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

Section 7-1-100(C)(3), inside Article 7's general parking standards, treats recreational vehicles and watercraft much the way the ordinance treats commercial trucks: as uses that do not belong on view in a residential yard. In any residential or rural residential district, it is unlawful to park a travel trailer, recreational vehicle, camper, motorized home, boat, personal watercraft, wave runner, all-terrain vehicle or trailer of any type in the front yard, or in any other yard except as specifically allowed. The ordinance channels that storage into three approved locations: an enclosed garage, a carport, or the rear or side yard, and even there it sets minimum clearances, requiring the vehicle stay more than 20 feet from the rear property line and more than 10 feet from the side property line.

Large lots get relief from the yard restriction but not from the setback logic: tracts of five acres or more are excluded from the general storage-location rule, though recreational vehicles on those larger tracts still cannot sit within the district's minimum required front yard setback. 4 closes off a common workaround, making it unlawful to use any such vehicle for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes while it is parked or stored on a lot, so a stored RV cannot double as a guest house or rental unit.