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

Article 7 of the county's Sign Ordinance (Appendix E) opens with 'All signs not expressly authorized by this section are prohibited' and names home occupation signs directly in its list, item L, placing them in the same banned category as roof signs, rotating signs and animated signs. A home occupation, defined at Sec. 224 as a use approved by the Spalding County Board of Zoning Appeals under Sec. 202.LL of the Zoning Ordinance, gets no exterior identification sign under this ordinance, regardless of size. Article 8 permits certain no-permit signs, including a two-square-foot identification sign at item M, but that carve-out covers only signs 'bearing no commercial message'; a sign identifying a home business is commercial and does not qualify.

Sec. 1101 puts enforcement in the hands of the Spalding County zoning administrator, who inspects signs and issues permits under Sec. 1102 and Sec. 1103. Under Sec. 1105, if a prohibited sign is erected, the administrator gives the owner written notice describing the violation; if it is not remedied within ten days, the owner must remove the sign immediately, and if the owner does not, the administrator may remove it at the owner's expense. Article 12 separately requires anyone who erects or maintains signs in the county to carry public liability insurance of at least $250,000 per property-damage claim and $1,000,000 per person for injury.