash, at heel, confined in a vehicle, or inside a fence, and Sec. 14-7…

Troup County requires every cat to carry current rabies vaccination under Code Sec. 14-4, and Sec. 14-1 and Sec. 14-8 make an unlicensed, untagged cat, or a female cat in heat running…

Troup County Code Sec. 14-9 regulates dogs by behavior, not breed: an animal found aggressive or vicious must be muzzled and leashed in public, and a conviction triggers a $500.00…

Troup County Code Sec. 14-46 requires anyone permitted to commercially keep or display birds to give each caged bird room to exercise and perch space without crowding, and to remove…

Commercial pet groomers in unincorporated Troup County are regulated as "pet care and veterinary services" under the county's Unified Development Ordinance. A Georgia Department of…

In unincorporated Troup County, veterinary and pet-care businesses can't operate as a home occupation, Section 7.3(6.2)(i) of the UDO expressly prohibits veterinary services from…

Troup County requires every short-term rental to dedicate at least one parking space for guests, approved by the Roads and Engineering Department, and bars parking in the right-of-way.

Every Troup County short-term rental must post house policies setting quiet hours from dusk to dawn and banning amplified sound audible past the property line, posted in each guest…

To qualify as an Owner-Occupied short-term rental in unincorporated Troup County, the owner must permanently reside on the property 365 days a year as their full-time residence.

In unincorporated Troup County, an Owner-Occupied short-term rental permit requires the property owner to be continuously present on-site during every rental period, not just to hold…

Unincorporated Troup County caps rental nights by STR classification: 175 days a year for Owner-Occupied rentals and just 92 days a year for Non-Owner-Occupied rentals.

Renting out a house short-term anywhere in unincorporated Troup County requires a special-use permit first. The Unified Development Ordinance bars STR operation, and even advertising a…

Short-term rental owners in unincorporated Troup County must pay every state and county tax that applies to the rental, including the hotel-motel or occupation tax. The Unified…

Troup County limits how many people can stay overnight in a short-term rental in the unincorporated area. The Unified Development Ordinance caps STR bedrooms at four and sets maximum…

Unincorporated Troup County bans mixing yard trimmings with other solid waste. Sec. 7.2 makes it unlawful to place or mix yard trimmings with any other type of solid waste, and…

Dumping, throwing or leaving litter on public or private property in unincorporated Troup County is unlawful under Sec. 7.3 unless done at a County-designated site or with the owner's…

In unincorporated Troup County, licensed sanitary contractors under contract must collect residential garbage at least once a week, while commercial refuse must be picked up at least…

Unincorporated Troup County residents must store garbage properly for collection: Sec. 7.1(4) bans hazardous materials, furniture, appliances and construction waste from County-owned…

Commercial and industrial developments in unincorporated Troup County must screen dumpsters from view. Sec. 9.16(2) requires trash containment devices to be hidden from adjacent roads…

Home occupations on Troup County lots over two acres may display one un-lighted sign up to nine square feet under UDO Sec. 7.3(6.2)(e). The sign must sit at least 20 feet from any…

In unincorporated Troup County, a family day care home operating inside a single-family dwelling is treated as a home occupation under Section 7.8(1)(c) of the Unified Development…

Home occupations on Troup County lots of two acres or less cannot draw customer or client traffic to the property under UDO Sec. 7.3(6.1-1). Visits are barred unless specifically…

Unincorporated Troup County allows home occupations in residential districts under UDO Sec. 7.3(6), but only on a lot with an existing or permitted house, tied to the applicant rather…

In unincorporated Troup County, loading and unloading within 150 feet of any zoning district permitting residential uses is limited to 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to…

Unincorporated Troup County requires recreational vehicles, campers, buses, trailers, boats, boat trailers and single tractor trailers to be parked in side or rear yards rather than…

Troup County designates specific road segments as no-parking zones under County Code § 74-3, barring any vehicle from stopping on the right-of-way along named stretches such as U.S…

In unincorporated Troup County's rural residential districts, AG-R, SU-R, LR and SD-MH, the UDO allows a state-licensed commercial vehicle over 11,000 pounds gross vehicle weight only…

Unincorporated Troup County treats open-yard storage of inoperable or unlicensed vehicles as a public nuisance: one vehicle can sit unscreened for up to 30 days only while it is…

Troup County's Unified Development Ordinance bars commercial vehicles, buses and recreational vehicles from parking overnight on any road or street in unincorporated Troup County. The…

Unincorporated Troup County's Unified Development Ordinance allows electric vehicle charging stations by right in every off-street surface lot and multi-level parking structure. Spaces…

Unincorporated Troup County requires every driveway to let vehicles turn around and exit facing oncoming traffic rather than backing blindly into the road. UDO Appendix B § 8.10(1)b…

Anyone peddling or itinerant trading, whether by sample or otherwise, in unincorporated Troup County must first apply for a license from the judge of the probate court, who sets the…

Unincorporated Troup County requires day care facilities to keep a state-compliant outdoor play area, sit 1,000 feet from other such facilities, and limits home-based day cares to six…

Unincorporated Troup County enforces the National Electrical Code, as adopted and amended by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, for every electrical installation, alteration…

Every plumbing installation in unincorporated Troup County, from fixtures to water and sewer connections, must comply with the Standard Plumbing Code as adopted and amended by the…

In unincorporated Troup County, anyone who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building, or install regulated electrical, gas…

Before Troup County will issue a certificate of occupancy, the Community Development Director inspects work at each stage a permit covers: foundation, framing and final for the…

Before a fire sprinkler system in unincorporated Troup County passes final inspection, Section 5.16 of the UDO requires a witnessed flow test and certification paperwork: NFPA and…

Digital and other electronically changing signs are confined to the LC, HC, LI and HI zoning districts (or public/institutional uses in any district) in unincorporated Troup County…

Freeway-facing signs in unincorporated Troup County are allowed only along I-85, on lots of at least one acre zoned LI or HI, capped at 75 feet in height and 400 square feet per face…

Window signs in unincorporated Troup County are exempt from the sign permit but capped at 50 percent of the total window area, and are only allowed in the UR-VL, LC, HC, LI and HI…

Troup County treats campaign and election signs as temporary freestanding signs: no permit is needed if each lot's signs total 9 square feet or less, stand no taller than 3 feet, sit…

The Space Dimensions Table in unincorporated Troup County's Unified Development Ordinance sets AG district setbacks far larger than any other zoning category: a 50-foot side and rear…

Structures in unincorporated Troup County's AG, AG-R, SU-R, LR, LC, LI, and HI districts are capped at 40 feet under the Space Dimensions Table, while Sec. 4.4 lets unoccupied features…

Unincorporated Troup County's Space Dimensions Table sets no numeric cap on building coverage or impervious surface for the AG, AG-R, SU-R, LR, or SU-VL districts, listing "N/A" where…

Unincorporated Troup County imposes an 8 percent tax on rooms and lodgings furnished for value at hotels, motels, inns and similar accommodations, but the tax does not apply to stays…

Unincorporated Troup County levies its annual occupation tax on businesses and professional practitioners based on number of employees, but licensed professionals covered by O.C.G.A. §…

Unincorporated Troup County requires wrecker and towing businesses to store towed vehicles at least 300 feet from residential-zoned property behind an eight-foot solid screening fence…

General auto repair, parts sales, detailing and washing services are banned as home occupations everywhere in unincorporated Troup County under UDO Sec. 7.3(6.2)(i)(v). Only…

Troup County Code Sec. 10-47 bars a sexually oriented business from operating within 1,500 feet of a church, school, park, residentially zoned land, or another such business, and…

In unincorporated Troup County, a property may hold only three yard or garage sales per year, each capped at 96 continuous hours and required to fall on a weekend, under UDO Sec…

Unincorporated Troup County permits one accessory dwelling per principal home under UDO Sec. 7.3(2), built no closer than 20 feet to the rear of the main house, matching its setbacks…

Sec. 4.7 caps most Troup County lots under five acres at three accessory structures like sheds, requires them to sit behind the house's front-facing façade, and matches their…

Unincorporated Troup County bans cryptocurrency and data-mining operations as a home occupation outright. UDO Sec. 7.3(6.1-1)(k)(v) lists crypto currency/data mining operations…

Troup County Code Sec. 6-452 makes any property owner or occupant who knows, or reasonably should know, that underage drinking is happening at a gathering on their property a 'social…

In unincorporated Troup County, Georgia, drinking or holding an open container of alcohol in any public area is unlawful under Troup County Code Sec. 6-30, and the ban reaches the…

Retaining walls in unincorporated Troup County must keep supports vertical and plumb, face inward, and stay in good repair under Sec. 4.5's countywide rules, while Sec. 4.3 lets a…

Fences in unincorporated Troup County's AG and AG-R districts can rise to 12 feet in side and rear yards and 6 feet in front yards under Sec. 4.5(4), while corner lots must keep…

Every fence in unincorporated Troup County must avoid fabric, tarps, pallets, and salvaged sheet metal under Sec. 4.5(2)(d), and razor wire or barbed tape is banned outside commercial…

Troup County declares any building, structure or electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system that is unsafe, unsanitary, lacks adequate egress or poses a fire or life-safety hazard…

In unincorporated Troup County, an owner of vacant or undeveloped land must keep it from becoming a breeding place for destructive or disease-carrying animals and insects, and must…

Troup County sets no numeric grass-height limit; instead it makes it a public nuisance for developed property in the unincorporated county to become overrun with vegetation whose…

In unincorporated Troup County, outdoor watering of lawns, gardens and other landscape plantings is limited to the hours between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. under UDO § 3.12. The…

Troup County has no stand-alone rainwater-harvesting ordinance; the Unified Development Ordinance treats a rainwater collection system as an ordinary accessory use, permitted alongside…

Troup County has no separate swimming pool ordinance, but a residential pool is treated as an accessory structure requiring a building permit under Unified Development Ordinance…

In unincorporated Troup County, new construction and substantial improvements in a mapped flood hazard area must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least one…

Before installing a driveway or culvert pipe in a county road right-of-way in unincorporated Troup County, owners need a permit from the Board of Commissioners, and it is separately…

Troup County's Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Pollution Control Ordinance requires a land-disturbance permit from the Community Development Department before most construction…

In unincorporated Troup County, a development permit is required before any construction, filling, grading or other activity begins within a mapped area of special flood hazard, under…

Troup County Code Sec. 14-8(2) makes it unlawful for an owner to let their dog engage in incessant or untimely barking that disturbs a person or neighborhood, though the owner has a…

A special event permit in unincorporated Troup County can let the County close designated streets, roads and intersections under UDO § 6.6(2)(h)(v). The Community Development Director…

In unincorporated Troup County, restaurants can extend outdoor dining onto adjoining sidewalks under the Unified Development Ordinance's accessory-use standard. Community Development…

Parades, marches and processions in unincorporated Troup County need a special event permit and must follow a designated route on file with the County Manager, preceded by a sheriff's…

In unincorporated Troup County, any street fair or special event needs a County permit before it can operate, and every food or merchandise vendor must be authorized in writing by the…

Troup County's construction codes leave private HOA covenants alone: the Community Development Director enforces only the County Code and UDO, not a subdivision's CC&Rs, but where the…

In unincorporated Troup County, a property or district that the Board of Commissioners has designated historic by ordinance cannot be materially altered, relocated, or demolished…

Unincorporated Troup County regulates solar energy systems under UDO Article 16: rooftop systems get a height exemption tied to the roof they sit on, while ground-mounted systems above…

In unincorporated Troup County, the AG and AG-R zoning districts make farming and forestry principal permitted uses by right, and the Unified Development Ordinance sets only a 25-foot…

Placing a utility facility in, or crossing, a County-maintained road right-of-way in unincorporated Troup County requires a permit from the Board of Commissioners under UDO § 6.3. The…

Selling food from a truck, cart or trailer anywhere in unincorporated Troup County requires a mobile food vendor permit and a Chapter 50 business license before the first sale. The…

Troup County classifies mobile food vendors as either a street vending unit or a sidewalk vending unit on the permit application, and bars any mobile food vendor, sidewalk units…

In unincorporated Troup County, a mobile food vendor must obtain a license under Section 7.6(9) of the Unified Development Ordinance before selling from a truck, cart, or trailer, and…

In unincorporated Troup County, freestanding "interstate signs," the county's term for large roadside billboards allowed only along I-85 in Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial zoned…

In unincorporated Troup County, Section 5.6 of the Unified Development Ordinance requires all outdoor lighting fixtures to be full cutoff, directing no light above the horizontal at…

In unincorporated Troup County, Section 5.6(3)(b) of the UDO requires every outdoor lighting fixture to be located, aimed, or shielded so it does not spill glare or stray light across…

Major subdivisions in unincorporated Troup County can earn a density bonus of up to 10% by scoring points under the Point Rating System of Development Criteria. A subdivision must…

In unincorporated Troup County, retail sale of consumer fireworks is a distinct zoning use, "Consumer Fireworks Retail Sales," permitted outright only in the Light Industrial and Heavy…