Stonecrest, GA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Stonecrest Code § 17-6 prohibits placing or maintaining any obstruction on the right-of-way of a public road, street or easement when the obstruction interferes with a motorist's clear view or blocks pedestrians' free passage. The section names shrubbery, signs and fences as examples, but its wording reaches any obstruction of that kind, so an overgrown hedge, a yard sign set too close to the curb or a temporary fence pushed onto the sidewalk margin can all qualify. Enforcement does not begin with a citation. The City or its designee must first notify the owner of the obstruction, the owner of the abutting land and the person in possession of the property in writing, describing the obstruction and stating that it interferes with clear view or pedestrian passage and must be removed within ten days of the notice.

Only if the owner fails or refuses to remove the obstruction within that ten-day window does the City or its designee issue a summons directing the person to appear in municipal court to stand trial for the violation. Section 17-6(d) then addresses repeat noncompliance: once a person is convicted for a first offense and still has not removed the obstruction, each day it remains intact is treated as a new violation of subsection (a), and the police department may issue a fresh summons for every additional day without repeating the written-notice step.

Because § 17-6 sits in Chapter 17, Motor Vehicle Regulations, rather than a general nuisance chapter, the City frames the rule primarily as a traffic-safety measure protecting sightlines for drivers and a clear path for pedestrians, and the police department, not zoning code enforcement, handles the notice-and-summons process through municipal court.