South Fulton, GA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Client limit
- 2 at a time
- Day care exception
- Up to 6 children in care
- Governing section
- Zoning Ordinance § 303.11(i)
- Enforcement
- Code § 5-1005, misdemeanor
Summary
South Fulton caps in-home businesses at two clients or patrons on the property at any one time under Section 303.11(i) of the zoning code. The only carve-out is licensed family day care, which may host up to six children in care at once instead of the standard two-visitor limit.
(i) No more than two clients or patrons are allowed on the premises at the same time in conjunction with the home occupation (except for persons in care at a family day care homes, where no more than six clients are allowed).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
11 of the South Fulton Zoning Ordinance sets the standards a home occupation must meet to operate legally inside a residential dwelling, and subsection (i) is the traffic rule: no more than two clients or patrons are allowed on the premises at the same time in conjunction with the home occupation. 08. The two-client cap sits alongside the operation's other traffic controls: incoming vehicles tied to the home occupation must park off-street within the residential driveway or other permitted on-site parking, and the home occupation cannot use a truck to transport goods.
Because the limit is measured 'at the same time,' a business can still see more than two customers across a day as long as visits do not overlap. 11 limits, including the 25 percent or 750 square foot cap on floor area devoted to the business and the ban on any storage, display or activity visible from outside the dwelling.
Violations & Fines
Hosting more than two clients or patrons at once (or more than six for a licensed day care) violates Section 303.11(i) and is enforced as a zoning violation under City Code § 5-1005: written notice with a correction deadline, then misdemeanor prosecution in Municipal Court for continued noncompliance, with each day counted separately. Repeat violations can also jeopardize the occupational business license required to operate the home occupation at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
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