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

For rural home occupations on lots larger than two acres in unincorporated Troup County, Sec. 7.3(6.2)(e) permits exactly one sign advertising the business, capped at nine square feet of sign area and required to be un-lighted, meaning no internal illumination, spotlighting, or electronic display. That sign counts against the property's overall signage: added to every other sign already on the parcel, the total still cannot exceed the maximum signage allowed for the zoning district, so a lot that already carries other signage may have less than nine square feet of room left for the home-business sign.

Placement is restricted too: no sign may obstruct the view of roadway traffic, and every sign must sit at least 20 feet from any property line and at least 10 feet from any right-of-way line, keeping signage well back from the road edge. Outside of that single sign, Sec. 7.3(6.2)(e) requires that the existence of the home occupation shall not be apparent outside the dwelling or accessory building, meaning no other exterior indicators, displays, or advertising are allowed. By contrast, home occupations on lots of two acres or less are held to an even tighter standard under Sec.

7.3(6.1-1)(f), which bars any exterior indication of the home occupation at all, not just limits its size. The nine-square-foot allowance is therefore unique to larger, rural-zoned home businesses.