Chatham County makes it unlawful to park a commercial or oversized vehicle, trailer, motor home, semitrailer or truck tractor exceeding 22 feet or 10,000 pounds on any lot in a covenant-restricted residential subdivision, with a narrow exception for active loading and utility work.
Chatham County's Article III (Sec. 12-301) bans parking motor vehicles over 22 feet or 10,000 pounds gross weight, plus trailer coaches, motor homes, trailers, semitrailers and truck tractors, on any lot or private property in a residential subdivision that has or ever had a restrictive covenant. The companion street rule (Sec. 12-302) extends this to adjacent roads and rights-of-way. A commercial vehicle may stop only while being expeditiously loaded or unloaded, or while its equipment performs the special operation it was designed for, including utility, construction or public right-of-way work. City limits (Savannah, Pooler) apply separate commercial-parking standards.
Violations are prosecuted as parking offenses; the general penalty on conviction is a fine of $5.00 to $100.00 (Sec. 12-701) plus a Recorder's Court appearance.
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