Coweta County, GA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Sec. 60A of the Zoning and Development Ordinance (Article 6A, Home Occupations) lets residents run a business from home only if it stays invisible to neighbors. The rule that controls signage is item 8 of the special requirements list in subsection A: "There shall be no exterior indication of the home occupation or variation from the residential character of the principal use." That single sentence rules out yard signs, window signs, illuminated signs, awning graphics, or any paint scheme, structure, or display that would tip off a passerby that a business operates inside.

The sign ban sits inside a bundle of other exterior controls. Item 7 bars on-premises retail sales except for goods actually made in the home, so a storefront-style display case is already off the table before the sign rule even applies. Item 9 adds that no business-related vehicle, marked or commercially equipped, may park on the street, and only one such vehicle is allowed at all, kept in the rear yard. Together these provisions mean a home business in Coweta County cannot advertise itself with a sign, a wrapped vehicle parked in view, or any visible commercial marker, no matter how modest.

The restriction applies to every use on the permitted list in item 10, from art studios and tutoring to dressmaking and consulting, and it applies even though the home occupation itself is legal. A homeowner who otherwise meets every other requirement, floor-area cap, resident-only staffing, no outside noise, still cannot post a business sign. The community development department reviews home occupation compliance, and the county's general zoning-enforcement penalty applies where the home occupation article sets none of its own.