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

Effingham County's zoning ordinance starts from a general rule that no trailer, manufactured home, or mobile home may be parked outside a licensed campsite, RV park, or planned manufactured home community. Section 3.21 then carves out a specific exception for owners of camping and recreational equipment: travel trailers, pick-up coaches, motorized homes, and boat trailers may be parked or stored on private residential property in unincorporated Effingham County, subject to three conditions. First, under § 3.21.1, the equipment can never be occupied or used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes while parked or stored; turning a stored camper into a guest room or overnight bunk is not allowed even temporarily.

Second, § 3.21.2 requires that when the equipment sits outside a building, it be positioned to the rear of the front building line of the lot whenever that placement is possible, keeping RVs and boats out of the most visible part of the yard. Third, § 3.21.3 carves a narrow exception to the location rule: the equipment may be parked anywhere on the premises, including in front of the building line, while it is actually being loaded or unloaded. Development Services administers zoning compliance for the unincorporated area, and the zoning administrator handles applications and interpretation questions for property owners unsure whether a particular parking arrangement satisfies § 3.21.2's rear-of-building-line standard.