Chatham County's Property Maintenance Ordinance (Code of Chatham County Article 21-502) makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant to allow accumulations of litter, debris, garbage, or animal excrement anywhere on the premises. It applies to residential zones and abutting zones, and is enforced by Building Safety & Regulatory Services
Under Article 21-502 of the Code of Chatham County, owners and occupants must keep premises clean and may not allow litter, debris, garbage, or animal excrement on any yard, porch, or accessory building, nor visible junk objects, in a manner that threatens public health or impairs neighboring property values. Chatham County Building Safety & Regulatory Services administers the ordinance in unincorporated Chatham County. Inside Savannah, Pooler, Garden City, Tybee Island, and the other cities, each municipality's own code-compliance office enforces its blight and nuisance rules. Enforcement is complaint-driven: owners get written notice with ten days to abate before the county may act.
Owners get written notice to abate within ten days (21-504/505). Unabated violations may be abated by the county at the owner's cost (21-506) and carry a fine up to $500 and/or 30 days (21-509).
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