Overgrown or trash-filled empty lots are reachable in unincorporated Lee County. Under Alabama Code §11-3A-2 the county may abate weeds as a public nuisance, and junk on a lot is covered by §45-41-170.01.
Empty parcels are covered two ways. The Limited Self-Governance Act, §11-3A-2, lets the county commission abate weeds as a public nuisance in the unincorporated areas, using the standard in §11-67-60: grass or weeds that grow tall enough to harbor vermin, hide debris, or pose a fire hazard. Separately, Lee County's junk law, §45-41-170.01, reaches tires, litter, and debris dumped on a vacant lot. Between the two, an owner who lets a lot grow wild or fill with trash faces a nuisance-abatement action, and the county can clear it and lien the cost against the parcel. Auburn and Opelika enforce their own weed and lot ordinances.
A vacant lot with nuisance weeds or accumulated junk can be declared a public nuisance, abated by the county after notice, and the cost liened against the parcel, alongside citation under the county junk law.
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