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Residents seek to modify HenryCounty GA Ordinance

Larry & June Stanley, Stockbridge GA, have started theprocess to request achange to the Henry County ULDC inregard to keeping fowl in R-1 zoned areas. Currently the

restriction requires a minimum of three acres and RAzoning. We are happy to work with county staff toward

defining specific requirements and authorizations for the codechange.

Note the attached spreadsheet of other Georgia counties and cities where fowl, specificallychickens, are allowed for non-commercial uses. R-1 zoning currently allows multiple dogs,cats, even pigs as pets. Fowl such as chickens, quail or ducks pose no more nuisance orpublic health problem and they do produce eggs for personal consumption.

It is our intention to purchase three or four Araucana chickens and

house them in a coop within our fenced back yard in an R-1subdivision. The lot is heavily wooded and there is ample spacebetween neighboring houses or property lines.

Araucana are brightly colored birds thatproduce blue eggs. Blue-shelled eggs of

Araucana chickens have higher protein levels

and lower cholesterol levels than marketeggs.

We hope you will join us in this endeavor. Please contact June at JUNE7420@YAHOO.COM.

Georgia County / City ordinancesCity County Chickens Roosters Maximum Permits

RequiredRestrictions Code

Alpharetta Yes No No Coop Section 10303Albany Yes No No Coop must be 25" from

ground and 25' from anydwelling, feed in rat-proofcontainer

Sec. 10-103

Atlanta Yes Yes 25 No Coop must be 5' from owner'sdwelling and 505 fromneighbors.

Sec 18-7

Columbus Yes No 32 w/2 No Coop - 100' from any lot line. Sec 5-42(1)

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acresGwinnett No

Savannah Chatham Yes Yes 4 No Coop - may not run at large. Sec 9-5001Marietta Yes No Zoning & Coop Restrictions -

5 acresMacon Yes No Yes Zoning R-1 - secure enclosure Sec 509Lilburn Yes Yes No Noise Ordinance Sec. 10-13

Bartow Yes No Zoning Restrictions, Cooprestrictions.

Jefferson NoDecatur Yes Yes No Proximity, sanitation, noise

ordinancesSec. 14-8

Dalton NoCanton Cherokee Yes Yes No Sec. 14-1,

Ordinance No. 94-16

Athens Clarke Yes Yes No Sanitation, noise, and zoningordinances

Winter NoWarner Robins Yes Yes No Agricultural District only Sec. 5-8

Valdosta Yes Yes No M-2 Zoning Only Sec. 14-3Statesboro Yes Yes No Noise ordinance, no running

at largeSec. 10-4

Smyrna NoRoswell Yes No Yes E-1 and E-2 Zoning, Proximity, noise, zoning,

sanitationRome Yes No No Zoning, sanitation, proximity,

buildingSec. 4-2

Norcross Yes Yes 5 No Nuisance ordinance, cooprestrictions

Newman No Sec 4-17Duluth Yes No No Coop Sec 9-82

Columbia Yes Yes No Coop, nuisance

Lithonia NoMilton Yes Yes 75 Coop 4 sq ft per chicken, 25'

from dwellingChapter 8 Section15

DeKalb Yes Yes No Zoning, proximity, sanitation,noise

Tucker Yes Yes No Coop, zoning, proximity,sanitation, noise

Dahlonega Yes No No Coop, zoning, sanitation, proximity, noise, buildingForsyth NoCumming Yes Yes No Zoning, coop, sanitation, proximity, noise, buildingAugusta Yes No No Zoning, coop, sanitation, proximity, noise, building

Columbia County, GA - Paula in Zoning Dept. 706-868-3400Raising chickens (not for commercial) in a backyard falls under the nuisance ordinance. As long as you are taking care of

them and not bothering the neighbors, it is ok to have them. Of course, homeowners associations may have tighterregulations. If it becomes a problem, animal services takes care of the problem.