Floyd County, GA Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

Section 2-9-106(b) places the duty on both owner and occupant, not just the titleholder, to maintain safe and sanitary premises and to refrain from creating or allowing the listed accumulations, and it declares doing so unlawful. This sits alongside § 2-9-107(a)(9), which lists 'an accumulation of weeds, trash, junk, filth and other unsanitary or unsafe conditions' among the sample conditions a public officer may rely on to find a dwelling or property unfit. Section 2-9-108 gives the public officer authority to investigate any property in the county to determine whether it contains such accumulations, to enter the premises for that purpose with the least possible inconvenience to occupants, and to administer oaths and receive evidence.

A case can start from a request filed by a public authority or by at least five county residents under § 2-9-106(d); the public officer then investigates and, if warranted, files an in rem complaint against the property, with a Magistrate Court hearing scheduled 15 to 45 days later. Because the standard turns on whether the growth or debris creates a hazard rather than a numeric height, a public officer's written finding of a health or safety hazard is treated as prima facie evidence of a violation under § 2-9-104(b).