Roswell's UDC explicitly prohibits certain uses as home occupations regardless of permits: auto sales/repair, restaurants, animal hospitals/kennels, funeral homes, retail or wholesale shops, machine shops, personal service establishments, special event facilities, and lodging services.
Even with a home occupation license the following uses cannot be conducted from a Roswell dwelling: auto sales or auto repair; restaurants of any kind; animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, kennels, or the keeping of animals as a business; funeral homes; retail or wholesale shops with on-premises sales/storage; machine shops; personal service establishments (hair salons, nail salons, massage outside licensed therapeutic exceptions); special event facilities; and lodging services. The lodging prohibition reinforces the 2024 STR ordinance's residential-zone exclusion. Roswell Planning & Zoning (770-817-6720) confirms whether a specific business model is permissible.
Operating a prohibited home occupation is a UDC violation that cannot be cured with a permit. Citation, business license revocation, and Municipal Court fines up to $1,000 per day apply.
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