Smyrna, GA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 80-3 of the Smyrna Code (last amended by Ord. No. 2005-2, 4-4-05) applies to the right-of-way of any residential street and to residential property. A commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more cannot be parked there unless it is making a delivery to that residential property. The section defines a commercial vehicle as a vehicle designed or used to transport passengers or property that is either used as part of a business or non-profit organization, designed to carry more than 15 passengers, or transporting hazardous materials.

That definition catches a work truck used by a business or a church van as readily as a tractor-trailer. Chapter 98 adds a second, lower weight line. Section 98-4 (Code 1977, § 21-7; Ord. No. 97-09, 8-18-97) makes it unlawful to park any nonmotorized vehicle or conveyance, or any motorized commercial vehicle designated by the department of public safety for a license tag in a weight category heavier than 6,000 pounds, on the right-of-way of any residential street or upon residential property, again unless the vehicle is making a delivery to the residential property.

School buses do not fall under section 98-4. The two sections use different tests, so a vehicle can be caught by one and not the other: section 80-3 turns on GVWR and use, while section 98-4 turns on the license tag weight category. Because section 80-3 sits in the property maintenance chapter, section 80-7 requires the city to give the owner or occupant notice at least seven days before the compliance deadline, delivered personally or sent by regular and certified mail and posted in a conspicuous place on the property. Sections 80-1 and 80-5 separately keep vehicles out of required yards except on hard-surface driveways and bar inoperative vehicles in outside storage.