No Georgia statute or Paulding County ordinance restricts native or drought-tolerant landscaping. You may replace lawn with native Piedmont plants and pollinator beds freely; only HOA covenants can require a conventional grass lawn.
Paulding County places no limit on landscaping with native or drought-tolerant plants, and Georgia has no statewide rule against it, so homeowners may plant native Piedmont grasses, oak-hickory understory, coneflower, and pollinator gardens without approval. Low-water landscaping fits this red-clay Piedmont county, eases the Metro District watering schedule, and cuts the constant fight with invasive privet, kudzu, and English ivy. The one real constraint is contractual: HOA covenants in Paulding's subdivisions can require a turf lawn and restrict meadow-style plantings. A maintained native bed is not overgrowth, so it stays clear of the county's 24-inch vegetation rule.
None from the county or state for native planting. A neglected planting that becomes nuisance overgrowth over 24 inches could draw a Marshal's notice. HOA lawn standards are enforced privately by the association.
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