Bartow County, GA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Bartow County Code § 18-133(a)(2) requires each short-term rental in unincorporated Bartow County to provide parking off the street sufficient for one vehicle for every bedroom being rented to transient guests. Parking is restricted to designated hard-surfaced areas, gravel, concrete, or asphalt, and is not permitted anywhere else on the lot, including yards. The community development director has discretion to reduce the one-space-per-bedroom requirement by as much as 50 percent if the applicant provides justification for the reduction, but the director cannot waive the hard-surface requirement itself.

The parking standard sits within the article's broader general requirements alongside the occupancy cap of two guests per bedroom plus two (15-person ceiling absent a director-approved increase) and the owner's duty to respond to complaints within one hour. Community development, the sheriff's office, the fire department, and the board of health enforce § 18-133, and may inspect a rental's parking arrangement when investigating a complaint that a property lacks the required off-street, hard-surfaced spaces. A property found out of compliance with the parking standard is subject to the same administrative and nuisance-abatement enforcement path as any other violation of § 18-133, including citations issued to magistrate court under § 18-133(c)(6).