Glynn County, GA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Glynn County Code § 2-15-9 bars overnight parking in any median except for emergency parking, and even an emergency stop is capped at 24 hours. The ordinance defines median narrowly: it is property completely surrounded by roadways that cannot serve any purpose other than as an amenity to the surrounding roadway, which distinguishes true traffic medians from other pieces of county-owned land that happen to sit between roads. The rule targets the practice of leaving disabled, abandoned or simply parked vehicles sitting in the grassy or paved strips that divide county roadways overnight, which creates sight-line hazards for drivers and complicates mowing and median maintenance by Public Works.

A driver who genuinely breaks down in a median gets a 24-hour grace period to arrange a tow or repair before the parking becomes a violation. Anyone convicted of violating the section is punished by a fine of up to $100, and the ordinance treats every day, or portion of a day, that the vehicle remains as a separate violation, so a single vehicle left for several days can generate multiple citations rather than one flat fine. The section sits within Article I of Chapter 2-15 alongside the county's other parking restrictions, including the St. Simons Island tow-away zones and the personal transportation vehicle rules, all enforced by the Glynn County Police Department.