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

Gwinnett's overnight parking rule doesn't need a posted sign to take effect, unlike the signage-dependent restrictions in Sec. 102-85 and Sec. 102-86. County Code Sec. 102-89, "Parking in business districts, residential districts and other areas restricted," applies automatically anywhere in the unincorporated county. Subsection (a) bars any bus, truck or other freight- or passenger-carrying vehicle over one-half ton from parking or standing on a public street or highway for longer than one hour, at any time of day or night. Subsection (b) separately requires that any truck or bus with a body wider than eight feet or taller than ten feet keep its driver or chauffeur physically present and in charge whenever it is stopped or standing on a street or public place.

Subsection (c) extends the same one-hour cap to truck campers, camper trailers, motor homes, boats, boat trailers and other recreational vehicles parked on a residential street or public place. Subsection (d) adds the enforcement teeth: any vehicle that stays in violation of the article for 24 hours or more is presumed abandoned and can be impounded by the county police department, without a separate court order. Chapter 102 sets no dedicated fine for Sec. 102-89 itself, so a citation for exceeding the one-hour limit is punished under the county's general Code penalty at Sec.

00, imprisonment of up to 60 days, or both, with each day the vehicle remains in violation counting as a separate offense under Sec. 1-11(d). Because Sec. 1-12 limits the Code's reach to the unincorporated county, none of this applies inside Gwinnett's sixteen cities, including Lawrenceville, Duluth, Snellville and Norcross, each of which enforces its own parking code.