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STATE OF GEORGIA ORDINANCE NO. 12-11-154
COUNTY OF FULTON
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE III, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, DIVISION 4,
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, SECTION 10-267 (EXTERIOR PROPERTY REOUIREMENTS)
OF CHAPTER 10, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF MILTON
CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a regularly called council
meeting on November 19, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Ordinance that relates to exterior property requirements, Chapter 10,
Article III, Division 4, Section 10-267 ofthe City of Milton Code is amended, is hereby adopted
and approved; and is attached hereto as if fully set forth herein, and;
SECTION 2. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or regulations in conflict herewith are
repealed.
SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption.
ORDAINED this the 19" day of November, 2012.
Attest:
Sudie AM Gordon, City Clerk
(Seal)
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STATE OF GEORGIA ORDINANCE NO. 12-11-154
COUNTY OF FULTON
Sec. 10-267. -Exterior property requirements.
(a) Keep exterior premises in clean, safe and sanitary condition. All exterior property and
premises shall be maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary condition. The occupant shall keep
that part of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a clean and
sanitary condition.
(b) Maintain grading and drainage to prevent soil erosion and stagnant water. All premises
shall be graded and maintained to prevent the erosion of soil and to prevent the accumulation of
stagnant water thereon, or within any structure located thereon. Excepted from this subsection
are approved retention areas and reservoirs.
(c) Keep sidewalks and driveways repaired and free of hazardous conditions. All sidewalks,
walkways, stairs, driveways, parking spaces and similar areas shall be kept in a proper state of
repair, and maintained free from hazardous conditions.
(d) Weeds; definition; assessment.
(1) All premises and exterior property, including both developed and undeveloped lots in
platted subdivisions, shall be maintained free from weeds or plant growth in excess of ten
inches. All noxious weeds shall be prohibited.
a. The term "weeds" means all grasses, annual plants and vegetation. other than
trees or shrubs.
b. The term "weeds" does not include cultivated flowers and gardens.
(2) Upon the failure of the owner or agent having charge of a property to cut and destroy
weeds after service of a notice of violation, he or she shall be subject to prosecution in
accordance with section 10-241 (b) and as prescribed by the authority having jurisdiction.
Upon the failure to comply with the notice of violation, any duly authorized employee of the
jurisdiction or contractor hired by the jurisdiction shall be authorized to enter upon the
property in violation and cut and destroy the weeds growing thereon, and the costs of such
removal shall be paid by the owner or agent responsible for the property.
(e) Rodent harborage prohibited. All structures and exterior property shall be kept free from
rodent harborage and infestation. Where rodents are found. they shall be promptly exterminated
by approved processes which will not be injurious to human health. After extermination, proper
precautions shall be taken to eliminate rodent harborage and prevent reification.
(f) Exhaust vents. Pipes, ducts, conductors, fans or blowers shall not discharge gases, steam,
vapor, hot air, grease, smoke, odors or other gaseous or particulate wastes directly upon
abutting or adjacent public or private property or that of another tent.
(g) Accessory structures to be maintained. All accessory structures, including detached
garages, fences and walls, shall be maintained structurally sound and in good repair.
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l (h) Motor vehicles.
(1) Prohibited. Except as provided for in other regulations, no inoperative or unlicensed
motor vehicle shall be parked, kept or stored on any premises, and no vehicle shall at any
time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the process of being stripped or
dismantled. Painting of vehicles is prohibited unless conducted inside an approved spray
booth.
(2) Exception. A vehicle of any type is permitted to undergo major overhaul, including
body work; provided that such work is performed inside a structure or similarly enclosed
area designed and approved for such purposes.
(i) Defacement of property.
(1) Prohibited. No person shall willfully or wantonly damage, mutilate or deface any
exterior surface of any structure or building on any private or public property by placing
thereon any marking, carving or graffiti.
(2) Owner's responsibility to restore and maintain. It shall be the owner's responsibility to
restore said surface to an approved state of maintenance and repair.
(Ord. No. 06-12-76, § 1(302.1)-(302.9),12-21-2006)
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