§ 58-7. Accumulation of junk.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any owner or resident of any property in the city, other than a person who is a licensed junk dealer, to permit to accumulate on such property any dilapidated furniture or appliances, machinery or equipment, including automobiles, which is either in a wholly or partially rusted, wrecked, junked, dismantled or inoperative condition, unless such items are completely enclosed within a building.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the chief of police to notify, in writing, the owner or occupant of any premises upon which junk is permitted to accumulate in violation of this section that such material must be removed within ten days from the date of the notice.

(c)

Upon the failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or occupant so notified to remove such junk within the designated time period, the superintendent of sanitation is authorized and empowered to arrange for the removal of such material by the city or by a private individual or firm through contract with the city.

(d)

The actual cost of such junk removal shall be assessed against the property owner from whose premises the junk is removed, and, if the bill for such charges remains unpaid for 30 days after it has been rendered, it shall become a lien upon the premises enforceable in the same manner as provided for the collection of unpaid taxes.

(Code 1982, § 11-1-15)

State law reference

Municipal authority to provide by ordinance for the removal and disposal of discarded, dismantled or junked motor vehicles, O.C.G.A. § 40-11-1 et seq.