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

Zoning Resolution § 4.12.C is a flat rule: there shall be no signs identifying the home occupation, and there shall be no storage, display or activity associated with the home occupation visible outside the structure. The provision was amended March 3, 2004, and it has stood as an absolute ban since, with no exception carved out for a small nameplate, a vehicle sign, or a sandwich-board style sign at the curb.

That no-sign rule pairs with the rest of § 4.12's home occupation limits: the business can use no more than the smaller of 25 percent or 750 square feet of the home's gross floor area (§ 4.12.A), cannot spill into an accessory building (§ 4.12.B), and cannot be run from anything that generates offensive traffic, sound, smell, vibration, light or dust detectable off the property (§ 4.12.F, J). Because the business is required to stay invisible from the street, a home occupation depending on walk-in signage, such as a home salon advertising with a yard sign or a storefront-style display in a window, cannot comply with § 4.12.C no matter how it is operated.

This limit is a county zoning standard, so it binds only unincorporated Fulton County. Homes inside Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton, Chattahoochee Hills and South Fulton are governed by each city's own home occupation and sign regulations, which may allow a small identification sign the county does not.