Henry County, GA Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

Under § 3-3-30, Henry County treats any business operated inside a private home located in a residential area as a home occupation, and the business license department will not prorate the license fee for partial-year operation. Before that license issues, § 3-3-31 requires the proposed location to comply with the county's zoning ordinance and all other applicable ordinances, meaning the home occupation must already sit on a lot zoned for a use consistent with the county's land development rules. Once issued, the license is not permanent.

Section 3-3-32(a) restates the home-occupation suspension standard, and subsection (b) lets the license department suspend or revoke the license whenever the operator deviates from the licensed business, fails building, police, fire or health department requirements, violates any federal, state or county law, or is found in violation of the county's nuisance ordinance. Subsection (c) sets the due-process steps: the department must give the license holder notice and a hearing before the director of the building and inspection department before suspending, unless the business is actively endangering or harming the public.

When the license is pulled on that emergency harm basis, the director must hold the hearing within three days of the suspension; every other suspension hearing is set within ten days of the notice. Subsection (d) gives the licensee five days from the director's decision to file a written notice of appeal with the clerk of the Henry County Board of Commissioners, which then reviews the suspension or revocation.