Glynn County, GA Hurricane Preparedness: Storm Debris (2026)

Section 2-2-31 of the Glynn County Code gives the Board of Commissioners, or the Chairman acting alone when the Board cannot reasonably convene, the power to clear disaster-generated debris once a state of emergency has been declared under the county's Emergency Management Ordinance (Chapter 2-2, Article III). The Board can act directly or authorize others to clear debris that poses an immediate threat to life, public health and safety, that threatens significant damage to improved public or private property, or that threatens the county's economic recovery.

That authority extends to public and private roads, rights-of-way, storm drainage easements, and ingress and egress easements in the unincorporated area, including private residential communities, so crews can reach flooded or storm-blocked streets even where the roads are privately owned. The purpose clauses reach emergency vehicle travel, stormwater conveyance, and general response and recovery operations. The section is written to run alongside, not replace, the county's other tools: it says explicitly that it does not diminish Glynn County's separate nuisance and abatement authority under Section 2-5-202.

Debris removal power under this section switches off once the declared emergency and its recovery period end; it does not create a standing right to enter private property outside a declared disaster. The Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, run under the Board of Commissioners through the County Manager, coordinates the response, and the Glynn County Police Department and Sheriff's Office are named enforcement partners for orders issued during the emergency.