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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 6798 TIRES .... ORDINANCE NO. 6798 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE TITLE 4, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 74 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROPER STORAGE OF TIRES; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE; TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION, AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SAME AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Augusta-Richmond County Code Section 4-2-74, is hereby amended by deleting said section in its entirety, which section reads as follows: S 4-2-74. ACCUMULATION. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person in a residential zone to accumulate any amount of scrap tires on or around property which they own or occupy. (b) It shall be unlawful for any commercial business other than those excepted in O.C.G.A. S 12-8-40.1 (g) to accumulate more than one hundred scrap tires on the property which it owns or occupies at any given time. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person or entity authorized by this article and/or state law to handle, store and/or dispose of scrap tires, to do so in any manner other than the following: permitted quantities of scrap tires may be stored outside the property of an authorized business in a container enclosed on all fours sides by a solid screen and having a secure top cover, which container is not visible from any public right of way or any adjoining property. and substituting in lieu thereof a new section which shall read as follows: , S 4-2-74. ACCUMULATION. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person in a residential zone to accumulate or store any amount of any type of tire, to include new tires, used tires or scrap tires, outside in the weather where water could otentially accumulate and cause blight or potential health threats due to mosquito infestation on or around property which he/she may own or occupy. (b) It shall be unlawful for any commercial business other than those excepted in O.c.G.A. S 12-8-40.1 (g) to accumulate more than one hundred scrap tires of any type, to include new tires, used tires or scrap tires, outside in the weather where water could potentially accumulate and cause blight or potential health threats due to mosquito infestation on or around property which it owns or occupies at any given time. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person or entity authorized by this article and/or state law to handle, store and/or dispose of scrap tires, to do so in any manner other than the following: permitted quantities of scrap tires may be stored outside the .. .. property of an authorized business in a container enclosed on all fours sides by a solid screen and having a secure top cover, which container is not visible from any public right of way or any adioining property. (d) It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to store new or used tires outside in the weather in such a manner, as determined by the Richmond County Health Department, so as to provide harborage for mosquitoes. New or used tires stored outside are not to be visible from any public right-of-way, or adioining property. Section 2. All laws or ordinances or parts of laws or ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. If any section, provision, or clause of any part of this Ordinance be declared invalid or unconstitutional, or if the provisions of any part 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 of this Ordinance not so held to be invalid, or the application of this Ordinance to other circumstances not so held to be invalid. It is hereby declared as the intent that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such invalid portion not been included herein. Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption. Duly adopted this 7th day of lImp ,2005. BY: ~~--, Mayor b Y un Waive 2nd Readin ATTEST: First Reading: June 7, 2005 Waive 2nd reading Second Reading: Publish in the Augusta Chronicle June 16 2005