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

Article 6, Division VII of the Unified Development Code (Sections 681 through 685) governs off-street loading for any manufacturing, storage, warehouse, truck freight terminal, department store, wholesale store, grocery supermarket, hotel, hospital, mortuary, dry-cleaning plant, retail business, or similar use that receives or distributes vehicles, materials or merchandise. Section 682 sets the minimum count: light-industrial uses need one loading space for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one more for every additional 25,000 square feet; retail and other non-industrial uses need one space for the first 5,000 square feet, plus one more for every additional 10,000 square feet.

Section 683 pushes loading areas to the rear of the building, moving them to the side only when the site design rules out a rear location. Section 684 fixes the bay itself at a minimum of 14 feet wide, 40 feet long, and 14 feet of vertical clearance; where a development needs full-size tractor-trailer service, the bay grows to a 60-foot-long space with a 63-foot apron, for a combined 123 feet of maneuvering room. None of this is fixed in stone: Section 685 lets the Public Development Director modify the specifications or reduce and waive the loading-space count entirely for good cause shown, through an administrative variance application, without a hearing before the Board of Adjustment.