Public Conduct in Macon-Bibb County, GA (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated Macon-Bibb County, Georgia.
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Aggressive Panhandling
Macon-Bibb County bans "aggressive solicitation" under County Code Sec. 16-38(d), covering blocking someone's path, following them, using profane language, or making a threatening statement while asking for money. Nighttime solicitation and buffer zones near ATMs, bus stops, and pay stations are separately restricted.
Macon-Bibb Aggressive Solicitation Ban
Significant RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County Code § 16-38(d)
(d)Aggressive solicitation. It shall be unlawful for any person to commercially solicit in Macon-Bibb County in any of the following manners:(1)By blocking the path of the person solicited; or(2)By following or walking alongside the person solicited; or(3)By using profane or abusive language, either during the solicitation or following refusal; or(4)By accosting or forcing oneself upon the comp...
Skateboarding Rules
Macon-Bibb County bars roller skates and any "coaster or similar toy vehicle," a category that covers skateboard-type devices, from the roadway under Sec. 28-21, except while briefly crossing the street on a marked crosswalk. Bicycles are expressly carved out and governed separately.
Macon-Bibb County Skating and Coasting Ban
Heavy RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County Code of Ordinances § 28-21
It shall be unlawful for any person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any coaster or similar toy vehicle, except bicycles, to go upon any roadway except while crossing the street on a crosswalk.
Loud Party Ordinance
Macon-Bibb County bans yelling, shouting, singing, or other noise from a residence that is audible in a nearby home once its doors and windows are closed. Under County Code Sec. 15-26(b)(3), the property's owner, lessee, or renter, not just the noisy guest, is held responsible.
Macon-Bibb Loud Party Noise Ordinance
Some RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County Code § 15-26(b)(3)
Voices. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any hospital, dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or any persons in the vicinity. The provisions of this section shall also apply to voices or other noise originating within a building or residence and to noise produced by animals such as dog...
Loitering Rules
Macon-Bibb County makes it a crime to loiter or prowl "in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals" when circumstances create justifiable alarm, under County Code Sec. 16-23. The section also bars non-employees from lingering at a Vice Mart or Food Mart between 11:05 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Macon-Bibb Loitering or Prowling Ban
Some RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County Code § 16-23(a)
(a)Offense defined. A person commits the offense of loitering or prowling when one is in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity. Any person other than an Owner, Manager, or Employee of a Vice Mart or Food Mart, as those t...
Public Marijuana Use
Macon-Bibb County decriminalized small-quantity marijuana possession: under County Code Sec. 16-9, possessing less than one ounce anywhere in the county, including in public, draws only a citation and a fine capped at $75, with no jail time authorized for that offense.
Macon-Bibb Marijuana Possession Fine
Light RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County Code § 16-9
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess less than one ounce of marijuana within the geographic limits of Macon-Bibb County. Any person found guilty of violating this Section may be punished by a fine not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00), and shall not be punished by imprisonment for any term.
Public Alcohol Use
Macon-Bibb County bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol on any public street, highway, alley, sidewalk, park or picnic area, and within 200 feet of a package-only alcohol retailer, under Code Section 4-313, with carve-outs for vehicle passengers, licensed sidewalk cafes and specific permitted downtown and stadium events.
Macon-Bibb County Open Container Alcohol Ban
Significant RestrictionsMacon-Bibb County Code of Ordinances § 4-313(a)-(c)
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person, to drink or have in his possession an open container of alcoholic beverage within the property boundary lines of any retail establishment licensed to sell alcoholic beverages only packaged to go and not licensed for brown bagging or consumption on the premises, or within 200 feet of the entrance of any such licensed establishment, whichever is less.(b)Unl...
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