Savannah building & ADU permits
Recent permit activity, updated continuously.
Savannah is a historic port city on the Georgia coast, regulating ADUs locally as the state has no statewide mandate. Igni sources Savannah's residential building permits from the SAGIS open-data portal under the Georgia Open Records Act, reverse-geocoding each record to a ZIP from its location.
Igni is tracking 384 residential and building permits in Savannah, GA — including 5 classified accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) filings. The most active ZIP is 31419. The most recent filing Igni tracked was Jul 21, 2026. All records come from SAGIS — pub.sagis.org (ArcGIS), an official government open-data feed, and are refreshed continuously.
384
Permits tracked
5
ADU permits
8
Distinct ZIP codes
Jul 21, 2026
Newest permit
Recent permits
A sample of the freshest permits in this jurisdiction — ZIP and city only (no street addresses).
| ZIP | Permit type | ADU type | Valuation | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31407 | Residential | — | $333,834 | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 31405 | Residential | — | $300,000 | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 31419 | Residential | — | $329,818 | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 31419 | Residential | — | $150,000 | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 31406 | Residential | — | $22,987 | Jun 9, 2026 |
| 31419 | Residential | — | $4,136 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| 31401 | Residential | — | $18,000 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| 31419 | Residential | — | $15,000 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| 31401 | Residential | — | $65,280 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| 31419 | Residential | — | $150,000 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| 31405 | Residential | — | $90,000 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| 31406 | Residential | — | $45,000 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| 31401 | Residential | — | $14,000 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| 31401 | Residential | — | $6,500 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| 31405 | Residential | — | $20,000 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| 31407 | Residential | — | $182,880 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| 31401 | Residential | — | $7,250 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| 31405 | Residential | — | $140,000 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| 31405 | Residential | — | $117,280 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| 31419 | Residential | — | $12,878 | Jun 15, 2026 |
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Housing law — Georgia
Accessory dwelling units in Georgia are regulated locally; there is no statewide ADU mandate, so rules vary by city and county.
Georgia has no statewide upzoning law; residential density is set by local zoning, with Atlanta pursuing its own reforms.
Savannah ADU rules
Savannah regulates accessory dwelling units through 'NewZO,' the city's modern zoning ordinance, which introduced new flexibility to build ADUs — locally familiar as garage apartments or carriage houses. Georgia has no statewide ADU mandate, so these local rules govern where and how an accessory unit can be added.
Under NewZO, an ADU is generally limited to between roughly 400 and 600 square feet and may contain no more than one bedroom. ADUs are newly permitted in single-family districts, but typically only on lots at least 200 percent of the district's minimum lot area. An important exception removes that lot-size threshold in the TC, TN, D, and R-1 districts — the city's more historic neighborhoods, where carriage houses and garage apartments are a long-established housing type. Height and setback standards apply, and a unit in a historic or conservation overlay district may require architectural review for compatibility with surrounding structures — a real consideration in Savannah, much of whose downtown sits within a nationally recognized historic district.
The city has continued to study its accessory-dwelling rules, so a homeowner should confirm the current standards and any overlay requirements for their specific parcel before designing a unit.
This is an informational summary — verify current rules with the city's planning/permitting department; not legal advice.
See also: Georgia ADU law and what is an ADU?
Data source
Sourced from SAGIS — pub.sagis.org (ArcGIS). Public records (GA Open Records Act).
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Informational only, not legal advice. Headline counts reflect all permits Igni has tracked for this jurisdiction; the table shows recent activity. Housing law changes — verify current statutes before relying on this.