Gordon County, GA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 6.01.07(B) of the Gordon County Unified Land Development Code requires loading space on private property, not curb loading zones on the street. Every building or structure used for business, trade or industry in unincorporated Gordon County, Georgia must provide space for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the right-of-way of the street or public alley. The space needs access to an alley or, if there is no alley, to a street, and it needs at least fourteen feet of vertical clearance. It must also be arranged so that no vehicle is required to back onto a public street, road or highway in order to leave the premises.

The number of spaces depends on the use. Retail business needs one space, ten feet by twenty-five feet, for each three thousand square feet of floor area or any part thereof. Wholesale and industry needs one space, ten feet by fifty feet, for each ten thousand square feet of floor area or any part thereof. Bus and truck terminals need sufficient space to accommodate the maximum number of buses or trucks to be stored or to be loading or unloading at the terminal at any one time.

Because the count includes any part of a block, a 7,000 square foot retail store needs three loading spaces, and a 25,000 square foot warehouse needs three spaces of ten by fifty feet. The section prints no loading hours and no time limits for a delivery truck.

Other parts of the same code touch loading areas. Section 6.01.07(A)(9) requires all off-street parking, loading and service areas to be separated from sidewalks and landscaped areas by concrete curbing or bumper blocks. Section 6.01.08(D) says drive-thru stacking lanes shall not be located within a designated delivery area or an area designated for loading spaces. Section 6.01.07(C)(1) bars business vehicles of four tons or greater empty weight, or with a carrying capacity of more than two tons, from being stored or parked in a residential zoning district overnight or on weekends, with a narrow exception for twenty-four-hour on-call emergency tow trucks.