South Fulton, GA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 12-3010(a)
- Nuisance party threshold
- 5+ people
- Noise trigger
- Violation of § 6-3001 et seq.
- Consequence
- Immediate permit revocation (§ 12-3010(d))
- Non-guest duty
- Must leave when police order dispersal
- Enacted
- Ord. No. 2025-011, 4-22-2025
Summary
South Fulton bans 'nuisance parties' at short-term rentals: gatherings of five or more people that trigger a noise-ordinance violation, alcohol offense, fighting, property damage or several other listed problems. Section 12-3010 makes hosting one unlawful, and a single nuisance party citation is grounds for immediate revocation of the rental's permit.
Nuisance party means a social gathering of five or more people on residential property which is being utilized or advertised as a short-term rental that results in any of the following occurring at the site of the gathering, on neighboring property or on an adjacent public street: (1)Unlawful sale, furnishing, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages;(2)Violation of any of the provisions of section 6-3001 et. seq., relating to noise;(3)Conduct which constitutes assault or battery;(4)Property damage; ... (16)Unlawful hosting of minors consuming alcohol.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 12-3002 defines a 'nuisance party' as a social gathering of five or more people on residential property being used or advertised as a short-term rental that produces any of sixteen listed problems at the site, on neighboring property, or on an adjacent public street. alongside unlawful alcohol consumption, assault or battery, property damage, illegal gambling, littering, unlawful drug possession, unlawful firearm discharge and hosting minors who consume alcohol, among others. Section 12-3010(a) then makes it unlawful for any short-term rental agent, occupant or person with a right to possess the premises to cause, allow, or permit a gathering there to become a nuisance party.
A short-term rental agent is only liable under subsection (b) if they were on the premises when it happened, were notified and failed to act, or knew or should have known the party was occurring and did nothing. Subsection (c) separately makes it unlawful for a non-resident to refuse to leave a nuisance party after a police officer orders them to disperse. Subsection (d) ties the noise-driven nuisance party rule directly to licensing: any nuisance party violation is grounds for the immediate revocation of the short-term rental's permit, and failing to appear for a nuisance party citation counts as a sustained violation on its own.
This nuisance-party framework was enacted with the rest of the current short-term rental chapter by Ordinance No. 2025-011 on April 22, 2025, which repealed and replaced the prior 2018 chapter.
Violations & Fines
Hosting or allowing a gathering of five or more people at a South Fulton short-term rental to become a nuisance party, including a noise-ordinance violation under Section 6-3001 et seq., violates Section 12-3010(a) and is grounds for immediate revocation of the rental's permit under subsection (d). Guests who refuse to leave when police order a nuisance party to disperse commit a separate violation of subsection (c).
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