Lee County directly polices blight in unincorporated areas. Alabama Code §45-41-170.01 makes it a public nuisance to let a lot accumulate junk, litter, discarded tires, and debris; the cities enforce their own maintenance codes.
This is where county authority is real. A Lee County local law, §45-41-170.01, makes it a public nuisance for an owner or person in control of any building, lot, junkyard, or premises in the unincorporated territory to fail to keep it clean and free of junk and litter, including discarded tires, materials that pond water or shelter insects and rodents, and anything that produces obnoxious odors or offends community aesthetics and lowers nearby property values. The county investigates complaints, orders the owner to abate, and can clean the property and recover the cost. Inside Auburn and Opelika, the cities run parallel property-maintenance and nuisance codes.
A blighted property left uncleaned after notice can be abated by the county, with the cost charged to the owner, plus citation under §45-41-170.01. Auburn and Opelika enforce their own maintenance codes with fines and abatement.
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