Animal Ordinances in Georgia (2026)

Warner Robins bars keeping cattle, horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, goats, sheep, or fowl, including backyard chickens…

Dunwoody allows up to six hens per lot in single-family residential districts, but only on lots of 10,000 square feet…

Floyd County does not cap flock size for backyard fowl, but it heavily restricts how any domestic animal or livestock…

Houston County bans keeping cattle, horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, goats, sheep or fowl on any property in the…

Acworth allows backyard chickens, goats and miniature pigs without a permit, but Section 14-15 caps every category by…

Atlanta allows up to 25 chickens or turkeys per property if housing, setbacks and manure disposal rules are met under…

Augusta-Richmond County bans chickens, geese, ducks and other fowl from running loose on streets or in parks, and…

Unincorporated Bartow County scales livestock and chicken limits to lot size: up to eight livestock or 20 chickens on…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia allows commercial poultry, dairying and livestock raising in the Agricultural…

Chatham County's animal code forbids livestock and domestic fowl from running at large. Keeping backyard chickens and…

Cherokee County's livestock rule, Code of Ordinances § 10-38, applies to chickens and other fowl too: the chapter's…

Horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, and similar livestock are 'farm animals' under Clayton County zoning. A 'farm'…

Cobb County caps backyard hens at one per 5,000 square feet on lots under two acres and requires a fenced rear-yard…

Columbia County zoning allows up to six chickens on parcels under one acre as small-scale agriculture, bars commercial…

Columbus, Georgia permits up to six chickens on any single-family residential lot regardless of size, while keeping…

In the county's default RC Rural Conservation zoning, backyard chickens are allowed on a half-acre with up to ten hens…

The City of Decatur, Georgia bans keeping hogs or pigs outright, but allows chickens, ducks, and other fowl on any lot…

On a lot of at least 10,000 square feet in unincorporated DeKalb, residents can keep hens, no roosters, at one hen per…

Unincorporated Fayette County allows up to six chickens per dwelling on a one-acre lot, scaling to a 12-bird maximum as…

Forsyth County allows up to eight backyard chickens on lots of at least a half-acre under UDC 16-4.4, with roosters…

Keeping chickens or other livestock on residential property in unincorporated Fulton County comes with hard numeric…

In non-agricultural residential zoning districts of unincorporated Gwinnett County, keeping chickens requires a…

Hall County allows livestock and poultry as an accessory use to a single-family home, but requires at least 15,000…

Henry County caps backyard flocks at four hens, bans roosters outright, and requires at least half an acre with a full…

Horses, cows, sheep, goats, and hogs may be kept on residential property in Johns Creek if set back 100 to 900 feet…

Macon-Bibb County Code Section 12-222 requires any farm animal or fowl, including backyard chickens, to be kept at…

Marietta's zoning code splits animal keeping into two tiers. Chickens are allowed in residential districts on lots of…

Newton County sends chicken and livestock numbers to the zoning code, but Sec. 8-81 sets its own limits for outdoor…

Paulding County ties poultry and livestock keeping to zoning. Chapter 14 Section 14-11 bars any livestock or fowl…

Unincorporated Rockdale County allows chickens, horses, cows, goats and hogs under Code § 42-72(6), but housing must…

Roswell allows backyard poultry on a sliding scale tied to lot size, bans roosters outright, and requires two acres…

Outside agriculturally zoned land, Sandy Springs sets exact setback and floor-space minimums for keeping chickens…

South Fulton allows chickens and other fowl outside agricultural zoning if their housing sits at least 100 feet from…

Unincorporated Walton County allows up to six chickens per parcel in platted subdivisions in the A, A1 and A2…

Outside the City of Dalton, unincorporated Whitfield County lets residents keep livestock and small animals, including…

Georgia has no statewide leash law but the Responsible Dog Owner Law sets statewide standards for dangerous and vicious…

In unincorporated Clayton County, a dog off its owner's property must be leashed and under the direct control of a…

Acworth requires every dog to be under an owner's immediate control at all times, on or off the owner's own property…

Across most of Atlanta, which lies in Fulton County, dogs cannot leave their owner's property unless secured on a leash…

Augusta-Richmond County requires every dog on a public street to be leashed. Code Sec. 4-1-22 makes it unlawful for a…

Unincorporated Bartow County requires every dog (cats are exempt) to be under secure control at all times, on or off…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia every dog must be confined to its owner's property or kept on a leash, chain…

In unincorporated Chatham County, dogs must stay under manual control of a person. A dog off-leash on public roads, in…

Cherokee County requires every dog to be under restraint under Code of Ordinances § 10-29. A dog is not restrained if…

Cobb County requires every animal off its owner's property to be on a chain, leash, or tie no longer than six feet in…

Columbia County bars animals from running at large in the unincorporated county under Code Sec. 14-6 and requires a dog…

Columbus, Georgia requires every dog on public property to be on a leash and under a responsible person's control, with…

Off the owner's property, a Coweta County dog must be on a leash no more than six feet long, held by a competent person…

Every animal in the City of Decatur, Georgia must be on a leash under a competent handler's control, or inside a…

Dog and cat owners in unincorporated DeKalb County must keep animals restrained on their own property and leashed or…

Dunwoody bans letting any dog or other animal run at large in the city and requires owners to keep animals under…

Fayette County Code § 6-22 makes it unlawful for an owner to let any animal run at large, unattended, on county streets…

Owners in unincorporated Floyd County cannot let an animal run at large unattended on county streets or highways, or…

Forsyth County requires every animal to be kept under control off the owner's property under Code section 14-31, and…

Fulton County Code § 34-205 makes it unlawful to let a dog leave its owner's or custodian's premises unless securely…

Unincorporated Gwinnett County requires every dog to be kept under restraint or control, fenced, on an approved…

Hall County makes it unlawful for any owner of a dog, cat or other domesticated animal to let it run at large and not…

Henry County requires every animal to be kept "under restraint": on a leash and collar, behind a fence, or under the…

Houston County requires every animal owner to keep their pet under restraint at all times. Sec. 10-9 defines restraint…

Dogs in Johns Creek must stay on the owner's property or be leashed with a maximum six-foot leash under a competent…

Macon-Bibb County Code Section 15-1(15) declares it a nuisance to let a dog run loose, off leash and unrestrained, on…

Marietta has no separate citywide leash ordinance of its own: Code Sec. 10-10-090 adopts the entire Cobb County Animal…

Unincorporated Newton County requires dogs to be confined by fence, enclosure or building, and any dog off its owner's…

Paulding County Code Section 14-12 requires every animal off its owner's property to be on a leash and under a person's…

Unincorporated Rockdale County bans letting a dog run at large or go unattended on streets, in parks, on shared…

Roswell, Georgia bans dogs from running at large on streets or on another person's property without permission…

Sandy Springs bans dogs, livestock, and exotic animals from running at large citywide, exempting only cats. Off the…

South Fulton dogs cannot leave their owner's premises unless on a leash no longer than six feet and under a competent…

Unincorporated Walton County requires every domesticated animal, including dogs, to be kept under proper restraint at…

Warner Robins requires every dog owner to keep the animal under restraint at all times, meaning on a hand-held leash…

Whitfield County Code § 4-23 requires every dog to stay confined to its owner's property unless restrained by a leash…

Acworth doesn't regulate dogs by breed; Section 14-11 targets any animal, of any breed, that its own definition of…

Augusta-Richmond County classifies dogs as dangerous or vicious based on behavior, not breed, requiring registration, a…

Bartow County has no breed-specific ban; instead it classifies individual dogs as "dangerous" or "vicious" based on…

Chatham County does not ban dogs by breed but does classify individual dangerous dogs under state law, O.C.G.A. Title…

Cherokee County does not ban dogs by breed; instead Article III of the Code of Ordinances classifies individual dogs as…

Cobb County requires owners of dogs classified dangerous or vicious to obtain a nontransferable certificate of…

Decatur, Georgia does not name or ban any dog breed. Instead, an animal becomes a regulated dangerous animal only after…

DeKalb County has no breed-specific ban; instead it classifies individual dogs as dangerous or vicious through a…

Dunwoody has no breed-name ban; instead it classifies any dog or animal as "dangerous" or "potentially dangerous"…

Fayette County doesn't ban dogs by breed; it classifies individual dogs as dangerous or vicious based on behavior…

Floyd County classifies dogs by behavior, not breed. A dog that inflicts a severe injury without provocation, or that…

Fulton County doesn't ban dog breeds by name: animal control investigates bite and aggression reports and can formally…

Georgia bars breed-specific bans, so Gwinnett County instead requires owners of dogs individually classified as…

Hall County classifies a dog as dangerous or potentially dangerous based on its own behavior, not its breed. Section…

Henry County classifies dogs as dangerous or vicious through a dog control officer investigation and hearing process…

Houston County classifies dogs as potentially dangerous, dangerous or vicious based on documented behavior, not breed…

Johns Creek does not ban dog breeds by name; instead, dogs individually classified as dangerous or potentially…

Macon-Bibb County classifies individual dogs, not breeds, as dangerous or vicious based on documented bites or attacks…

Newton County does not ban dog breeds; instead it classifies individual dogs as dangerous or vicious after an incident…

Rockdale County classifies dogs as dangerous or vicious based on what a specific dog has done, biting, attacking or…

Roswell has no breed-specific dog ban; it instead classifies individual dogs as vicious, dangerous, or potentially…

Sandy Springs does not ban specific breeds. Instead, the city manager or designee classifies individual dogs as…

South Fulton has no breed-specific ban; instead Chapter 4 of the animal code regulates dogs by behavior. A dog becomes…

Walton County has no breed-specific ban; instead County Code §§ 10-51 through 10-60 classify individual dogs as…

Warner Robins has no breed-specific ban; instead Chapter 5, Article III lets the city declare an individual dog…

Whitfield County does not restrict dogs by breed; instead, Whitfield County Code § 4-45 requires any dog classified as…

Columbus, Georgia has no breed-specific ban; it enforces Georgia's behavior-based Responsible Dog Ownership Law and…

Marietta's designated dog parks and off-leash areas in Lewis Park and Wildwood Park bar pit bulls and Rottweilers…

Atlanta Code § 18-10 bars breed-specific dog ordinances outright; instead, the Fulton-portion dangerous/vicious dog…

Clayton County has no breed-specific dog ban. Dangerous and vicious dogs are regulated by behavior under Georgia's…

Columbia County has no breed-specific ban. Dangerous and vicious dogs are handled by behavior under Code Sec. 14-14…

Coweta County has no breed-specific ban. Dangerous and vicious dogs are classified by behavior under Chapter 10…

Forsyth County has no breed-specific ban. Dangerous and vicious dogs are classified by behavior under Chapter 14…

Paulding County bans no dog breed. It regulates dogs by behavior under Georgia's Responsible Dog Ownership Law…

Georgia law bars counties and cities from banning, impeding, or restricting honeybee hives, so keeping bees is…

Unincorporated DeKalb County permits backyard beekeeping under zoning code § 4.2.7(J), which caps hives at two apiary…

Unincorporated Gwinnett County allows backyard beekeeping on lots of at least 10,000 square feet, capped at two hives…

Rockdale County's Unified Development Ordinance sorts apiaries into Class A (up to 6 colonies), Class B (7 to 14) and…

Beekeeping is allowed on any single-family lot across most of unincorporated Fayette County's residential districts…

Beekeeping is a by-right agricultural use across unincorporated Forsyth County. Table 15.1 of the Unified Development…

Beekeeping is legal across Paulding County and no county permit exists. Georgia law, O.C.G.A. Section 2-14-41.1, bars…

Georgia statewide law prohibits possession of most exotic and inherently dangerous wild animals without a special…

Atlanta bans owning skunks and foxes as pets in the Fulton County part of the city, with a narrow permit path for…

Unincorporated Bartow County bans owning, harboring or letting run at large any exotic or wild animal without written…

Clayton County Code Chapter 14, Article III (Wild and Exotic Animals) prohibits keeping listed wild and exotic species…

Columbia County refers wild-animal matters to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources under Code Sec. 14-7. Keeping…

Columbus, Georgia bans keeping a live poisonous snake within 300 feet of any residence under City Code § 5-40. Because…

Coweta County does not license exotic pets itself; Code section 10-3 states that wild and exotic animals are not…

Unincorporated Fayette County prohibits keeping any wild animal classified as inherently dangerous under Georgia's wild…

Forsyth County defers wild-animal matters to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources under Code section 14-45…

Henry County bans owning, buying, selling, breeding or harboring a named list of wild and hybrid animals, from skunks…

Paulding County Code Section 14-86 makes it unlawful to keep any wild animal without a written license from Animal…

Unincorporated Rockdale County bans owning, possessing, breeding or selling skunks, foxes, raccoons, coyotes, wolves…

South Fulton bans owning skunks and foxes outright except for permitted pen-raised skunks, and requires anyone keeping…

Anyone in the City of Decatur, Georgia who wants to keep a wild, exotic, dangerous, or nondomestic animal or reptile…

Unincorporated DeKalb County bans owning, keeping or housing a hazardous animal, defined as one that can poison humans…

Dunwoody prohibits owning, keeping or housing a "hazardous animal," venomous or large predatory species, within city…

Keeping a wild or exotic animal in unincorporated Fulton County is legal only if the owner already holds every state…

Keeping a wild or exotic animal in unincorporated Gwinnett County requires state permits and is confined to the RA-200…

Hall County classifies wildlife-permit animals, wild hybrids and several giant constrictor snakes as hazardous animals…

Anyone keeping a wildlife or exotic animal in Johns Creek must hold all required state and federal permits, and the…

Owning a wild or exotic animal in unincorporated Newton County requires a county certificate of registration, granted…

Sandy Springs requires anyone keeping a wildlife or exotic animal to hold all applicable state and federal permits, and…

Chatham County defines 'exotic animal' broadly to include wildlife and large reptiles or mammals. Complaints about…

Roswell, Georgia requires anyone who owns, keeps or harbors a wildlife or exotic animal to hold every state and federal…

Georgia lets you feed deer and other wildlife on private land, but DNR Rule 391-4-2-.60(1) makes it unlawful to place…

Acworth bans feeding ducks, geese and other waterfowl in every city park and park building under Code of Ordinances §…

Roswell prohibits feeding any fowl within its park system or historic sites at any time, including geese and ducks…

Houston County makes it unlawful to feed stray or feral cats anywhere in the unincorporated county once that feeding…

Marietta makes it unlawful to feed wildlife or animals on public property inside the central business district, under…

Warner Robins does not impose a blanket ban on feeding wildlife or strays, but City Code Section 5-26 makes it unlawful…

Columbia County has no ordinance prohibiting the feeding of deer, coyotes, or other wildlife. Under Code Sec. 14-7…

Coweta County has no ordinance prohibiting the feeding of deer, coyotes, or other wildlife. Under Code section 10-35…

Forsyth County has no ordinance prohibiting the feeding of deer, coyotes, or other wildlife. Under Code section 14-45…

Cobb County defines a hoarder as anyone who collects animals without adequate care or keeps them in filthy, unsanitary…

In Coweta County's CC Cedar Creek watershed district, keeping personal pets or livestock is a conditional use capped at…

Collecting animals without adequate care, or keeping them in filthy conditions that endanger the animals or neighboring…

Atlanta caps how many domestic animals or livestock any property may keep at once: 10 dogs or cats, 5 horses or cows…

Unincorporated Bartow County caps household pets by lot size: no more than three dogs on a one-acre-or-smaller lot, six…

Chatham County has no standalone hoarding statute, but it curbs hoarding through hard numeric pet limits (8 cats, 6…

Clayton County treats a household with more than five dogs or five cats (or a combination of five) over four months old…

Columbus, Georgia requires a private/hobby kennel permit for anyone keeping six or more dogs and/or cats over six…

DeKalb County has no ordinance labeled hoarding, but its general Neglect ban covers hoarding-type conditions: exposing…

Homes in most unincorporated Fayette County zoning districts are limited to three animals per dwelling under § 110-87…

Unincorporated Fulton County caps how many animals one property may keep, 10 dogs or cats, 5 horses or cows, 10 hogs…

Houston County caps most residential lots at three dogs and three cats under Code Sec. 10-19. Puppies and kittens get a…

Johns Creek limits households to 10 dogs and cats per premises, with extra distance and floor-area requirements once a…

Marietta caps ordinary household pets at four domesticated animals per dwelling unit under Code Sec. 10-10-130.B. The…

Newton County caps dogs and cats by lot size in the unincorporated area: six of each on lots over three acres, down to…

Unincorporated Rockdale County caps household pets at five per lot under Code Section 218-7(h)(11), not counting…

Sandy Springs caps most households outside agricultural zones at 10 dogs and cats combined per premises, with separate…

Warner Robins bars any residential lot from holding more than six dogs and cats combined. Exceptions cover nursing…

Unincorporated Whitfield County sets no numeric cap on how many dogs or cats a household may keep. The three-or-more…

In the Fulton County portion of Atlanta, every cat over four months old must be licensed and wear a vaccination tag…

Augusta-Richmond County requires cat owners keep their cats under control and off other people's property, but the…

Any cat allowed outside a Chatham County residence must be spayed or neutered under Code Sec. 22-104(a). A cat that…

Cobb County requires every cat be vaccinated for rabies by four months of age and, once past that age, to wear a collar…

Columbus, Georgia requires every cat four months or older to be registered with the Animal Services Division under City…

Unincorporated DeKalb County exempts vaccinated, sterilized, ear-tipped community cats from licensing and stray rules…

Unincorporated Floyd County bars domesticated cats from roaming unsupervised off their owner's property and requires…

Fulton County Code § 34-201 requires owners of any cat over four months old in the county's service area to obtain a…

Macon-Bibb County requires every cat six months or older kept in the county more than 120 days a year to carry a rabies…

Newton County requires every cat to be vaccinated against rabies, but unlike dogs a cat does not have to wear a collar…

Walton County treats cats largely the same as dogs: a cat found in heat and at large is a public nuisance animal under…

Whitfield County Code § 4-24 requires cats to stay on their owner's property unless physically restrained by a…

Unincorporated Bartow County exempts trap-neuter-vaccinate-return community cats from the secure-control law, the…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia recognizes trap-neuter-return colonies: an ear-tipped 'community cat' under an…

Clayton County runs a community cat program under Sec. 14-350 through 14-352 that traps, sterilizes, rabies-vaccinates…

Fayette County allows trap, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR) programs for feral and free-roaming cats under Chapter…

Forsyth County exempts free-roaming community and feral cats from its at-large law and formally authorizes…

Hall County runs a community cat/feral cat colony program that exempts enrolled cats from registration, licensing and…

Unlike dogs, cats running at large in unincorporated Rockdale County are not subject to impoundment under the chapter's…

Roswell, Georgia requires every cat over four months old to be licensed and vaccinated through Fulton County, but the…

South Fulton's leash and confinement law names cats as the one animal exempt from its at-large restrictions three…

Gwinnett County's community cat program exempts identified stray cats from registration, licensing and stray-animal…

Every dog, cat, or other animal adopted from the Cobb County Animal Control and Services (CCAS) shelter must be spayed…

Unincorporated Floyd County bars owning a sexually mature dog or cat that hasn't been spayed or neutered. Exceptions…

Whitfield County Code § 4-10 requires every dog or cat six months or older to be spayed or neutered unless the owner…

Chatham County will not release a menacing dog or cat impounded as a stray, or any dog or cat impounded a second time…

Anyone who adopts a dog or cat from a Clayton County shelter, animal control agency or humane society must have it…

Fayette County doesn't require pet sterilization across the board, but § 6-26(i) makes it mandatory after a second…

Macon-Bibb County bars anyone from owning, keeping or harboring a dog or cat six months or older that has not been…

Paulding County does not require spay or neuter for pets generally, but any dog officially classified as dangerous or…

Warner Robins requires every dog or cat six months or older to be spayed or neutered unless the owner holds an…

Augusta-Richmond County requires animal shelters, humane societies, and animal refuges to sterilize every dog and cat…

Unincorporated Bartow County requires every sexually mature dog or cat placed for adoption by the county animal shelter…

Cherokee County does not require sterilization of pets generally, but any animal adopted from the county shelter must…

Columbia County does not require every dog or cat owner to spay or neuter their pet. The mandate in §§ 14-101 and…

DeKalb County requires sterilization of dogs and cats adopted from the county shelter and of any animal a court…

Dunwoody requires owners of dogs and cats adopted from DeKalb County or any other adoption agency to have them…

Fulton County doesn't mandate spay/neuter for pets generally, but any dog or other animal formally classified dangerous…

Gwinnett County requires an unaltered dog or cat to be spayed or neutered at the owner's expense before release, once…

Hall County requires the Animal Shelter and other rescues to sterilize every dog or cat before adoption, or get a…

Walton County does not require spay or neuter for every pet, but County Code § 10-8(b) makes it mandatory once an…

Carroll County, Georgia does not mandate spay/neuter for pets generally, but Code § 14-56 lets the Animal Control…

Columbus, Georgia has no blanket law forcing pet owners to spay or neuter their animals. City Code § 5-13.1 instead…

Forsyth County does not require every owned dog or cat to be sterilized, but it mandates spay or neuter for any dog or…

Henry County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but two narrower mandates exist: animals adopted from…

Every sexually mature dog or cat in unincorporated Floyd County must carry an implanted identification microchip. The…

In Atlanta, dogs and other animals officially classified as dangerous or vicious must be permanently microchipped by a…

Gwinnett County will not issue the mandatory certificate of registration for a dog classified dangerous or vicious…

Augusta-Richmond County requires microchipping before a dangerous or vicious dog can be issued a certificate of…

Unincorporated Bartow County requires a scannable microchip only for dogs classified as vicious under the county's…

Chatham County requires Animal Services to microchip any impounded dog, at the owner's expense, before it can be…

When Clayton County animal control releases a dog impounded for running at large, an unprovoked attack or as a vicious…

DeKalb County requires a microchip only for animals classified as dangerous or vicious, or owned by someone convicted…

Since a January 2025 amendment, every domesticated animal reclaimed from the Hall County Animal Shelter, except…

Macon-Bibb County has no general pet microchipping law, but Code Section 5-28(c)(3) makes an implanted, scannable…

Newton County does not require every pet to carry a microchip, but animal control will not release an impounded dog or…

A dog impounded a second time for running at large in unincorporated Rockdale County within 12 months of the first…

Walton County Animal Control will not release or adopt out any animal from its shelter unless the animal carries an…

Forsyth County accepts a microchip as valid owner identification for dogs and cats but does not let it replace the…

Whitfield County Code § 4-45(c)(3) requires a scannable microchip implanted between the shoulder blades of any dog…

Fayette County's animal control ordinance never requires owners to microchip a pet. Section 6-19 simply defines a…

Cobb County makes it unlawful to purchase, sell, own, possess, harbor, or breed a coyote, along with foxes, raccoons…

Atlanta pet shops cannot sell dogs or cats at all: they may only host adoptions from shelters and rescues, per City…

Cherokee County pet shops cannot sell, exchange, barter or transfer dogs or cats at all; they may only host adoptions…

Dunwoody bans pet shops from selling dogs or cats outright; a shop may only offer them for adoption through a…

Forsyth County bans pet shops from selling dogs or cats outright. Retail stores may only host adoptions for a shelter…

Hall County bans pet shops from selling, exchanging or otherwise transferring dogs and cats commercially. Stores may…

Pet shops in Sandy Springs cannot sell dogs or cats outright. City Code § 26-341 bars any pet shop from selling…

DeKalb County bars selling or advertising dogs, cats or rabbits at flea markets, roadsides, parking lots or other…

Fulton County pet shops cannot sell dogs or cats outright: they may only offer adoption of animals sourced from an…

Johns Creek bans transferring dogs, cats, or domestic rabbits at roadsides, parking lots, flea markets, and other…

Unincorporated Bartow County does not ban retail sale of dogs and cats or require pet stores to be adoption-only…

Unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia lets pet shops sell animals under a county permit, but Code § 14-59(d) bans…

Pet shops may legally sell dogs, cats and other animals in unincorporated Clayton County, but only after obtaining an…

Columbus, Georgia does not ban pet-store sales of dogs and cats: anyone regularly selling them, including a commercial…

Coweta County regulates pet shops and other animal establishments through Sec. 10-192: no dog or cat over three months…

Selling or giving away animals on public property or someone else's private property is banned in unincorporated…

Unincorporated Fayette County will not permit on-premises pet grooming as a home occupation. Section 110-169(2)z.13…

Unincorporated Bartow County bars animal grooming and similar pet-related businesses from operating as a home…

Rockdale County's Unified Development Ordinance defines a pet grooming or training business as 'animal services…

Unincorporated Walton County classifies pet grooming as a "Pet Care Services" use, folded into the Kennels, Commercial…

Any grooming shop operating in unincorporated Clayton County is an "animal establishment" under county code and must…

In unincorporated Floyd County, a stand-alone pet grooming or kennel business is a listed principal use in the Unified…

Hall County zones pet grooming businesses as "Animal Care (Indoor)" under Sec. 7.5.8.B, defined as a facility caring…

Marietta confines animal grooming shops to its HI Heavy Industrial and LI Light Industrial districts, where Section…

A grooming shop counts as an 'animal establishment' under Newton County's animal code, so it needs a county…

Atlanta's zoning code allows pet grooming and care businesses in Industrial Mixed Use (I-MIX) districts, but explicitly…

South Fulton allows pet grooming shops by right in both the C-1 Limited Commercial and C-2 General Commercial…

Within Whitfield County's Urban Planned Unit Development (U-PUD) district, a pet grooming facility is a permitted…

Whitfield County excludes veterinary clinics and animal hospitals that keep outdoor kennels from the commercial acreage…

Clayton County's Mountain View Overlay District, the zoning tier wrapped around Hartsfield-Jackson, bans animal…

In Cobb County's NRC neighborhood retail commercial district, animal hospitals are allowed only as a special exception…

Unincorporated Fayette County treats animal hospitals, kennels and veterinary clinics as conditional uses, not by-right…

Veterinary clinics, animal hospitals and kennels cannot locate on residential-zoned property anywhere in unincorporated…

In unincorporated Gwinnett County, an Animal Hospital or Veterinary Clinic is allowed only in the RA-200…

A veterinary clinic that lets animals outside falls under "Animal Care (Outdoor)" in Sec. 7.5.8.C of the Hall County…

Atlanta zoning allows veterinary clinics in its commercial and industrial districts, from C-1 through I-2, but only if…

Augusta-Richmond County allows veterinary clinics as a permitted use in B-1 Neighborhood Business zones, but bars any…

Unincorporated Bartow County allows veterinary clinics, kennels and animal hospitals as a permitted use in the C-1…

Columbus, Georgia bars outdoor dog runs and outdoor boarding at any veterinary office in a nonresidential zoning…

Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics in unincorporated DeKalb County must sit at least 100 feet from residential…

Unincorporated Floyd County's Unified Land Development Code requires every veterinary or kennel operation to sit at…

A kennel, veterinary hospital or veterinary clinic is a permitted use in Fulton County's AG-1 district, but only with…

Macon-Bibb County keeps veterinary hospitals and clinics at least 100 feet from any residential district under Section…

Marietta permits animal hospitals, kennels and veterinary clinics only in its Heavy and Light Industrial districts…

Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics in unincorporated Rockdale County must sit at least 50 feet from any…

Roswell's UDC regulates veterinary clinics and animal hospitals as 'Animal Care' uses, requiring fenced exercise runs…

South Fulton's Zoning Ordinance Sec. 302.46 sets siting rules for veterinary clinics and animal hospitals: in the AG-1…

In unincorporated Walton County, an animal hospital or veterinary clinic must sit at least 100 feet from any property…

Augusta-Richmond County has declared the entire Urban Services District, the area matching the former City of Augusta's…

A designated zone of unincorporated DeKalb west of I-285 and near Wesley Chapel Road is a bird sanctuary where…