Chattahoochee Hills planners recommend barring agritourism on parcels under three acres

The Chattahoochee Hills Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend an amended agritourism ordinance that would disallow the use on property smaller than three acres in the Rural district. This differs from the earlier version, which proposed eliminating the existing 10-acre minimum while permitting the use on still-smaller farms.

The recommended rules would cap the number of simultaneous visitors by property size, from 10 on farms larger than three and no larger than four acres to 100 on farms larger than 30 acres. They would also allow the zoning administrator to request documentation of active agricultural production. Council has scheduled consideration for October 6; the commission's recommendation is not an adopted rule.