Marietta, GA Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

09, Parking in Residential Districts, sits in the Planning and Development article's off-street parking chapter and draws a bright line for where an RV, camper, boat trailer or utility trailer can sit on residential property. Subsection B says no recreational vehicle or trailer of any type may park in front of the principal structure in a district zoned for residential purposes, meaning owners must move such vehicles to a side or rear yard location behind the front building line. Corner-lot owners face an added rule: because a corner lot has two street frontages, the vehicle cannot be parked within 20 feet of whichever rear side abuts the second public street, preventing an RV from blocking sightlines at the intersection.

The section sits alongside a related standard for business vehicles: those under 8,000 pounds GVWR can park in a side or rear yard, while heavier business vehicles are limited to daylight hours (30 minutes after dawn to 30 minutes before sunset) and cannot stay overnight or on weekends. 08, since that section expressly names trailers and boats among the vehicles that cannot be parked on grass, dirt or gravel. C, except for emergency repairs completed within 24 hours.