Bulloch County, GA Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

Section 8-82(a) of the Clean Community Ordinance makes it unlawful for any person to maintain any premises, expressly including vacant lots or land, upon which trash, junk, abandoned or junk vehicles, abandoned or unsafe manufactured homes or mobile homes, garbage or miscellaneous refuse is permitted to accumulate in a manner that is or may become a nuisance, injure the health or welfare of nearby residents, or damage neighboring property. The same subsection separately requires drive-in restaurants and other food establishments offering carry-out service to keep sufficient trash and garbage receptacles on their premises at all times.

This vacant-lot rule works together with the broader nuisance declaration in Section 8-81, which lists junk accumulations and abandoned vehicles among covered nuisances regardless of whether the lot is improved or vacant. Enforcement follows Section 8-82(c): after notice to the responsible party from the environmental manager goes uncorrected, the manager or deputies may enter the vacant lot, remove the accumulated material, and assess the cost as a lien against the property. ' County marshals and other designated officials carry enforcement authority under Section 8-83, including the option of an injunction sought by the county attorney.