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6718
ORDINANCE NO:
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE TITLE 4, ,
CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 1, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF RATS OR
OTHER RODENTS; TO PROVIDE AND EFFECTIVE DATE; to REPEAL
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND FOR OTHER ?VRPOSES.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED RYTi1EAUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION, AND IT IS HEREBY ORDA:fNED BY THE AUTHORITY OF: THE
SAME AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Augusta-RichmondCounty Code, Title 4, Chapter 2; Article I, SeCtion 4-2-2 (a,
b, c) is hereby deleted in its elltirety , arid substituted in lieu thereof the following so as to
provide for the abatement ohats or other rodents, to wit: '
~ 4-2-2. UNLAWFUL DUMPING OF DEBr~IS: HARBORAGE OF RATS OR OTHER RODENTS; ACCUMULATION
OF WEEDS AND NOXIOUS VEGETATION ON VACANT LOTS AND UNOCUUPIED PARCELS OF LANI).
(a) Prohibi{ion. No owner of any vacant lot or parcel ofland within Augusta;.Richmond County
shall permit or allow the harborage o.lrats or other rodents, debris to be dumped or ofd lumber
and building material to be piled thereon, nor shall he permit or allow grass; ,weeds, vines,
underbrush or other growth to grow or accumulate thereon; or on the area bet'ween the lot 6r
parcel ofland and the street curb, so as to constitute an unclean, unheaIthy,unsim'itary, unsightly,
filthy, dangerous, objeCtionable or offensive cond!tion~
(b) Abatement. Whenever the cod<; enforcement officer discovers that the provisions of the
subsection (a) are being violated, he shall give the owner, his agent or other representative ten
(10) days' written notice by mail, directed to his last-known address, that the condition shall be
remedied within ten (10) days; and it: after the expiration of the ten (10) days the condition is not
remedied, the zoning enforcement officer shall cause the work to be done and tax the cost of the
work against the owner and the property in the same manner and. under the same terms as the
cost of other public improvements is taxed. The cost shall constitute a lien against the property,
and the delinquent tax collector shall issue a ti. fa. in the name of Augusta-Richmond County,
acting by and through its Commission, for the cost, and levy the fiHa. upon, and expose for sale,
the property in the same manner as levies and sales under tax fi. fas. are now executed.
( c) Violation.. penalty. In addition to causing the condition of the property to be remedied as
authorized in subsection (b), in the event that the condition is not remedied by the owner at the
expiration of ten (10) days, the zoning enforcement officer s~all make a case against the
offending party and upon trial and conviction thereof, the offending party shall be subject to the
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penalties provided by S 1-6-1. '
Section 2. All laws or ordinances or parts of laws or ordinances in contlict with this Ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Section 3. If any section, provision, or clause of any part of this Ordinance is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, or, if the provisions of any pmt of this Ordinance as applied to any particular
situation or set of circumstances be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity shall not
be construed to affect portions ofthis Ordinance not so held to bej\ It is hereby declared as
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the intent that this brdinance would have been adopted had such invalid portion not been
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
Duly adopted this ?J'#/. day of ~Si(2oo4.
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BY: ~~~gC
ATTEST:
Waive 2nd Reading
Published in the Augusta Chronicle September 16, 2004
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