Macon-Bibb County, GA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

06[A] of the Comprehensive Land Development Resolution governs home occupations permitted as a limited accessory use in residential and agricultural districts, and its list of standards in [1] is meant to keep the business 'clearly secondary or incidental' to the residential use of the house. ' That limit sits alongside the section's other neighbor-facing standards: the business must be run so that, under (a), 'the average neighbor, under normal circumstances, would not be aware of its existence'; it must be conducted solely by the occupants; no more than 25 percent of the home's gross floor area may be used for it; no stock in trade may be displayed or sold on the premises except goods made on site; and no outside storage related to the business is allowed.

08. 06[B], where a business may also employ one outside employee, but subsection [B][1](g) repeats the same one-additional-vehicle limit. 06[C] if the holder stops occupying the premises or stops operating the business for six consecutive months.