East Newnan, GA
84 local rules on file · Pop. 1,022 · Coweta County
Showing ordinances that apply to East Newnan, GA
East Newnan is an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 1,022 in Coweta County, Georgia. Because East Newnan is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal government or city code. Instead, Coweta County ordinances apply directly to residential and commercial properties here. The rules below are the county-level regulations that govern your area. Nearby incorporated cities in Coweta County may have different rules.
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💼 Business & Licensing
📋 Permits, Signs & Events
🌎 Environment & Utilities
🧱 Fence Regulations
Material Restrictions
Few RestrictionsCoweta County places no material restriction on ordinary residential fences, so wood, vinyl, chain-link, and even barbed wire on farmland are all lawful. Material limits apply only to…
Retaining Walls
Some RestrictionsCoweta County zoning allows retaining walls within setbacks, but Georgia's building code requires a Chapter 14 permit and engineering for walls over four feet. A wall with a drop over…
Height Limits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County exempts fences and walls from the ordinance's yard setback requirements under Section 64, meaning a fence can sit at the property line in any zoning district. Section 66…
🚗 Parking Rules
RV & Boat Parking
Some RestrictionsCoweta County allows RVs, campers and boats to be stored on a residential lot but forbids anyone from living, sleeping or housekeeping in one while it sits there. Section 67 also bars…
Loading Zones
Some RestrictionsCoweta County requires every new commercial or industrial development to build off-street loading spaces to fixed dimensions: at least ten feet wide and 30 feet long with 14-foot…
Street Parking Limits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County bans parking on 40-plus specific unincorporated road segments under Sec. 74-56 and makes it unlawful under Sec. 74-57 to park a vehicle or trailer so as to create a…
Driveway Rules
Some RestrictionsCoweta County's zoning ordinance bars commercial and industrial vehicles or equipment from sitting in the front yard of any residentially zoned property, and separately bans parking or…
Abandoned Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsLeaving an abandoned or junked vehicle, along with rubbish, refuse, or unsightly material, on any real property in unincorporated Coweta County violates Code of Ordinances Sec…
🔊 Noise Ordinances
Leaf Blower Rules
Some RestrictionsCoweta County restricts leaf blowers and other landscaping power tools to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Running one outside that window is unlawful if the noise is plainly…
Construction Hours
Some RestrictionsCoweta County confines construction and demolition noise, including hammering, sawing, drilling and deliveries, to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on…
Quiet Hours
Some RestrictionsCoweta County bars plainly audible noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in residential areas: sound reaching inside a sealed dwelling 100 feet away, or a patio or yard 300 feet away…
Barking Dogs
Some RestrictionsCoweta County bans animal noise that disturbs anyone off the owner's property. Sec. 10-92 defines unreasonable barking as continuous barking for 30 minutes or intermittent barking for…
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Some RestrictionsCoweta County bars any noise, including music from radios, stereos, and sound amplifiers, that is plainly audible inside a sealed dwelling 100 feet away or on a neighboring porch…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
Shed & Carport Rules
Some RestrictionsCoweta County lets a shed or other accessory building sit as close as five feet to a rear or side lot line, per Zoning and Development Ordinance Sec. 45, but the structure must still…
ADU Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Coweta County's Village Center district, one accessory dwelling unit is allowed by right on any single-family detached lot larger than 12,000 square feet. Zoning and Development…
🌿 Landscaping Rules
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Some RestrictionsCoweta County ties tree removal to its land disturbance permit process, and requires a standalone tree removal permit for nonresidential property when removal is not processed…
Weed Ordinances
Some RestrictionsCoweta County caps weeds and grass at 12 inches tall in the established yard area of any developed property under Code of Ordinances Sec. 42-6(a), and anything taller is declared a…
Water Restrictions
Some RestrictionsCoweta County limits outdoor watering of lawns, gardens, and landscaping in the unincorporated area to the hours between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. under Sec. 78-201, with broad…
🐔 Animal Ordinances
Pet Store Rules
Some RestrictionsCoweta County regulates pet shops and other animal establishments through Sec. 10-192: no dog or cat over three months old may be sold, traded, or given away unless it has already been…
Pet Limits
Significant RestrictionsIn Coweta County's CC Cedar Creek watershed district, keeping personal pets or livestock is a conditional use capped at five animals, with three acres required per horse, mule, goat…
Chickens & Livestock
Some RestrictionsIn the county's default RC Rural Conservation zoning, backyard chickens are allowed on a half-acre with up to ten hens and one rooster, and horses and livestock are permitted as an…
Exotic Pets
Heavy RestrictionsCoweta County does not license exotic pets itself; Code section 10-3 states that wild and exotic animals are not regulated by the Code, and section 10-35 forwards wild-animal matters…
Wildlife Feeding
Few RestrictionsCoweta County has no ordinance prohibiting the feeding of deer, coyotes, or other wildlife. Under Code section 10-35, wild-animal matters are handled by the Georgia Department of…
Breed Restrictions
Few RestrictionsCoweta County has no breed-specific ban. Dangerous and vicious dogs are classified by behavior under Chapter 10, Article VIII, which implements Georgia's Responsible Dog Ownership Law…
Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsOff the owner's property, a Coweta County dog must be on a leash no more than six feet long, held by a competent person at least 14 years old, under Code section 10-81. Rabies…
💼 Home Business
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Light RestrictionsCoweta County limits how much traffic a home-based business can bring to a residential street. Section 60A caps a home occupation to no more traffic than a residential neighborhood…
Home Daycare
Some RestrictionsCoweta County allows in-home child care as a permitted home occupation, but caps it at six children at a time, counting the caregiver's own preschool-age kids toward that limit…
Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County lets residents run a business from home only as a use subordinate to the house itself. Section 60A caps a home occupation at 25 percent of the dwelling's floor area…
Signage Rules
Heavy RestrictionsCoweta County flatly bars any exterior sign or visible trace of a home-based business. Zoning and Development Ordinance Sec. 60A(A)(8) requires a home occupation to leave the house…
Cottage Food Operations
Few RestrictionsGeorgia's cottage food program changed in July 2025. HB 398 removed the state cottage food license and there is no revenue cap. A Coweta County home baker can sell shelf-stable foods…
🔥 Fire Regulations
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Some RestrictionsCoweta County lets residents burn recreational fires, campfires and bonfires day or night under Code of Ordinances Sec. 34-72, but the fire must sit inside a ring, pit or rock border…
Outdoor Burning
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County bans outdoor burning anytime the Georgia EPD declares a ban and lets its own fire marshal impose a separate 'complete burning ban' under Code of Ordinances Sec. 34-70 and…
🌍 Environmental Rules
Erosion Control
Significant RestrictionsNo person may disturb land in Coweta County without a permit from the community development department. Permits cost $65 per disturbed acre, require an approved erosion, sedimentation…
Stormwater Management
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County bans dumping anything but stormwater into the county's separate storm sewer system and requires accidental discharges to be reported within 24 hours. Illicit connections…
Flood Elevation Requirements
Some RestrictionsCoweta County requires new residential construction and substantial improvements in a special flood hazard area to elevate the lowest floor at least three feet above the base flood…
Flood Zones
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County requires a development permit from the community development director before any construction, filling, grading, or land disturbance in a mapped area of special flood…
🪧 Sign Regulations
Digital Billboards
Some RestrictionsCoweta County treats any conversion of a sign to LED, tri-vision, or similar changing-image technology as a sign permit event under § 58-6(a), and in nonresidential districts caps how…
Window Signs
Some RestrictionsCoweta County caps window signs at 25 percent of a storefront's total glass area or 16 square feet, whichever is smaller, and grants that limited coverage a general permit in every…
Garage Sale Signs
Light RestrictionsCoweta County lets a homeowner put up a temporary yard-sale sign under a general permit, no application needed, as long as it stays within the chapter's size, height, and setback…
Political Signs
Some RestrictionsOn private property, O.C.G.A. §16-7-58 bars Coweta County, Newnan, and Senoia from limiting the number of political signs or how long they stay up. Off your land, O.C.G.A. §32-6-51…
🚷 Public Conduct
Loitering Rules
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County makes it unlawful to idle, loiter or loaf in bars, hotels, billiard rooms, streets, sidewalks or any other public place to the encouragement of loafing and idleness, or…
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Heavy RestrictionsCoweta County bans smoking, tobacco use, and any vapor device on every county-owned public property, including parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, buildings, and vehicles. The…
Public Alcohol Use
Heavy RestrictionsCoweta County outlaws possessing an open alcohol container on any public street, sidewalk, park, or parking lot, and on any other county-owned property, under Code § 6-6. The ban also…
Skateboarding Rules
Significant RestrictionsSkateboards may only be ridden in designated areas at Coweta County parks and recreation facilities. Section 46-32(9) groups skateboards with bicycles, scooters and other non-motorized…
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
Structure Height Limits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County's zoning ordinance caps residential structures at three stories and 35 feet in the RD Two-Family and R-2 Multifamily districts, and three stories and 40 feet in the RC…
Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsCoweta County's zoning ordinance sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks for every zoning district in Article 23's dimensional requirements table. Two-family and multifamily…
Lot Coverage Limits
Some RestrictionsInside Coweta County's Village Center district, single-family detached lots face a tiered impervious surface cap: 35 percent on large lots over 12,000 square feet, 40 percent on…
🗑️ Trash & Recycling
Collection Schedule
Some RestrictionsCoweta County requires every licensed hauler to provide at least weekly curbside collection of residential solid waste under Sec. 62-41, with uniform fees set countywide, and Sec…
Illegal Dumping
Heavy RestrictionsCoweta County bans dumping litter, abandoned furniture, or household trash on public or private property or in county waters unless it's disposed of at a designated facility, a lawful…
Bin Placement Rules
Some RestrictionsCoweta County requires occupants of single-family, condo, and multifamily homes not served by a common dumpster to set refuse at the roadside only on their assigned collection day…
Recycling Requirements
Few RestrictionsRecycling is voluntary in Coweta County. Georgia has no residential recycling mandate. The county takes recyclables free of charge, separated from garbage, at its compactor sites and…
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Some RestrictionsCoweta County runs no county curbside route. Unincorporated residents either subscribe to a county-licensed private hauler for weekly curb pickup, or self-haul household garbage to a…
Bulk Item Disposal
Some RestrictionsCoweta County has no bulk curbside day. Large items like furniture, appliances, and mattresses cannot go in compactor sites and must be self-hauled to the county transfer station…
🌙 Curfew Laws
Juvenile Curfew
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County bars minors under 16 from unsupervised presence on streets, parks and other public places between midnight and 6:00 a.m., and separately punishes any parent or guardian…
Park Curfew
Some RestrictionsCoweta County parks and recreation facilities are open from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. under Code of Ordinances § 46-31(j). Using a park outside that window without written approval from…
🏪 Business Licensing & Operations
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County allows mobile auto repair as a licensed home occupation but flatly bans running a fixed-site repair shop from a residential property. Sec. 60A(A) of the Zoning and…
Towing Companies
Significant RestrictionsA wrecker or towing service can't get its Coweta County business license without two extra sign-offs: sheriff's department approval and an amber warning-light permit, both required…
Secondhand Dealers
Some RestrictionsSecondhand dealers in Coweta County don't need the precious-metals-dealer business license required of general precious metals buyers, but the sheriff's department still holds them to…
Pawnbrokers
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County treats pawnbroker licensing as a two-step process: the standard business certificate application under Sec. 18-41, plus a special sign-off. Sec. 18-58(c) requires…
Tattoo & Body Modification
Some RestrictionsBefore a tattoo shop can get its Coweta County business certificate, Sec. 18-58(c) requires sign-off from the county board of health plus a copy of the state medical license belonging…
Adult Entertainment
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County requires a separate license for any sexually oriented business and for each of its employees, on top of the standard business registration. Sec. 18-259 keeps these…
🎪 Special Events & Permits
Park Event Permits
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County requires any sponsor holding a tournament or special event at a parks and recreation facility to sign an agreement with the parks and recreation department, pay rental…
Parade Permits
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County requires a right-of-way usage permit before staging any event, such as a foot race, bike ride, fun run, car show, or filming, on county roads or rights-of-way…
Street Fair Rules
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County requires a special use permit before any festival, concert, fair, or other tourism event can be held on private property. Section 69.9 sends the application through the…
🚶 Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules
🔧 Building Safety
Electrical Permits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County requires a building permit before anyone erects, alters, repairs, or replaces an electrical system, issued by the building official under the county's technical codes…
Building Permits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County requires a building permit before anyone builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, or demolishes a building or structure, or installs an electrical, gas, mechanical, or…
Plumbing Permits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County requires a permit before any plumbing system is installed, altered, or replaced, issued by the building official under Item 101.3.6 of the technical codes. Ordinance…
🖥️ Data Centers & Crypto Mining
Data Center Noise Limits
Some RestrictionsCoweta County caps data center noise at 5 dB(A) above pre-construction ambient levels at night and 10 dB(A) above ambient during the day, measured at the residential property boundary…
Crypto Mining Rules
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County's zoning ordinance defines 'cryptocurrency data center' and 'cryptocurrency mining' separately from an ordinary 'data center' and expressly excludes cryptocurrency data…
Data Center Zoning & Siting
Significant RestrictionsCoweta County requires a data center or data center campus in the M Industrial District to sit on at least 25 acres with 250 feet of road frontage, 75-foot front and 100-foot side/rear…
🍔 Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors
🏚️ Property Maintenance
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Some RestrictionsCoweta County vacant-lot owners must keep their land free of accumulated waste and open dumping. The county has no fixed grass-height inch limit for unincorporated lots; it enforces…
Property Blight
Some RestrictionsCoweta County has no standalone property-maintenance code; instead its solid-waste code bars unsightly accumulations that create odors or health hazards, junk vehicles run through…