South Fulton, GA Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Unlike some cities, South Fulton's Chapter 3 does not publish a single guests-per-bedroom number in the ordinance text. The city's 2022 zoning text-amendment memo expressly noted that the STR ordinance 'does not specify the maximum occupancy load,' and the framework instead establishes occupancy on a per-unit basis. Section 12-3008 requires the permit posted inside each unit to list the maximum occupancy of the unit (alongside the agent's contact information, the permit number, and the maximum number of vehicles). That maximum is informed by the sworn code-compliance verification form required at application (Sec. 12-3005(b)), which certifies the unit complies with applicable zoning, building, health, and life-safety code provisions, including sleeping-room egress and life-safety standards. The exemplar rental agreement that every owner must adopt states plainly that 'guests must not exceed the listed occupancy of each property.' Exceeding the posted occupancy is therefore an enforceable violation of the rental agreement and Chapter 3. The 2022 amendment also tied STR uses in larger-lot residential districts to standards 'similar in character to Multifamily Rental Dwellings to regulate the number of occupants,' reflecting the city's intent to control occupancy intensity through the permit rather than a flat code number.