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

Section 2-16-237, titled 'Trash and Weeds, Duty of Person Responsible,' sits in the Clean Community Ordinance at Chapter 2-16, Article VII, Division 1 of the Glynn County Code. Subsection (b) reaches anyone with an ownership or leasehold interest, a contractual management obligation, or occupancy of the property, and bars them from maintaining, or letting stand, uncut grass or weeds under circumstances that the grass or weeds become a breeding place for insects, rodents or reptiles, or constitute a fire hazard. The companion subsection (a) covers trash, garbage, litter and miscellaneous refuse accumulating on the same property, including vacant lots, so a code enforcement officer looking at an overgrown yard can act on either the weeds or the trash sitting in them.

The Glynn County Code Enforcement Division of the Planning and Zoning Department, the Glynn County Police Department, and designated Public Works and Recreation Department employees all have authority under Section 2-16-248 to investigate complaints, attempt to secure compliance, and issue citations to Magistrate Court. Because the standard is condition-based rather than a numeric height, an inspector documents the breeding hazard or fire risk the growth creates rather than measuring blades of grass, and the county can pursue abatement before the growth escalates into a Section 2-16-236 'nuisance' finding, which separately lists junk, trash, and similar conditions among those injurious to public health or safety.