Public Conduct in Augusta-Richmond County, GA (2026)

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, Sec. 3-7-1(x)

(x)(1)"Aggressive Panhandling" as hereinafter defined is prohibited in the following defined districts:a.Broad Street/Augusta Common District. On Broad Street and the sidewalks appurtenant thereto on the northern and southern boundaries of the right-of-way of said thoroughfare beginning at the intersection of Broad Street and Fifth Street and continuing on Broad Street to its intersection with ...

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, § 3-8-17

(a)The use of skateboards and skates is prohibited on any street, alley, sidewalk, park, median or parking area within the area between the Levee and Walton Way lying between 15th Street and 4th Street... (c)The use of skateboards and skates, including in-line skates, is prohibited on private property in Richmond County without the permission of the owner or tenant in lawful possession of said ...

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, § 3-6-2(a)(4)

It is unlawful for any person or persons in charge of a party or other social event that occurs on any private property to allow that party or social event to produce noise in such a manner that such noise is plainly audible at a distance of 300 feet or more from the building or structure from which the noise is emanating or in the case of real property, beyond the property limits, on which the...

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, § 3-7-31

Any person who shall loiter on any street, sidewalk or crossing in such a manner as to be an obstruction to free passage thereon, and who shall fail to promptly move on when notified to do so by any officer of the Sheriff's Department, or by any citizen in front of, or near, whose residence of place of business such loitering is carried on, shall be punished as provided herein.

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 4, § 4-2-83

Smoking and e-cigarettes shall not be prohibited in outdoor places, except within a reasonable distance of outside entrances, operable windows, and ventilation systems of enclosed areas where smoking and e-cigarettes are prohibited, so as to prevent tobacco smoke or vapor from entering those areas.

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, § 3-5-51; see also § 3-5-141

Sec. 3-5-51. - Crossing at right angles. Except where otherwise indicated by a crosswalk or other official traffic-control devices, a pedestrian shall cross a roadway at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite side. ... Sec. 3-5-141. - Fine; imprisonment. Any person violating any provision of this chapter of the Augusta-Richmond County Code shall be tried as a misdemea...

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, Ch. 7, § 3-7-33

It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, compound, mix, cultivate, grow or otherwise prepare or produce, sell, barter, smoke, exchange, give away, dispense, distribute, leave with, dispose of, deliver, administer, prescribe or offer to do any of them, possess or have under his control any marijuana, except for bona fide medical or scientific purposes, or for the bona fide purpose of ...

Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 6, § 6-2-5(f)

It shall be unlawful for any person to serve, to consume or offer for the purpose of consumption to anyone else or to be in possession of beer, wine, or any type of intoxicating liquor or beverages, in an open container, cup, or glass, on any public street, sidewalk, alley, or other public area, owned or operated by Augusta, at any time whatsoever, except in accordance with subsection (b), (c),...