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

Jackson County Unified Development Code Section 633 sets the construction standards for every residential driveway in the unincorporated county. Homeowners get one driveway per lot, though a circular driveway with two curb cuts is allowed if the two connections sit at least 100 feet apart. The minimum width is eight feet, rising to 12 feet for a shared driveway; the code caps width at 12 feet measured at the right-of-way line unless the driveway serves a garage or carport built for two or more cars within 40 feet of the road, in which case the county allows up to 20 feet.

Driveways must meet the county road at a right angle, between 80 and 100 degrees, and the Public Development Director, working with the county road superintendent, can require an asphalt or concrete apron with a minimum five-foot radius at the connection to a county road. Where a slope is required, the driveway must drop away from the road at a rate of one-half inch per foot for at least ten feet, and the finished surface within the right-of-way can never sit higher than the roadbed.

The Director can also require an eighteen-inch storm drainage culvert so runoff drains into the roadside ditch or gutter rather than onto the pavement. Sight-visibility rules keep structures and landscaping under three feet tall within a 20-by-20-foot triangle at the driveway's edge. Lots in a major subdivision fronting a county arterial road get no direct driveway access to that arterial without Board of Commissioners approval, secured through a 20-foot no-access easement, though the Director may allow up to four driveways per arterial road serving individual lots if spacing standards are met.