Henry County, GA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight parking allowed
- Industrial districts only
- Required use
- Accessory to warehousing/storage/distribution
- Vacant lots
- Overnight parking banned outright
- Max fine
- $1,000.00 per violation
- Effective
- Ord. No. 22-01, March 1, 2022
Summary
Henry County only lets commercial vehicles park or store overnight in industrial zoning districts, and only when that parking is accessory to a licensed warehousing, storage or distribution use on the property. Overnight parking on vacant office, commercial or industrial land is outright banned.
(a)Commercial vehicles may be parked overnight or for storage purposes only in industrial zoning districts within the unincorporated jurisdiction of Henry County whereas the parking or storing of commercial vehicles is accessory to the permitted and licensed principal use of the property for warehousing, storage, and/or distribution purposes.(b)Overnight parking or storing of commercial vehicles on vacant office-institutional, commercial, or industrial zoned property is prohibited.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 3-16-58(a) limits overnight parking or storage of commercial vehicles to industrial zoning districts within unincorporated Henry County, and only where the parking or storing is accessory to a permitted and licensed principal use of the property for warehousing, storage, or distribution purposes. It is not a general allowance for industrial land; the overnight parking has to serve an actual licensed warehousing, storage or distribution operation already on-site. Sec. 3-16-58(b) then closes the obvious workaround by banning overnight parking or storing of commercial vehicles on vacant office-institutional, commercial, or industrial zoned property, whether or not any business use exists there yet. This provision was added by Ord. No. 22-01 on March 1, 2022, as part of the same commercial-vehicle article that separately bans residential parking (Sec. 3-16-55) and restricts nonresidential daytime parking to loading and business use (Sec. 3-16-57(a)-(b)), which independently bars overnight sleeping or storage in commercial and office parking lots.
Violations & Fines
Under Sec. 3-16-59, violating the overnight-parking restriction is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.00, imprisonment of up to 60 days, or both, and each day the violation continues is treated as a separate offense. The county may additionally treat the violating condition as a public nuisance subject to abatement, recovering its costs and attorney's fees from the violator.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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