Cherokee County, GA Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Section 14-179(a) makes it unlawful to maintain or keep a junk vehicle on property adjoining or abutting any public or private road, street or other property, visible from that road or property, anywhere in unincorporated Cherokee County, unless the vehicle sits inside a carport or enclosed structure; the section carves out property where the zoning code permits outdoor junk vehicle storage tied to a commercial enterprise. Subsection (b) separately bars parking a junk vehicle on any private or public road or other public property at all.

The code defines 'junk vehicle' at § 14-35 as any vehicle lacking a lawfully affixed, unexpired license plate or tax stamp, or one wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled to the point it cannot lawfully be driven on public roads. A related but distinct rule, § 14-177, gives an ordinary inoperable vehicle, defined more broadly to include any vehicle incapable of moving under its own power or left in place more than seven days, only 14 days outside a carport or enclosed structure before its owner is in violation, though up to three collector cars may be stored outside under fitted, undamaged car covers if kept at least 20 feet from the front or rear line and ten feet from the side lines. , with disposal handled under that same state statute.