5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Chatham County, Georgia.
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Chatham County Code §21-302 requires occupants to keep garbage in watertight, rust-resistant receptacles with close-fitting lids, holding between 10 and 32 gallons. Under §21-308, containers set out at the curb or right-of-way must be removed within 24 hours after collection.
Code of Chatham County §21-302
It shall be the duty of the occupant of any premises to keep all garbage pending collection and disposal in watertight rust-resistant easily cleanable receptacles covered with close-fitting lids... The capacity of the individual garbage receptacle shall not be less than 10 gallons nor more than 32 gallons.
Chatham County's Property Maintenance Ordinance (Code of Chatham County Article 21-502) makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant to allow accumulations of litter, debris, garbage, or animal excrement anywhere on the premises. It applies to residential zones and abutting zones, and is enforced by Building Safety & Regulatory Services
Code of Chatham County §21-502
It shall be unlawful for the occupant of premises or the owner of premises to have, to place, or to allow any of the following on the premises... Any accumulation of litter, debris, garbage or animal excrement on any front, side or rear yard or on any porch, or underneath any building or in any accessory building.
Chatham County Code §21-503 applies the property-maintenance rules to all residential and abutting zones. For large lots, undeveloped land, natural forest, and agricultural land, owners must maintain a five-foot-wide cleared strip at the property line within 150 feet of any building.
Code of Chatham County §21-503
This Ordinance is effective in all residential zoned properties and in the zones that abut residential zones. Portions of large lots, undeveloped land, natural forest areas and land used for agricultural purposes within 150 feet of any building are required to maintain a five (5) foot wide strip at the property line abutting such land.
Chatham County's code sets no dedicated garage-sale permit; occasional residential yard sales are treated as an accessory home use under the Chatham County–Savannah unified zoning ordinance (NewZO). Frequent, ongoing sales can become an unpermitted home occupation. Savannah and other cities may cap sales or require permits.
In unincorporated Chatham County, it is unlawful to allow overgrown grass or weeds to reach a height of eighteen (18) inches or more, per Property Maintenance Ordinance §21-502. Owners get written notice with ten days to cut before the county mows and bills them.
Code of Chatham County §21-502(1)(d)
Any overgrown grass or weeds of a height of eighteen (18) inches or more or any other unkempt vegetation in any yard, front, side or rear.
1 cities in Chatham County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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