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

Section 5.02.04(C) of the Unified Development Code, titled "Storage in Residential Zoning Districts," prohibits using a trailer, semi-trailer, truck bed, truck trailer, travel trailer, recreational vehicle, mobile home, manufactured home, or parts of any of those, as a storage building on residentially zoned property, and the ban applies regardless of whether movable or immovable, so simply keeping the wheels on and the unit road-ready does not exempt it. The provision sits alongside the county's broader vehicle rules in the same section: Section 5.02.04(A)(2) separately requires any motor vehicle kept in the county to carry a current Georgia license plate, with limited exceptions by zoning district, such as up to one operative unlicensed vehicle allowed in an R-1 district and none permitted in an I-1 district unless fully enclosed in a building.

Mobile and manufactured homes not used as accessory dwellings are further restricted under Section 5.02.04(D) to approved home parks, manufactured home retail sales lots, or fully enclosed warehouse space. Read together, these standards mean a resident can park a boat, camper, or travel trailer on a residential lot, but cannot convert it into a shed, workshop, or storage unit for household or business goods; that use crosses into the prohibition regardless of whether the vehicle still runs or is licensed.