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

The parking of any vehicle on any lot in any district other than a surface treated and hardened with concrete, asphalt, tar and gravel mix, or the like, to accommodate such vehicle, is prohibited except as provided in this section. (All tires of vehicle must be on hardened surface.) The required number of surface treated and hardened parking spaces for any use or number of separate uses may be reduced via an administrative variance per section 134-35, if: a) the reduced number of spaces is provided on pervious surface; or: b) documentation is submitted and approved by community development staff that indicates a reduced number of spaces is sufficient for the use or combination of uses provided that the area remains in a natural state or is landscaped. This reduction shall not allow for any increase in square footage of any use or number of separate uses. In addition, parking of vehicles within the front yard setback or in front of the principal building line in an R district shall be prohibited except on a hardened surface with concrete, asphalt, tar and gravel mix, or the like, driveway or in a carport or garage.