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

' Farming uses are permitted by right, not conditionally: growing crops and selling produce and agricultural products on-premises (provided at least 50 percent of what is sold was grown on-site), plant nurseries and greenhouses, and raising livestock, aquaculture including pay fishing, and beekeeping, along with the sale of what is raised. A single semi-trailer or box truck may also be used as a farm outbuilding on lots of five acres or more. Beyond permitted uses, a long list of agriculture-adjacent conditional uses can be approved in A-R, including farm outbuildings such as horse stables, deer processing facilities, and horse shows, rodeos, carnivals or community fairs.

The district's dimensional standards reinforce its low-density character: a minimum lot area of 217,800 square feet (five acres), 250-foot lot width, and generous 100-foot major-thoroughfare front setback, 75-foot rear setback and 50-foot side setback. Most permitted and conditional agricultural uses are exempt from the county's site plan requirement, including single-family dwellings, residential accessory structures, small produce stands of 100 square feet or less, and the raising or selling of livestock. Planning and Zoning administers rezoning and conditional-use approval into and within A-R under Section 110-125 and the balance of Chapter 110's Article IV district standards. This is a zoning classification, not a nuisance-suit shield; the Code does not carry its own right-to-farm liability provision in this article.