Fayette County, GA Outdoor Cooking: Outdoor Kitchen Permits (2026)

Section 110-79(a)(16) lists an outdoor kitchen and/or fireplace among the residential accessory structures and uses permitted in A-R and all residential zoning districts. Section 110-79(c)(3) then exempts an uncovered outdoor kitchen or fireplace from counting toward the lot's overall accessory-structure limit set in § 110-79(c)(1), the same treatment given to items like a small well/pump house or an underground storm shelter. Once a homeowner covers the kitchen by building it into a cabana, pool house, or detached covered patio, § 110-79(j) takes over: that structure may contain an outdoor kitchen, fireplace, spa or hot tub, bathroom or changing room, and pool pump or filter, but it cannot be used as a carport, garage, storage building, open storage, or living area, must consist at minimum of a roof with supporting posts or columns, cannot exceed one story, and has to comply with the county's architectural standards for a residential accessory structure of 200 square feet or greater. A covered outdoor kitchen structure counts toward the lot's accessory-structure total under § 110-79(c), while a simple uncovered grill and countertop setup does not.