Barrow County, GA Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)

Chapter 62 creates the Barrow County Parks and Recreation Board and lays out its authority chapter by chapter. Under § 62-42, the board must formulate, implement, and administer the recreation program, spending only what the county appropriates. § 36-64-3. The provision that actually governs reserving a park facility is § 62-46, 'Fees, charges': the parks and recreation board is empowered to establish, revise, and collect fees and rentals for the use of recreation areas and to impose and set requirements governing that use. The section doesn't print a fee schedule; instead it requires the board to keep accurate records of fees, open to inspection by the county governing bodies, and to account for anticipated fees in the annual budget it submits under § 62-45.

Because § 62-46 doesn't carry its own penalty clause, a violation of a use requirement the board imposes, such as an unpaid rental fee or breach of a facility condition, falls back on the county's general penalty at § 1-7: where the code makes an act unlawful but sets no specific penalty, the violation is punishable by a fine up to the maximum a county ordinance can impose under state law, imprisonment up to 60 days, or both, with each day of a continuing violation charged separately.