Cherokee County, GA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Under Code of Ordinances Section 14-181, recreational vehicles and school buses in the county's residential districts belong inside an enclosed garage or carport. Parking one outside in the front yard is unlawful unless it sits more than 20 feet from the road right-of-way, and the code caps the count at a total of two recreational vehicles, two school buses, or one of each parked in the front yard at a time. The rule extends to the rear and sides of a dwelling with no setback distance specified there, and it also reaches vacant or unimproved residential lots, where the same two-vehicle cap and 20-foot right-of-way clearance apply.

The county closes an obvious workaround: no permitted recreational vehicle may carry attachments such as stairs, steps, handrails, porches or decks, which would otherwise let an RV double as a standalone dwelling in the yard. The provision sits in Division 6, Standards for Vehicles, of the Property Maintenance Ordinance (Article II, Chapter 14), adopted by Ord. No. 6, effective November 4, 2008. It applies only in unincorporated Cherokee County; Canton, Woodstock, Holly Springs, Ball Ground and Waleska enforce their own municipal codes on this exact question, so a rule that is legal on one side of a city line can be a violation on the other.