Bartow County, GA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Base commercial vehicle cap
- Two per residential lot
- Vacant lot rule
- No commercial vehicles without occupied home
- A-1 farm exception
- Over 5 acres with working agricultural business
- Setback placement
- Side or rear yard on lots under 5 acres
- Trailer counting
- Counted separately once detached from tractor
Summary
Unincorporated Bartow County caps commercial vehicles, including trailers separated from a tractor, at two per residential lot, and bars them entirely from a lot without an occupied single-family home or from any vacant residential lot. A-1 farm operations over five acres can park business trucks tied to the working farm.
6.8.1 No more than two (2) commercial vehicles (trailers counted separately if separated from a tractor) shall be parked on any single residential lot, or on any lot in any residentially-zoned lot, including A-1 or any R district. Commercial vehicles may not be parked on any residential lot without an occupied single-family dwelling, and may not be parked on vacant residential lots. 6.8.2 On A-1 zoned property of over five (5) acres that contains a working agricultural business, commercial vehicles related to such business may be parked. 6.8.3 Commercial vehicles parked in any residential zone (including A-1) or residentially-used area shall not be permitted to be parked in any required set-back or buffer area. Commercial vehicles on any lot under five (5) acres must be parked in the side or rear yard area. The Zoning Administrator shall be permitted to grant a hardship administrative variance to allow parking in a setback or front yard if no other room exists.
Full Breakdown
8 of the Zoning Ordinance limits how many commercial vehicles can sit on a residential lot in unincorporated Bartow County, whether the lot is zoned A-1 or any R district. The base cap is two commercial vehicles per lot, and a trailer counts separately from the tractor that pulls it once the two are detached. A commercial vehicle cannot be parked on a residential lot at all unless a single-family dwelling on the lot is actually occupied, and a vacant residential lot cannot be used to store one.
A-1 zoned property gets one carve-out: on an A-1 tract of more than five acres that hosts a working agricultural business, commercial vehicles tied to that business can be parked there. Wherever commercial vehicles are allowed, they still cannot sit in a required setback or buffer area, and on any lot under five acres they have to be parked in the side or rear yard instead. The Zoning Administrator can grant a hardship administrative variance to allow parking in a setback or front yard, but only if there truly is no other room on the lot to place the vehicle.
Violations & Fines
Parking more than two commercial vehicles on a residential lot, parking one on a vacant lot or a lot without an occupied home, or leaving a commercial vehicle inside a required setback or buffer area on a lot under five acres is a violation Community Development can cite under Section 6.8. The Zoning Administrator's hardship variance for setback or front-yard parking only applies when the lot genuinely has no other space to place the vehicle.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many work trucks can I keep at my house in Bartow County?
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Does a farm on A-1 land get any exception?
Sources & Official References
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