Can we park and live in an RV on our personal business property parking lot?
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Can we park and live in an RV on our personal business property parking lot?
Though I have looked at a zoning map, which fails to color the specific zoning, it says my business is considered General Business (GB). Just recently the only code enforcement officer of the city stopped by to say that we must remove our vehicle despite the confirmation of other businesses that we can live on our own private business property in an RV. We were wondering if you can answer our question as we looked through the code of ordinance and fail to see a specific code or law that prohibits this.
Asked on July 22, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
An answer specific to your situation can only be found in your local ordinances, so we can't definitively answer for you--you need to do what you evidentally are doing, and review those local ordinances, possibly with the help of a local attorney.
That said, we would be very surprised if you could do this. Generally, local zoning rules do not let anyone reside on any property not zoned residential, regardless of how they try to live there (i.e. including in an RV). Business zoning generally does not permit residence. Furthermore, you have to check health and sanitation ordinances as well as zoning, since those may require certain sanitation or water hook-ups for residence, hook-ups which you will not have in an RV.
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