Glynn County, GA Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

Chapter 2-32, the Camping Ordinance of Glynn County, bars camping and related conduct anywhere in the unincorporated county outside Jekyll Island. Section 2-32-2 defines camping broadly: sleeping or preparing to sleep, laying down bedding, storing personal property or belongings, building a fire, cooking, or using a tent or structure for habitation on a public area, judged by whether the conduct looks like using the space as a living accommodation regardless of stated intent. Section 2-32-3 then makes it unlawful, absent a county permit or authorization, to camp in a public area, to interfere with ingress or egress from a building or public area, to inappropriately use a public area (including bathing or hygienic care in a public fountain or restroom not meant for it), or to store personal property in a public area.

Section 2-32-4 extends the private-property side: anyone other than the owner, leaseholder, or a rightful occupant who camps, sleeps, resides, or stores property on private land without permission is also violating the Chapter, and even permission from an owner does not excuse a use that separately violates the zoning code. No arrest can happen on a first encounter: § 2-32-5 requires a verbal or written warning to cease before any citation or arrest, though a person who ignores the warning can then be cited or arrested.

Section 2-32-7 lets the Glynn County Police Department or Code Enforcement treat camping gear or unlawfully stored property as abandoned and confiscate it without any additional warning once a citation issues, and the county bears no liability for disposing of it. Medical emergencies and Board-authorized uses of parks and streets are excepted under § 2-32-6.