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

Walton County's Land Development Ordinance regulates Short Term Rentals as a conditional use in the A (Agricultural) and R3 zoning districts; they are prohibited in every other unincorporated district under Section 6-1-840(A). Section 6-1-840(C) sets the parking standard: hosts must provide one paved off-street parking space for every room that qualifies as a bedroom, and each space must measure at least nine feet wide by twenty feet long, separate from driveway or other counted area. The number of vehicles present during any rental period cannot exceed the number of striped spaces on the property, and the ordinance treats any trailer, boat or recreational vehicle as its own vehicle, counted apart from whatever tows it.

The same subsection caps daily traffic generated by the rental at ten average vehicle trips per day, a limit enforced alongside the parking count when the Walton County Planning and Development Department or Sheriff's Office investigates a complaint. These parking and traffic standards sit alongside the ordinance's other operational rules, including annual inspection by the Building Inspection Department, a designated local contact person reachable around the clock, and fire-safety equipment on every level of the structure. Because Short Term Rentals require an annual license under Section 6-1-840(D), a parking violation discovered during inspection or a complaint investigation can jeopardize the license itself, not just draw a citation.