Johns Creek's Zoning Ordinance bars trucks and trailers exceeding four tons empty weight from being stored or parked in any residential or agricultural district (Sec. 18.3.2), and restricts heavy construction vehicles such as earth-moving equipment and tractors to active-permit construction periods (Sec. 18.5).
Oversized and heavy vehicles are addressed in the Zoning Ordinance (Appendix A, Article XVIII). Sec. 18.3.2 (Limitation on Trucks) provides that, except for trucks used in farming the property or used in conjunction with a permitted use, trucks and/or trailers exceeding four tons empty weight shall not be stored or parked in any Agricultural or Residential zoning district unless engaged in moving household goods or making deliveries. Sec. 18.5 (Parking for Specialized Vehicles) addresses heavy construction equipment: specialized vehicles such as earth-moving equipment, tractors, or other heavy construction vehicles may be stored in residential, agricultural, and non-residential districts (except M-1 and M-1A industrial districts) only during construction with an active building permit and/or land-disturbance permit. The same section then allows recreational vehicles, campers, buses, trailers, boats, and boat trailers in residential districts subject to the buildable-area and no-living-quarters conditions. The city's Code Compliance summary repeats that vehicles with a gross weight over four tons are not allowed at residences. On-street, very large or commercial-class vehicles remain subject to Georgia's parking rules (O.C.G.A. 40-6-203) enforced by the Police Department.
Storing or parking a truck or trailer over four tons empty weight at a home (outside the moving/delivery/farm exceptions), or keeping earth-moving or heavy construction equipment on a residential lot without an active building or land-disturbance permit, violates Sec. 18.3.2 and Sec. 18.5. Code Compliance enforces with a notice of violation and possible municipal-court citation.
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