Acworth, GA Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

4 of the Zoning Ordinance, the citywide Use Table, splits agricultural uses into three rows. 'Non-commercial horticulture' is marked 'P,' permitted by right, only in the R-1 district; it carries a dash, meaning not permitted, in every other zoning district including R-2, R-3, R-5, the multi-family RM-6 and RM-8 districts, and the commercial and office districts. 'Small scale commercial horticulture and agriculture' is marked 'S,' a special use permit, in R-1 through RM-8 and is permitted by right in the C-1, C-2 and OP commercial and office districts.

'Livestock, poultry, and non-commercial riding stables' is marked as not permitted in any of the listed base districts on that table. 1(B) confirms the R-1 rule directly, listing 'non-commercial horticulture and agriculture' among the uses permitted by right in that district, alongside private parks and playgrounds. Outside R-1, the city's agricultural-flavored districts sit in the A/R-20, A/R-30, A/R-40 and A/RR categories reserved for the northern Cobb Parkway corridor, which permit uses such as residential, agricultural, farm and wood products and livestock and poultry sales, riding stables on a minimum two-acre lot, and commercial greenhouses set back at least 100 feet from a residential property line.