Stonecrest, GA Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Chapter 18, Article III of the Stonecrest Code regulates vehicles left on private and public property. Section 18-15(a) already bars parking any unregistered, expired-registration, or unplated motor vehicle on residential premises outside an enclosed building, and section 18-15(b) separately targets inoperable vehicles: no owner or occupant may park, or let anyone else park, an inoperable vehicle on their premises for more than 72 hours unless it is inside an enclosed structure. That 72-hour clock does not apply to premises where the zoning code permits outdoor storage of junk vehicles as defined by section 27-31, so certain commercially or industrially zoned lots can store them longer.

On public property the rule is absolute: no person may park an inoperable vehicle on any public street, alley or other public property at all, with no 72-hour grace period and no enclosed-structure exception. Section 18-15(c) separately bars performing a major vehicle overhaul on residential premises, and permits it in business, commercial or industrial districts only at an approved automobile sales or repair establishment. Section 18-15(d) extends the same enclosed-structure rule to unlicensed, unregistered, inoperable or junk recreational vehicles such as boats, snowmobiles, campers and motor homes parked in a residential district.

Enforcement runs through the Community Development Department under the chapter's general penalty, section 18-31, which lets a court impose a fine and/or imprisonment under chapter 1's general penalty schedule, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense; a court that convicts an owner under section 18-15(b) may additionally order the owner or occupant to replace the ground cover beneath the removed inoperable vehicle.