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

Sec. 4.2.7 folds every farm and forestry use into the base zoning districts rather than granting a blanket right-to-farm exemption; each use gets its own acreage floor and setback. Standard livestock, horses, llamas, mules, asses, cows and large aviary birds such as emus, needs a lot of two acres or more and is capped at two animals per fenced acre, dropping to three per acre for sheep or goats, with a housing structure set back at least 100 feet from every property line and providing at least 100 square feet of floor space per large animal or 25 square feet per sheep or goat (subsections E.2, E.3 and E.7).

Dwarf livestock gets a lighter track: up to two animals per 50 square feet of fenced area with no minimum lot size, capped at three animals on a lot under 10,000 square feet, and only a ten-foot structure setback (E.4, E.5). Pigs and hogs are barred outright except pot-bellied pigs, which are regulated like sheep and goats (E.8). Dairies get the strictest number in the section: a 200-foot structure setback and a 100-foot setback for the cows themselves, tighter than the general livestock rule (subsection C).

Related agricultural uses carry their own setbacks too: commercial greenhouses and plant nurseries need 100 feet from residential property (B), structures processing fruits, nuts or vegetables with mechanized equipment need 50 feet (D), and riding stables need a ten-acre lot with animals fenced at least 20 feet from any line (G).