Warner Robins, GA Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)
Key Facts
- Height limit
- under 10 inches for grass and weeds
- Governing section
- City Code Sec. 16-31(c)
- Notice period
- 10 days after written notice before city clears it
- City clearing fee
- $150 admin fee plus 12% annual interest
- Repeat violation
- citation without new notice within 6 months
Summary
Warner Robins caps grass and weeds at under 10 inches anywhere on a property, including the front, side or rear yard and any right-of-way the owner controls. Sec. 16-31(c) treats overgrowth at or above that height as a nuisance, and code enforcement can act again without new notice on a repeat offender.
(c)Rubbish, overgrown bushes, grass, and weeds, junk vehicles and machinery prohibited. It shall be unlawful for the owner, renter, or lessee or the holder of an easement on real property within the city to allow such property to be a dumping place for rubbish of all kinds and descriptions, become overgrown with bushes, grass, and weeds ten (10) inches in height or more on such property, including but not limited to, the front, side or rear yard, or right-of-way within the apparent control of the owner, renter or lessee or the holder of an easement on real property, or become unsightly with junk vehicles and/or junk machinery, either of which is considered a nuisance and is punishable.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 16-31(c) makes it unlawful for an owner, renter, lessee, or easement holder to let real property in the city 'become overgrown with bushes, grass, and weeds ten (10) inches in height or more,' covering the front, side or rear yard and any right-of-way within the person's apparent control. The same subsection is worded broadly enough that it is deemed 'a nuisance' the moment the height threshold is crossed. Enforcement runs through Sec. 16-31(b): the city notifies the owner or agent to clear the growth, and if it is not cleared within ten days of written notice (or the notice cannot be delivered by registered mail), the city can pay to have it cleared itself.
When the city does the work, it adds a $150 administrative fee plus 12 percent annual interest to the actual clearing cost and bills the total on the property owner's next regular tax bill; unpaid amounts beyond 15 days get recorded as a lien against the property in the county courthouse records, and no building permit or utility connection can be issued for a lot carrying an unpaid lien. Under Sec. 16-31(d), if the same owner already received a violation notice within the prior six months, the city can skip the notice step entirely and cite immediately.
Sec. 16-31(e) carves out a partial exception for lots inside an approved residential subdivision: those lots only become subject to the section once building permits have issued for 95 percent of the individual lots in that subdivision.
Violations & Fines
Letting grass or weeds reach 10 inches or higher is a nuisance under Sec. 16-31(c), enforced through the general nuisance penalty in Sec. 16-4(a): a fine up to $1,000, imprisonment up to one year in the city jail, or both. If the city clears the lot itself, the owner is billed the clearing cost plus a $150 administrative fee and 12 percent annual interest, and unpaid balances become a recorded property lien after 15 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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