5 rules for unincorporated Coweta County, Georgia.
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Coweta County runs no curbside cart program, so there is no county screening rule. For homes on a hauler's route, code requires cans returned to a spot nearer the house than the street after collection, and refuse cannot accumulate.
Coweta County, GA, Code of Ordinances ch. 62, sec. 62-42(b)
Occupants shall remove containers from such locations to storage locations, which shall be nearer to the residential unit located on the premises than to any street abutting the premises; removal should be accomplished within a reasonable time following collection on the day the contents are emptied and collected.
Coweta County has no standalone property-maintenance code; instead its solid-waste code bars unsightly accumulations that create odors or health hazards, junk vehicles run through zoning, and state nuisance law backs county enforcement.
Coweta County, GA, Code of Ordinances ch. 62, sec. 62-16(b)
No owner or occupant of any property shall allow the accumulation on his premises of garbage or waste where such material creates or causes a health hazard to neighbors or other citizens, or which is unsightly or emits foul or obnoxious odors.
Coweta County vacant-lot owners must keep their land free of accumulated waste and open dumping. The county has no fixed grass-height inch limit for unincorporated lots; it enforces dumping and unsightly accumulation under Chapter 62.
Coweta County, GA, Code of Ordinances ch. 62, sec. 62-16(d)
No solid waste may be disposed of by any person in an open dump, nor may any person cause, suffer, allow or permit open dumping on his property as defined by Chapter 391-3-4-.04, of Rules and Regulations of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Measurable snow is rare in Coweta County, and the county has no snow-removal ordinance. Residents are not required to shovel sidewalks; on the rare icy day, state and county crews treat priority roads first.
Coweta County has no yard-sale permit, but sale goods cannot be left to pile up. Under Chapter 62, the property owner or occupant is responsible for handling refuse, and leftover merchandise left in the yard becomes litter.
Coweta County, GA, Code of Ordinances ch. 62, sec. 62-13(a)
The owner or occupant of any premises shall be responsible for the sanitary handling and disposition of solid waste, including, without limitation, litter, scrap tires, and refuse on/from the premises used or occupied by such person.
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