Unincorporated Chatham County has no county-run curbside route: residents contract a private hauler or use county drop-off centers. Inside the City of Savannah, sanitation provides once-weekly curbside collection, and only household garbage may go in the City-provided cart.
Chatham County operates drop-off centers and landfill facilities rather than a universal county curbside route; unincorporated residents either subscribe to a licensed private hauler or self-haul to a county drop-off center. Garbage haulers operating in the unincorporated county must be permitted and use enclosed/covered trucks (§21-303, §21-310). The City of Savannah, where most residents live, provides once-weekly curbside residential refuse collection; the City directs that only household garbage be placed in the cart it provides, with separate weekly yard-waste collection (15-bag limit) the day after refuse pickup. Overflow, off-schedule bulk, and excess yard waste incur City fees. Other cities (Pooler, Garden City, Tybee) run their own collection programs.
In the county, illegal dumping or unpermitted hauling is punishable up to $500 and/or 30 days (§21-309/314). In Savannah, overflow, off-schedule bulk, and excess yard waste trigger sanitation fees.
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Chatham County, GA
Chatham County has no standalone hoarding statute, but it curbs hoarding through hard numeric pet limits (8 cats, 6 dogs per acre) and its cruelty/neglect pr...
Chatham County, GA
Chatham County's animal-control chapter sets no specific wildlife-feeding ban. Wild, game, and protected species are handled by the Georgia Department of Nat...
Chatham County, GA
Chatham County and Savannah have no ordinance banning residential backyard composting. Home compost is allowed, but a pile that creates odor, attracts rodent...
Chatham County, GA
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Chatham County, GA
Chatham County sits on Georgia's coast, where salt-marsh grasses and other native tidal vegetation are protected under the state Coastal Marshlands Protectio...
Chatham County, GA
Georgia encourages rainwater harvesting. Under the state Water Stewardship Act, capturing and reusing rainwater and stormwater is allowed any day at any time...
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