Public Conduct in Cherokee County, GA (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated Cherokee County, Georgia.
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Aggressive Panhandling
Cherokee County makes aggressive panhandling and solicitation within 15 feet of any bank, ATM, or check-cashing business unlawful. Ordinary unauthorized solicitation is a misdemeanor; aggressive panhandling, including touching, blocking, or following a person after a refusal, is an aggravated misdemeanor under Code § 38-83.
Cherokee County Aggressive Panhandling Ban
Significant RestrictionsCherokee County Code of Ordinances § 38-83
(b)Prohibitions.(1)It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, organization, or corporation to aggressively panhandle or solicit funds for the sole benefit of the solicitor within any public area in Cherokee County or:...b.Within 15 feet of any entrance or exit of any bank or check cashing business or within 15 feet of any automated teller machine during the hours of operation of such bank, auto...
Skateboarding Rules
Cherokee County limits skateboards, scooters, skates and bicycles in county parks and recreation facilities to areas the parks director designates for that use. Riders under 16 must wear a helmet meeting Georgia's impact standards. The rule sits in Chapter 42's parks and recreation article, adopted by Ordinance No. 2015-O-003, and applies only inside county park and recreation facility boundaries in the unincorporated area.
Cherokee County Confines Skateboards to Marked Park Areas
Some RestrictionsCherokee County Code of Ordinances § 42-56
(a)Use of bicycles, scooters, skateboards or skates is permitted only in areas within a park or recreation facility designated by the director or the director's authorized agent for such operation.(b)No person under the age of 16 years shall operate or be a passenger on a bicycle, scooter, skateboard or skates within a park or recreation facility unless such person is wearing a helmet which mee...
Loud Party Ordinance
A Cherokee County property owner or occupant who lets a gathering continue while knowing an underage guest is drinking is a "social host" under Sec. 38-9 and must take reasonable steps to stop it or call law enforcement. Disorderly, noisy or boisterous conduct at any hour is separately punishable under Sec. 38-6.
Cherokee County Social Host Liability Rule
Some RestrictionsCherokee County Code of Ordinances § 38-9
No social host shall allow a gathering to occur or continue if an underage person at the gathering obtains, possesses, or consumes any alcoholic beverage and the social host knows or reasonably should know that an underage person has obtained, possesses, or is consuming alcoholic beverages at the gathering. Every social host shall take reasonable steps to prevent the consumption of alcoholic be...
Loitering Rules
It is unlawful in unincorporated Cherokee County to loiter, loaf, wander, or remain idle in a public place in a way that hinders traffic or interferes with business. Anyone told by law enforcement to disperse from a congregation blocking a public way must do so or face a citation.
Cherokee County Loitering Ordinance
Some RestrictionsCherokee County Code of Ordinances § 38-81(a)
A person may not loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in a manner so as to: (1) Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building, by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians.
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Cherokee County bans smoking, vaping, and burning any combustible substance within 25 feet of a playground, picnic pavilion, athletic field or court, or outdoor pool at any county park, and bars it entirely inside any building on park property or within 25 feet of a building entrance, under Code § 42-53.
Cherokee County Park Smoking and Vaping Ban
Some RestrictionsCherokee County Code of Ordinances § 42-53
Sec. 42-53. Smoking, vaping, and tobacco use in parks. It shall be unlawful for any person to inhale, vape, exhale, burn, or carry any turned on e-cigarette, lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other combustible substance in any manner or form within 25 feet of a playground, picnic pavilion, athletic field or court including the adjacent spectator areas, or outdoor pool or aquatic playground. Con...
Public Alcohol Use
Cherokee County bans possessing or drinking an open container of alcohol on unincorporated-area streets, sidewalks and other public places under Code of Ordinances § 6-21(b). Consuming alcohol at licensed businesses between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. is barred outright, and drinking on county property or in county parks and buildings is also prohibited.
Cherokee County Open Container Ban
Some RestrictionsCherokee County Code of Ordinances § 6-21
No person shall possess, consume, or transport an open container containing any distilled spirits, wine, beer or other alcoholic beverage while upon the streets, sidewalks, or public places of the county, or upon or within any vehicle upon the premises of any business establishment holding a license under this chapter, or in any adjacent parking area of any business establishment holding a lice...
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