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

Section 102-6 establishes the Agricultural (A) district as one of seven zoning classifications covering unincorporated Carroll County, alongside Residential, Manufactured Home Subdivision, Commercial, Industrial, Office and Institutional, and Technology Park. 1) describes its purpose as preserving the open character of certain county land and promoting development that does not demand extensive public facilities and services. Within that district, commercial forestry, agriculture, dairying, poultry and livestock raising are listed as permitted uses, alongside noncommercial agriculture, poultry, dairying, horse and livestock raising kept as an accessory use to a residence for the benefit of its occupants.

Schools, churches, public utility structures, parks, and even a family burial plot on a ten-acre-or-larger tract also qualify as of right. The district carries a four-acre minimum lot area, a 125-foot minimum lot width at the building setback line, and front setbacks of 125 feet from a state or federal highway centerline or 100 feet from a county road centerline, with 15-foot side and rear yards. This is Carroll County's own zoning contribution to agricultural protection; it does not extend or restate Georgia's statewide Right to Farm Act, which is a separate state law.

Because Chapter 102 governs unincorporated territory only, the Agricultural (A) district and its permitted-use list do not apply inside Carrollton, Villa Rica, Temple, Bowdon, Whitesburg, Mount Zion, or Roopville, which each zone under their own municipal codes.