§ 50-32. Nuisances.

(a)

This section is cumulative of O.C.G.A. Per O.C.G.A. § 41-1-6, any person who shall have or continue after notice to abate a nuisance which tends to annoy the community, injure the health of the citizens in general, or corrupt the public morals shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The following conditions are nuisances:

(1)

Stagnant water on a premises;

(2)

Dead or decaying matter, vegetation, fruit, vegetable or animal, odorous or capable of causing disease or annoyance;

(3)

Garbage or other waste liable to give off a foul odor or attract vermin or any other refuse of any kind;

(4)

Junk allowed to scatter or blow off any premises;

(5)

Combustible material not necessary or beneficial to the premises, or other fire hazard;

(6)

Smoke or fumes in sufficient amount to cause odor or annoyance;

(7)

Burning of junk or debris other than tree limbs and leaves per a burn permit;

(8)

Pollution of water or putting matter into the sewage system which would be damaging thereto;

(9)

Maintaining a dangerous or diseased animal or fowl;

(10)

Storage of junk: tractors, equipment, implements, trailers, cycles, grills, and other debris;

(11)

Dumping fuel or oil;

(12)

Storage of fuel or oil other than in approved closed containers;

(13)

Sand blasting and any other unreasonably loud mechanical work in a residential area;

(14)

Unreasonably loud automotive, truck, motorcycle or other exhaust noise;

(15)

Obstruction of a street, highway, sidewalk, or path of travel regularly used by the public;

(16)

Loud noises clearly audible at 100 feet including loud disturbances in or around churches or single-family or multiple-family areas, such as loud music and other loud activities;

(17)

Listing, unsafe, rotten, deteriorated or unstable walls, trees and buildings;

(18)

Any business or building where illegal activities are commonly conducted as to reasonably suggest that the owner or operator of the business or building was aware of the activities and failed to prevent those activities;

(19)

Exterior storage of iceboxes, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, stoves;

(20)

Exterior storage of mattresses, furniture or similar which would attract rodents and other pests;

(21)

Toilets or sanitary facilities, plumbing or sewers in bad repair;

(22)

Conditions conducive to the breeding of flies, mosquitoes or other insects;

(23)

Conditions conducive to a harboring of colonies of bats, such as bat-accessible attics;

(24)

Any animal that excessively makes disturbing noises, defined as ongoing howling, barking or crying or causing unreasonable annoyance continuously for a period of one-half hour or more;

(25)

Any trees, shrubbery or other plants which obstruct clear vision on roads and intersections; and

(26)

Any other continuous or regularly repetitious acts or conditions constituting a nuisance under state law, namely, anything that causes hurt, inconvenience, or damage to another or which tends to annoy the community, injure the health of the citizens in general, or corrupt the public morals.

(b)

Any person or entity found guilty of violating any of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined up to $1,000.00 or imprisoned up to 30 days, or both. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the violation of this section is declared a public nuisance, and may be subject to abatement by a restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction by a court. Nothing in this section shall be construed as an election of remedies and the city may seek both criminal penalties and injunctive relief contemplated by this section for any violation.

(Ord. No. 5-10-2016)