Macon-Bibb County, GA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Sec. 7-377 sets Macon-Bibb County's enforcement track for short-term vacation rentals. 5. Citations go to the Court of Macon-Bibb County under Sec. 7-377(b), where the judge takes evidence outside the formal rules of evidence and issues a written finding identifying each founded accusation. 00. The code specifies these fines 'may not be waived or reduced' and can be stacked with any other legal remedy available to the county, so a repeat operator cannot negotiate the amount down or treat it as the sole consequence. Beyond the fine schedule, Sec.

7-377(d) lets an owner appeal a revocation, suspension, or denial to the Court within 30 calendar days, and a timely appeal stays the county's action while the case is pending. Sec. 7-377(f) preserves the county's separate authority to enforce its nuisance provisions or any other ordinance, and Sec. 7-377(g) makes clear that guests and occupants remain individually responsible for their own violations of local, state, or federal law regardless of the fine track applied to the owner.