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Fulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health Section

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Fulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health Section issues 5 permits we publish for Fulton County, last verified 2026-10-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Food Service, Mobile Food, Temporary Event & Pop-Up Food PermitsFulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health SectionNew facility plan review (including a mobile food unit with its base and unit in Fulton) — Risk Type I $450, Type II $600, Type III $750. Administrative fee for an existing-facility ownership/name change with no structural change: $250. Plan review for an existing facility: major $350, minor $200. Annual foodservice inspection fee — Type I $450 (+$100 per bar or satellite kitchen), Type II $600 (+$150), Type III $750 (+$150). Provisional permit (all types) $200. Temporary foodservice, 1-7 day event: $100 permit/opening inspection plus $37/day (Type I) or $73/day (Type II); 8-14 day event: $200 plus the same daily rates. Mobile/extended foodservice unit base-of-operations assessment $150; if the base is outside the county, plan review $300 and annual inspection $300. Non-profit inspection fee per vendor $100. Pop-up foodservice vendor letter of approval $150; pop-up facilitator/location letter of approval $300. Re-inspection at the owner's request after a passing score: $700.annual permit; plan review is one-time per project, and temporary or pop-up permits are per event2026-10-03
Body Art (Tattoo/Piercing) Establishment Permitonly if it applies to youFulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health SectionPlan review for a new establishment $700; annual inspection $550; body artist license $150; guest body artist license $75 per week; temporary body art establishment permit (1-7 days) $400.annual studio inspection and body artist license; temporary and guest permits are per event or per week2026-10-03
Public Swimming Pool Permitonly if it applies to youFulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health SectionPlan review/construction permit by pool size: $525 for up to 1,000 square feet, $600 for 1,001-2,000 square feet, $1,200 for 2,001 square feet or more, plus $150 for additional pool features. Annual inspection: $525 for a seasonal pool, $700 for a year-round pool. Certified pool contractor test $220; contractor certification or recertification $110.annual2026-10-03
Tourist Accommodation (Hotel/Motel) Permitonly if it applies to youFulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health SectionPlan review by room count: $375 (1-20 rooms), $525 (21-50 rooms), $675 (51-100 rooms), $825 (101 or more rooms). Annual inspection fee by the same room-count tiers: $475, $650, $775, $900.annual2026-10-03
On-Site Sewage Management / Septic / Well Permitonly if it applies to youFulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health SectionNew residential construction permit and inspection $300. New commercial construction, 2,000 gallons per day or less, $450; over 2,000 gallons per day, $600. Well location review and permit $250.per project2026-10-03

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

Food Service, Mobile Food, Temporary Event & Pop-Up Food Permits

The Fulton County Board of Health is a countywide, single-county Georgia public health district, and Code §34-4(b) requires every municipality and county agency to obtain the Board's written sanitary-compliance statement before issuing or renewing a business license for an establishment that needs Board of Health approval — so this permit reaches a restaurant, coffee shop or food truck anywhere in the county's 15 incorporated cities, including Atlanta, as well as the Fulton Industrial District. The Board's restaurant-inspection page formerly lived on fultoncountyga.gov, which now returns a dead link for that specific page; the Board's current site is fultoncountyboh.com, 10 Park Place S.E., Atlanta, GA 30303 (770-520-7500), which fultoncountyga.gov's own Board of Health landing page links to directly. The fee schedule itself, approved by the Board of Commissioners effective April 1, 2022, is unchanged and still the current schedule linked from the Board's live page.

Body Art (Tattoo/Piercing) Establishment Permit

A salon in Fulton County that offers tattooing or piercing needs this permit from the Fulton County Board of Health in addition to any general salon licensing, and the requirement reaches every incorporated city in the county as well as the Fulton Industrial District under Code §34-4(b). A salon offering only hair, nail or skin services without tattooing or piercing is outside this specific permit. Plan review for a new establishment is $700, the annual inspection is $550, a body artist's own license is $150, a guest body artist pays $75 per week, and a temporary establishment operating 1-7 days pays $400, all under the Board's fee schedule effective April 1, 2022.

Public Swimming Pool Permit

A fitness studio in Fulton County that operates a swimming pool needs this permit from the Fulton County Board of Health, which reaches every incorporated city in the county as well as the Fulton Industrial District because Code §34-4(b) ties sanitary approval to every business license countywide. A studio without a pool has no obligation under this specific program. Plan review scales from $525 to $1,200 by square footage, and the annual inspection is $525 for a seasonal pool or $700 for a year-round pool, under the Board's fee schedule effective April 1, 2022 and still current as hosted on fultoncountyboh.com.

Tourist Accommodation (Hotel/Motel) Permit

A hotel, motel or other tourist accommodation operating anywhere in Fulton County — inside any of the county's 15 incorporated cities or in the Fulton Industrial District — needs this permit from the Fulton County Board of Health, which reaches the whole county under Code §34-4(b)'s business-license sanitary-approval requirement. Plan review for a new or remodeled property ranges from $375 for a 1-20 room property to $825 for a property with over 100 rooms, and the annual inspection fee ranges from $475 to $900 across the same room-count tiers, under the Board's fee schedule effective April 1, 2022.

On-Site Sewage Management / Septic / Well Permit

This permit applies only to a Fulton County business on a septic system or a private well rather than public sewer and water, and it reaches every incorporated city in the county as well as the Fulton Industrial District under Code §34-4(b)'s countywide sanitary-approval rule. A new commercial septic system of 2,000 gallons per day or less costs $450 to permit and inspect, rising to $600 above that flow rate, and a well location review and permit is a separate $250, all under the Fulton County Board of Health's fee schedule effective April 1, 2022. A business already connected to public sewer and water service falls outside this program.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Fulton County
Phone
770-520-7500

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Fulton County Board of Health — Food Service, Environmental HealthFulton County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. Fulton County Board of Health, Environmental Health Section, Fee Schedule effective April 1, 2022 (approved by the Board of Commissioners)Fulton County Board of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. Fulton County Code of Laws, Chapter 34, Article I — Health, General Provisions (§34-4 sanitary-compliance clause)Fulton County / Municode · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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