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

Under Sec. 16-03.004(10)-(11) of the R-1 Single-Family Residential District regulations (identical language repeats across most other districts), urban gardens are a permitted accessory use to any principal use, while market gardens are restricted to parcels used as schools, churches, synagogues, temples, mosques or other religious worship facilities. Sec. 16-03.005(2)(a) further requires a special administrative permit for farmers' markets, limited to parcels meeting minimum lot size that are likewise used as schools or houses of worship; the director of the Bureau of Planning must notify the district and at-large councilmembers whenever such an application is filed.