Bartow County, GA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

7 of the Zoning Ordinance covers where a homeowner in unincorporated Bartow County can park recreational vehicles on a residential lot, and it defines the category broadly: campers, all-terrain vehicles, boats and other watercraft such as jet skis all count. None of them can sit in a required setback, a buffer area or anywhere in the front yard. The restriction reaches beyond formally residential-zoned property too: the ordinance applies to any residential zone or residentially-used area, so an A-1 agricultural lot being used for a house counts the same as an R-1 subdivision lot.

The default rule confines recreational vehicles to the side or rear yard, outside any setback. The Zoning Administrator can grant an administrative variance from that side/rear placement if a lot does not have enough room or access to reach the rear or side yard. The county also caps the count at two recreational vehicles per residential lot, though the Zoning Administrator can vary that cap upward if extra vehicles will not create a public nuisance, weighing factors such as lot size, shape and topography. A recreational vehicle cannot be parked on a lot at all unless a primary structure already stands on it, so a vacant residential lot cannot be used as RV storage.