Paulding County requires every residential, commercial, and vacant property to be kept free of litter, junk, and overgrowth. The Marshal's Office enforces Chapter 40 against disorderly accumulations, junk vehicles, and blight in the unincorporated county.
Section 40-8 requires all residential, commercial, institutional, and vacant properties to be kept free of litter by their owners, managers, tenants, or agents. The code defines litter broadly to include trash, debris, dead trees, weeds, and junk vehicles or their parts set in a disorderly state. The Marshal's Office is the primary enforcer and issues citations returnable to superior, state, or magistrate court. Junk vehicles are limited to two, and only when kept inside a fully enclosed building during reconditioning. Unsafe or dilapidated structures fall under Chapter 18 and the Permits Department. County code applies only in unincorporated Paulding, not inside Dallas, Hiram, or Braswell.
Blight and litter violations bring Marshal's Office citations under the general penalty, Section 1-19: a first offense draws a $100 to $1,000 fine, each day a separate offense, plus the county's cleanup costs.
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