Smyrna, GA Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 80-1 of the Smyrna Code, enacted by Ord. No. 2001-16 on 11-19-01 as the first section of the property maintenance chapter, reads across all zoning districts. The parking or storage of motor vehicles is prohibited within the required front or side yard unless the vehicle sits on an approved hard-surface driveway that serves a dwelling structure located on the property. Grass, gravel or dirt in a required yard does not qualify, and neither does a driveway that serves no dwelling. The zoning ordinance carries a companion rule.

Appendix A section 905 (Ord. No. 2017-02, 1-17-17, amended by Ord. No. 2018-17, 10-1-18) prohibits parking or storing motor vehicles within the required front yard of all single-family residential zoning districts, listed as R-30, R-20, R-15 and RDA, except upon a hard-surface driveway serving a dwelling structure on the property. The code version reaches side yards and every district, while the zoning version is confined to front yards of the four single-family districts. Nearby sections tighten the same subject. Section 80-2 says no parking area may be used for repair, dismantling, servicing or long-term storage of vehicles or equipment unless that use is permitted with the approved use, and vehicles displayed for sale are limited to a maximum of one per lot or property address unless located at a car dealer with a valid city business license.

Section 80-5 makes it unlawful to keep rusted, wrecked, junked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles, boats, trailers or watercraft in outside storage. Section 80-7 requires the city to give notice of a violation of sections 80-1 through 80-6 to the owner or occupant at least seven days before the compliance deadline, either personally delivered by a city official or, if not personally served, sent by regular and certified mail and posted in a conspicuous place on the property.