Clayton County, GA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Clayton County Code Sec. 22-900 defines a short-term rental unit as any nonsubsidized house, apartment, condominium, room or lodging accommodation rented to the same tenant for less than 30 days, and it must be located inside or adjacent to the owner's own occupied dwelling on the same property. Sec. 22-901(a) allows short-term rental units to operate only under this article, and Sec. 22-901(b) requires the owner, platform or manager to hold a valid county business license, with the license number included in every advertisement. Sec.

22-901(e) then puts noise compliance directly in front of every guest: before rental of the unit, all owners or hosts must post the county's noise ordinance in a visible location inside the unit. That posting requirement dovetails with the county's separate Vacation Rental Standards in the zoning ordinance (Sec. , all activities associated with the rental must meet those general noise standards, and outdoor amplified sound, other than household speakers, is banned outright at any hour, not just during quiet hours. An owner who ignores the posting requirement or lets noise violations recur risks more than a warning: Sec.

22-902(a) lets the county revoke the rental permit at any time for failure to comply with any requirement of the article, with written notice to the permit holder, and Sec. 22-902(b) treats an advertisement promoting a noncompliant rental as prima facie evidence of a violation on its own. Sec. 22-903 backs that up with cease-and-desist notices sent by certified mail and, where an operator keeps running without a valid business license, a county-attorney-filed injunction.