Macon-Bibb's zoning and property maintenance codes do not restrict residential lawn ornaments, statuary, or religious displays at single-family homes. Political signs are protected as free speech with size limits under the CLDR. The Historic and Cultural Resources Commission may review permanent installations in historic overlays, and HOA covenants under Georgia's POAA may impose private rules.
Macon-Bibb does not regulate the number, size, or style of decorative lawn ornaments, statuary, fountains, or religious yard displays at single-family or duplex properties through municipal ordinance. Political signs in residential yards are protected as First Amendment speech and are governed by the Macon-Bibb sign provisions in the CLDR only for size and placement — not for content. Macon-Bibb's general nuisance and property maintenance provisions in Code Chapter 15 can be applied only when an ornament has become damaged, deteriorated, or a continuing blight. In Macon-Bibb's historic overlay districts (administered by the Macon-Bibb Historic and Cultural Resources Commission — including the College Hill, Vineville, Beall's Hill, and similar local-historic districts overlying the National Register districts of downtown Macon), permanent visible installations such as built-in sculptures, fountains, or large permanent yard art facing the public right-of-way may require a Certificate of Appropriateness. Temporary seasonal ornaments do not. HOA and condo associations retain authority under Georgia's Property Owners' Association Act (O.C.G.A. §44-3-220) and the Condominium Act (§44-3-70) to regulate exterior decorations through their declarations. Georgia's flag-display protections (O.C.G.A. §50-3-9) and the federal Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 prevent HOAs from banning reasonable flag displays.
City: rare. Damaged or deteriorated ornaments may draw a nuisance citation under Code Chapter 15. Permanent installations in a historic overlay without a Certificate of Appropriateness: removal order from the Historic and Cultural Resources Commission. HOA: private fines per the declaration; no Georgia statutory cap comparable to Florida's.
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