Brookhaven, GA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Brookhaven Code §§ 17-207 and 17-208
- Minimum open roadway
- Ten feet of width for free movement of traffic
- Sign requirement
- Restrictions are not effective unless signs are in place (§ 17-202)
- Narrow street signs
- Roadway up to 20 feet, or one side up to 30 feet
- Fire zone
- Citation and immediate removal to an impound lot
- Maximum penalty
- Fine up to $1,000.00 or jail up to six months (§ 1-11)
Summary
In the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, Code § 17-207 bars stopping, standing or parking wherever an ordinance prohibits it and official signs or markings say so, and § 17-208 requires ten feet of roadway to stay open to moving traffic. Non-electric vehicles cannot use city-owned electric vehicle spaces. Signs must be in place for a restriction to take effect.
(a)No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the direction of a police officer or traffic control device, at any place prohibited by ordinance and indicated by official signs or markings.(b)No person shall move a vehicle, not lawfully under such person's control, either into any prohibited area or move and leave such vehicle away from a curb such distance as is prohibited by this chapter or other ordinance.(c)No person shall stop, stand or park a non-electric vehicle in a city-owned parking space designated for use only by electric vehicles.(d)As indicated by official signs or markings, parking is prohibited as indicated. ... No person shall park any vehicle upon a street in such manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
Full Breakdown
Section 17-207 sets the core rule: no one can stop, stand or park a vehicle at any place prohibited by ordinance and indicated by official signs or markings. The exceptions are narrow: avoiding conflict with other traffic, complying with law, or following the direction of a police officer or traffic control device. Subsection (b) bars moving a vehicle that is not lawfully under your control into a prohibited area, and bars moving a vehicle and leaving it away from a curb by a distance the chapter or another ordinance prohibits. Subsection (c) bans parking a non-electric vehicle in a city-owned space designated for electric vehicles only. The section was last amended on August 27, 2024.
Section 17-208 sets a clearance floor: no vehicle can be parked on a street so that less than ten feet of the roadway width stays available for free movement of vehicular traffic.
The signs matter. Under section 17-202, no parking regulation is effective unless the public works department has erected signs that are in place at the time of the alleged offense, with at least one sign in each block on each side of the street. Public works can post no-parking signs next to school property (17-210), on any street whose roadway does not exceed 20 feet wide or on one side of a street whose roadway does not exceed 30 feet (17-211), on the left-hand side of a one-way street (17-212) and at hazardous or congested places not exceeding 100 feet in length (17-214). Where a highway has separate one-way roadways, section 17-213 bars standing or parking on the left-hand side unless signs permit it, which is the wrong-way parking rule.
The chief of police can prohibit parking on a street when traffic and engineering surveys show it impedes traffic (17-204) and can order temporary emergency bans (17-203). Parking in a fire zone (17-221) draws a citation and immediate removal of the vehicle to an impound lot. A driver who leaves a vehicle unattended on a street must set the brakes, stop the motor and, on a perceptible grade, turn the wheels to the curb (17-206).
Violations & Fines
Chapter 17 violations are punished under section 1-11 unless the chapter sets another penalty. That section allows a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, jail not exceeding six months, or both, and each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense. Fire zone violations also bring immediate removal to an impound lot under section 17-221. Police officers enforce the parking rules under section 17-34.
Frequently Asked Questions
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