5 rules for unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
Columbia County has no single countywide cart-screening standard, but the solid-waste code bars containers that become unsightly, odorous, or a pest harbor. Most Evans and Martinez HOAs require carts stored out of street view between pickups.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 70-7(a)
Each waste or litter container or receptacle in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be maintained in as sanitary a condition as is reasonably possible ... and shall not be allowed to create strong, offensive or noxious odors, serve as an insect or rodent feeding area or habitat, become unsightly or cause other conditions which would constitute a nuisance.
Columbia County enforces real property-maintenance standards. It has adopted the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code and treats trash, overgrowth, and junk vehicles as nuisances, with notice, abatement, and liens against non-compliant owners.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 82-142(a)
It shall be unlawful to allow a box truck, bus, food truck, inoperative vehicle, tractor unit, truck with more than two axles, or a large vehicle to be parked, kept or stored overnight on property zoned R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, PRD, and in areas used for residential purposes but within C-1, C-C, C-2, C-3, M-1, M-2, P-1, PDD, PUD or S-1.
Owners of vacant lots in Columbia County must keep grass and weeds under ten inches and free of trash and dumping. The county can mow and clean non-compliant lots after notice and lien the cost against the property.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 34-32(7)a
It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee, tenant, or other person having the possession and control of real property or responsible for its management, maintenance, or upkeep of real property to permit the growth and accumulation of any weeds, grasses, or plants, other than cultivated agricultural crops, trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants and shrubbery, to a height exceeding te...
Measurable snow is rare in the Augusta metro, and Columbia County has no ordinance requiring residents to clear sidewalks after a storm. Owners are still expected to keep walkways free of overgrowth and debris year-round.
Merchandise, tables, and signs from a Columbia County yard sale must be cleared promptly. Trash and unsold goods left in the yard or at the curb can be treated as a declared nuisance under the county code.
Columbia County, GA, Code of Ordinances § 34-32(4)
Trash, garbage, refuse or any foul, decaying or putrescent material kept or used in such a manner or place as to be or become offensive, objectionable or detrimental to health or well-being.
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