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A ACCESS Commission Powers and duties, other Access points and utility excavations on county roads, creation of pro- gram to regulate and control. . . 1-75 ACTIONS. See: SUITS, ACTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS AD VALOREM TAXES, LEVY AND COLLEC- TION OF Capital improvements of new manufactur- ing establishments, City of Augusta . 7-32 Capital improvements of new manufactur- ing establishments, Richmond County 7-31 Delinquent tax collections; change of inter- est rate and penalty by taxing author- ity (Repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 Early payment, discounts for . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Exemptions Homestead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30 Disabled persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30(c) Elderly persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30(b) Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30(a) Property not owned as of January 1 of applicable tax year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29 Single tax levy, authority to make. . . . . . . . 7-21 Tax assessors, board of Ad valorem tax assessments . . . . . . . . . . 7-62 ADMINISTRATION. See also specific sub- jects County administrator, power and author- ity to elect; duties, terms and condi- tions of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-50 ADVERTISING Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Commission Powers and duties, other Advertisement, promotion of county . 1-67 Purchase of goods, materials, etc. Advertisement for bids. . . . . . . . . . . 1-83 AFFIRMATION. See: OATH, AFFIRMATION, SWEAR OR SWORN AGED PERSONS. See: ELDERLY PERSONS AGENCIES. See: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES AGREEMENTS. See: CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS AIR QUALITY CONTROL Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 11:55 p.m. on Saturdays to 2:55 a.m. on Sundays, sale of intoxicating bever- ages authorized from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Malt beverages, sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-142 Eating establishments, sale of intoxicating beverages authorized from 12:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Sundays in . . . . 2-2 Hours 11:55 p.m. on Saturdays to 2:55 a.m. on Sundays, sale of intoxicating bev- erages authorized from . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Eating establishments, sale of intoxicat- ing beverages authorized from 12:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Sundays in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, sale of alcoholic beverages on 2-3 Sundays 11:55 p.m. on Saturdays to 2:55 a.m. on Sundays, sale of intoxicating bev- erages authorized from . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Eating establishments, sale of intoxicat- ing beverages authorized from 12:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Sundays in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, sale of alcoholic beverages on 2-3 Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, sale of alcoholic beverages on . . . . . . . 2-3 AMBULANCE SERVICES Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-137 et seq. See: COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUS- TA-RICHMOND COUNTY Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 ANIMALS Commission Powers and duties, other Animal control Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-77 Program established. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-76 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 APPEALS Civil court Judgments conclusive, when; new trial; appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-161 Sheriff's department Merit system Dismissal of employees; right of ap- peal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-114 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:1 ---PAGE BREAK--- ARCHITECTURE Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 ARRESTS State court Judges Chief judge Powers and duties; compensation . 5-105 ARTS Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 ATTORNEYS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Commission Attorneys, additional, authority to em- ploy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-52 County attorney, power and authority to elect; duties, term, compensation, ineligibility for retirement benefits 1-51 Health, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 State court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99 et seq. See: STATE COURT AUDITS Budget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20 Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMIS- SION. See: COMMISSION AUTHORITIES. See: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES B BEER. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. See: COM- MISSION BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORI- TIES. See: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS Canal Authority, Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-235 et seq. See: CANAL AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS (Cont'd.) Ports Authority, Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-256 et seq. See: PORTS AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 BOND ISSUANCE/ISSUES Bonded indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33 Canal Authority, Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 et seq. See: CANAL AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 et seq. See: COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUS- TA-RICHMOND COUNTY Commission Powers and duties, other Incinerator, garbage and refuse facil- ities, revenue anticipation bonds for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-79 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 BONDS, SURETY OR PERFORMANCE Canal Authority, Augusta Georgia Securities Act of 1973, applica- bility of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-250 Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Civil court Marshal, clerk and deputies Powers—Generally; bond . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Payment of obligation Trust indenture as security . . . . . . 1-153 Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Probate court Special bailiff Compensation; bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-184 BRIBERY Officers and employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 BRIDGES AND CULVERTS Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 BUILDING AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA-RICH- MOND COUNTY City-county agreements under constitu- tional amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-136 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS Building Authority, Augusta-Richmond County City-county agreements under constitu- tional amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-136 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:2 ---PAGE BREAK--- BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS (Cont'd.) Civil court Building; supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-168 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-137 et seq. See: COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUS- TA-RICHMOND COUNTY Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 BUSINESSES Commission Powers and duties, other Business taxes, licenses, rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-63 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 C CANAL AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA Agreements, authorized contents of, and instruments of authority; use of pro- ceeds; bond anticipation notes; etc. . . 1-247 Authority; membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-239 Bond issuance/issues Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Revenue bond law, applicability of; form; exchange and transfer; certificate of validation; interest rates; cost; etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-246 Revenue bonds—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-245 Conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-243 Constitutional authority for enactment of act; tax exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-249 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-252 Creation of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-236 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-237 Effect of act under successor government . 1-251 Finance Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Revenue bond law, applicability of; form; exchange and transfer; certificate of validation; interest rates; cost; etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-246 Revenue bonds—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-245 Georgia Securities Act of 1973, applicabil- ity of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-250 Obligations of authority not public debt of state or political subdivision thereof. 1-248 Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-240 Powers declared supplementary. . . . . . . . . . 1-253 Powers of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-235 Purposes of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-238 Removal of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-242 Repealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-255 CANAL AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA (Cont'd.) Revenue bond law, applicability of; form; exchange and transfer; certificate of validation; interest rates; cost; etc. . . 1-246 Revenue bonds—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-245 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-254 Vacancies in authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-241 CANVASSERS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASS- ERS AND SOLICITORS CEMETERIES Indigent persons Interment of deceased indigents—Gen- erally; reimbursement of county by board of offender rehabilitation for certain burials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATION Canal Authority, Augusta Revenue bond law, applicability of; form; exchange and transfer; certificate of validation; interest rates; cost; etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-246 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Interim receipts and certificates or temporary bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-149 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 State court Solicitor Duties; fees; assistant solicitor . . . . . . 5-108 CHARTER Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-41 Bonded indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33 Budget; taxes; water rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36 Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 et seq. See: COMMISSION Effective date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45 Equal opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40 Immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45.2 Ordinances, continuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35 Pension plan; employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38 Referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-44 Repealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45.1 Service districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34 Sheriff; fire protection; boards and author- ities; municipal court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Special services tax districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37 Town of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-42 Transition task force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-43 CHECKS Tax commissioner Automobile registration, authority to ac- cept personal checks for. . . . . . . . . . 7-40 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:3 ---PAGE BREAK--- CHRISTMAS DAY Alcoholic beverages Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, sale of alcoholic beverages on 2-3 CIVIL COURT Assignment of cases for trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-154 Building; supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-168 Clerks, specific powers of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146 Costs Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164 Deposits; exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-163 Court reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143 Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-133 Finance Costs Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-164 Deposits; exception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-163 Reporting case; costs of reporting . . . . . . 5-160 Inquiry, court of, jurisdiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-148 Judges Associate judge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-139 Chief judge Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-136 Oath; qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137 Vacancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-138 Compensation of probate judge . . . . . . . . 5-191 Judge emeritus Authority to hold court when called . 5-175 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-178 Disqualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-177 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-173 Services by request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-176 Unexpired term, filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-174 Powers of judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-140 Judgments conclusive, when; new trial; appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-161 Jurisdiction Criminal jurisdiction; continuation of power, authority of clerk, deputies; civil cases arising under common law or by statute; jurisdictional amount; criminal effect of counter- claim or setoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-134 Distress warrants; dispossessory war- rants; eviction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135 Justice court matters, jurisdiction of civil court in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-166 Justice courts in City of Augusta, juris- diction of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-165 Jury Demand for jury trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-155 Number of jurors on panel; alternate jurors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-158 Qualifications, relationship, impanel- ing, etc, of jurors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-157 Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-156 Liens, judgments as. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-162 Marshal, clerk and deputies Appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144 CIVIL COURT (Cont'd.) Election of civil court marshall by popu- lar vote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-144.1 Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145.1 Generally; bond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-145 Salary, marshall of civil court . . . . . . . . . 5-143.1 Probate judge, compensation of . . . . . . . . . . 5-191 Practice and procedure General law as to superior courts appli- cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-150 Suits and garnishments to conform with superior court procedure; service of process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151 Suits transferred from magistrate courts, rules in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152 Record, court of; jurisdictional purposes . . 5-147 Records and reports Court reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143 Record, court of; jurisdictional purposes 5-147 Records, old, disposal of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-171 Reporting case; costs of reporting . . . . . . 5-160 Reports, codes and acts to be furnished by state librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169 Records, old, disposal of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-171 Reporting case; costs of reporting . . . . . . . . 5-160 Reports, codes and acts to be furnished by state librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169 Salaries of chief judge and associate judge and court employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-141 Sale of real or personal property levied upon under process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-159 Secretaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-142 Severability of provisions of act . . . . . . . . . . 5-172 Suits, actions and other proceedings Clerks, specific powers of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146 Practice and procedure Suits and garnishments to conform with superior court procedure; service of process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151 Suits transferred from magistrate courts, rules in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152 Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-153 Transfer of pending cases from justice court to civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-167 Warrants, processes, writs, etc., returnable to civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149 Writs, warrants and other processes Clerks, specific powers of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146 Judges Powers of judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-140 Jurisdiction Distress warrants; dispossessory war- rants; eviction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135 Practice and procedure Suits and garnishments to conform with superior court procedure; service of process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-151 Sale of real or personal property levied upon under process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-159 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:4 ---PAGE BREAK--- CIVIL COURT (Cont'd.) Warrants, processes, writs, etc., return- able to civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-149 CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEMS Officers and employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 CLAIMS Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 CODES Civil court Reports, codes and acts to be furnished by state librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA-RICH- MOND COUNTY Bond issuance/issues Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Revenue bonds. See herein that subject Creation; composition; appointment, term and compensation of members; offic- ers; vacancies; chairman's vote; rules and regulations; existence . . . . . . . . . . 1-139 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-140 Finance Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Revenue bonds. See herein that subject Malt beverages, sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-142 Powers—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Purpose of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-138 Revenue bonds Act to be liberally construed. . . . . . . . . . . 1-166 Authorization to issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-143 Form; denominations: registration; place of payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-144 Interim receipts and certificates or tem- porary bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-149 Issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-151 Negotiability; exemption from taxation. 1-146 Payment of obligation Proceeds of bond sale paid, to whom. 1-154 Sinking fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-155 State, county or city not obligated to levy tax or make appropriation 1-152 Trust indenture as security . . . . . . . . . 1-153 Powers of authority supplemental to pow- ers conferred by other laws . . . . . . 1-165 Proceeds, use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-148 Protection of bondholders' interest by insuring status of authority . . . . . . 1-161 Rates, charges, etc., for services, facili- ties, etc., of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-162 Refunding bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-157 Remedies of bondholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-156 Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds 1-150 Rules and regulations for operation of projects, authority to prescribe . . . 1-163 COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA-RICH- MOND COUNTY (Cont'd.) Sale; price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-147 Signatures; seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-145 Tax exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-158 Taxation Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-158 Negotiability; exemption from taxa- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-146 Payment of obligation State, county or city not obligated to levy tax or make appropri- ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-152 Tort immunity of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-164 Validation of bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-160 Venue and jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-159 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-137 Taxation Revenue bonds. See herein that subject COLISEUMS Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-137 et seq. See: COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUS- TA-RICHMOND COUNTY COLOR, DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION COMMISSION Attorneys, additional, authority to employ 1-52 Consolidate governments, authority of gen- eral assembly to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-135 County administrator, power and author- ity to elect; duties, terms and condi- tions of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-50 County attorney, power and authority to elect; duties, term, compensation, in- eligibility for retirement benefits. . . . 1-51 Creation; powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28 Election of commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29 Ex-officio commissioner Judge of city court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-88 Finance Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Powers and duties, other. See herein that subject Forest lands Powers and duties, other. See herein that subject Intent of act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-55 Mayor, powers of; mayor pro-tem; commit- tees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-48 Mineral resources Powers and duties, other. See herein that subject Office closing Board of commissioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-53 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:5 ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMISSION (Cont'd.) Other county officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-54 Ordinances, resolutions, etc. Powers and duties, other. See herein that subject Personnel Merit system General assembly, authority of, rela- tive to county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1 Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-46 Powers and duties, other Access points and utility excavations on county roads, creation of program to regulate and control. . . . . . . . . . . 1-75 Advertisement, promotion of county . . . 1-67 Animal control Penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-77 Program established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-76 Business taxes, licenses, rules and reg- ulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-63 Employees of other elected county offi- cials, authority of board over; lim- itations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-86 Finance Purchase of goods, materials, etc. See within this subheading that sub- ject Forest lands and mineral resources Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-71 Nuisance, exercise not to constitute . 1-70 Policy, declaration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-68 Powers of board of commissioners . . . 1-69 Incinerator, garbage and refuse facili- ties, revenue anticipation bonds for 1-79 Mineral resources. See within this sub- heading: Forest Lands and Min- eral Resources Ordinances, etc., power to adopt Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-57 Overtime use of courtrooms, provi- sion for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-61 Particular ordinances enumerated . . 1-58 Penalties for ordinance violations . . . 1-60 State court jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-59 Police power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-56 Purchase of goods, materials, etc. Advertisement for bids . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-83 Negotiation for purchase when no bids received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-84 Used equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-85 Without bid or advertisement Cost between fifteen hundred dol- lars and five thousand dol- lars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-81 Cost not in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars . . . . . . . . 1-80 Emergency exists, when . . . . . . . . . 1-82 Recreational program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-74 COMMISSION (Cont'd.) Retirement, insurance and other bene- fits, authority of board to provide, to employees of other elected county officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-87 Street lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-72 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Access points and utility excavations on county roads, creation of pro- gram to regulate and control. . . 1-75 Special assessments for streets, side- walks, water and sewer mains . 1-78 Street lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-72 Traffic regulations Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-65 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-66 Streets, sidewalks, water and sewer mains, special assessments for . . . 1-78 Traffic regulations Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-65 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-66 Urban redevelopment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-73 Purchases, purchasing Powers and duties, other. See herein that subject Quorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32 Record; annual report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-49 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Powers and duties, other. See herein that subject Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31 COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF. See: COM- MISSION COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Conflicts of interest in zoning actions Voting on zoning decision if ordinance being adopted for first time or or- dinance being revised pursuant to comprehensive plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-131 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Canal Authority, Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-243 Zoning actions, conflicts of interest in . . . . 1-126 et seq. See: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN ZONING ACTIONS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN ZONING AC- TIONS Campaign contributions, disclosure of . . . . 1-128 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-126 Disinterested special master, appointment of, if governing authority unable to attain quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-130 Financial interests, disclosure of . . . . . . . . . 1-127 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-129 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:6 ---PAGE BREAK--- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN ZONING AC- TIONS (Cont'd.) Voting on zoning decision if ordinance be- ing adopted for first time or ordi- nance being revised pursuant to com- prehensive plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-131 CONSOLIDATION Authority of general assembly to consoli- date governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-135 CONSULTANTS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 County treasurer County treasurer emeritus Financial consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-121 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS Building Authority, Augusta-Richmond County City-county agreements under constitu- tional amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-136 Canal Authority, Augusta Agreements, authorized contents of, and instruments of authority; use of proceeds; bond anticipation notes; etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-247 Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Elections, board of Contract, authority to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-102 Health, board of Organization; officers; execution of con- tracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13 Health, board of, employees Pension fund Contract, act constitutes. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Intergovernmental relations Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 COUNTY TREASURER County treasurer emeritus Compensation; death benefits to widow 1-122 Financial consultant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-121 Prohibited from holding compensating position with state, county or city, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-120 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-119 Office abolished. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-118 State court Solicitor Duties; fees; assistant solicitor . . . . . . 5-108 COURTS Civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-133 et seq. See: CIVIL COURT Commission Powers and duties, other Ordinances, etc., power to adopt Overtime use of courtrooms, provi- sion for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-61 State court jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . 1-59 Ex-officio commissioner Judge of city court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-88 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Jury clerk and other personnel . . . . . . . . . . 5-52 Municipal court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Probate court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182 et seq. See: PROBATE COURT Probation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Purpose of act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60 Questionnaires for prospective jurors Answer required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58 Failure to answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59 State court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 et seq. See: STATE COURT CREED, DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION CULVERTS. See: BRIDGES AND CULVERTS CURBS AND GUTTERS Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 D DAMAGE, DEFACEMENT, DESTRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Replacement of lost or mutilated bonds 1-150 DEEDS AND TITLES Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 DEFACEMENT. See: DAMAGE, DEFACE- MENT, DESTRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES Boards and authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Building Authority, Augusta-Richmond County City-county agreements under constitu- tional amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-136 Canal Authority, Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-235 et seq. Civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-133 et seq. Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-137 et seq. Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 et seq. Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 et seq. Elections, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-89 et seq. CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:7 ---PAGE BREAK--- DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES (Cont'd.) Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Health, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 et seq. Health, board of, employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 et seq. Health, department of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 et seq. Industrial Development Authority, Rich- mond County Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-167 Municipal court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Ports Authority, Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-256 et seq. Probate court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182 et seq. Sheriff's department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-104 et seq. State court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 et seq. Tax assessors, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 et seq. DESTRUCTION. See: DAMAGE, DEFACE- MENT, DESTRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. DEVELOPMENT. See: PLANNING AND ZONING DISABLED OR HANDICAPPED PERSONS Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of Exemptions Homestead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30(c) Health, board of, employees Pension fund Disability payments Employee disabled while in dis- charge of duties, when . . . . . . 9-43 Employee regardless of cause can- not perform duties, when . . . 9-44 DISCRIMINATION (Race, religion, sex, eth- nic background, etc.) Equal opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40 DISTRICTS Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28 Immunity of counties, municipalities and school districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Service districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34 Special districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Special services tax districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37 DOCKS. See: BOATS, DOCKS AND WATER- WAYS DONATIONS Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 E EASEMENTS Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 EATING ESTABLISHMENTS. See: FOOD AND FOOD SERVICES EDUCATION Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 ELDERLY PERSONS Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of Exemptions Homestead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30(b) Health, board of, employees Pension fund Retirement—Computation of pension Age sixty-five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42 ELECTIONS Alcoholic beverages Sundays, election days, and Christmas Day, sale of alcoholic beverages on 2-3 Civil court Judges Chief judge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-136 Commission Election of commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29 Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Conflicts of interest in zoning actions Campaign contributions, disclosure of. . 1-128 Elections, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-89 et seq. See: ELECTIONS, BOARD OF Officers and employees Election; term; compensation. . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-44 Tax commissioner Election Commission and qualification. . . . . . . 7-38 When and in what manner . . . . . . . . . 7-37 ELECTIONS, BOARD OF Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-99 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-100 Contract, authority to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-102 Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-89 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-103 Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-97 Membership Appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-92 Composition; election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-90 Oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-94 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-91 Resignation; removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-93 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-101 Powers and duties—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . 1-96 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:8 ---PAGE BREAK--- ELECTIONS, BOARD OF (Cont'd.) Registrars, ordinary and board of, relieved from powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-98 Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-95 ELECTRICITY Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 EMERGENCIES Commission Powers and duties, other Purchase of goods, materials, etc. Without bid or advertisement Emergency exists, when . . . . . . . 1-82 Tax commissioner Emergency clerks and deputies. . . . . . . . 7-49 Pay raises; additional employees . . . . . . 7-51 EMERGENCY SERVICES Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 EMINENT DOMAIN Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 EMPLOYEES. See: OFFICERS AND EM- PLOYEES ENGINEERING Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 ENTERTAINMENTS. See: AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40 ETHNIC BACKGROUND, DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION EXCAVATIONS Commission Powers and duties, other Access points and utility excavations on county roads, creation of pro- gram to regulate and control. . . 1-75 EX-OFFICIO COMMISSIONER Judge of city court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-88 F FERRIES Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 FINANCE Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of . . 7-21 et seq. See: AD VALOREM TAXES, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF Budget Audit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20 Provisions re; taxes; water rates. . . . . . . 1-36 Canal Authority, Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 et seq. See: CANAL AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA Civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-160 et seq. See: CIVIL COURT Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 et seq. See: COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUS- TA-RICHMOND COUNTY Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 et seq. See: COMMISSION Conflicts of interest in zoning actions Campaign contributions, disclosure of. . 1-128 Financial interests, disclosure of. . . . . . . 1-127 County treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-118 et seq. See: COUNTY TREASURER Health, board of, employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29 et seq. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF, EMPLOY- EES Health, department of Financial administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9 Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Officers and employees Penal laws or regulations, receiving funds for enforcement of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Sheriff's department Merit system Costs, expenses, supplies borne by county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-116 State court Practice and procedure Insolvent costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85 Solicitor Duties; fees; assistant solicitor . . . . . . 5-108 Tax assessors, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 et seq. See: TAX ASSESSORS, BOARD OF Tax commissioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 et seq. See: TAX COMMISSIONER Taxation power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 et seq. See: TAXATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:9 ---PAGE BREAK--- FOOD AND FOOD SERVICES Alcoholic beverages Eating establishments, sale of intoxicat- ing beverages authorized from 12:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Sundays in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 FOREST LANDS Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-68 et seq. See: COMMISSION FRAUD Officers and employees Conspiracy to defraud state or political subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 G GARBAGE. See: SOLID WASTE GENDER, DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION GENERAL ASSEMBLY. See: COMMISSION GIFTS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 GRANTS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 GUTTERS. See: CURBS AND GUTTERS H HANDICAPPED PERSONS. See: DISABLED OR HANDICAPPED PERSONS HEALTH AND SANITATION Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 General law, application of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 Health, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 et seq. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF Health, board of, employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 et seq. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF, EMPLOY- EES HEALTH AND SANITATION (Cont'd.) Health, department of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 et seq. See: HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF Health ordinances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Health rules, violations of Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 Powers of department of health and board of health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 State court jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Hospital Authority, Richmond County . . . . 1-230 et seq. See: HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, RICH- MOND COUNTY Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Public health, commissioner of. . . . . . . . . . . 9-18 et seq. See: PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMIS- SIONER OF Public sanitation Refuse, disposal of; authority to provide and operate sanitary landfill . . . . . 9-24 Ratification of acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 HEALTH, BOARD OF Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 Compensation of members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15 Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 et seq. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF, EMPLOY- EES Health rules, violations of Powers of department of health and board of health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 Management and control of health depart- ment; composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14 Organization; officers; execution of con- tracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13 Rules, regulations and ordinances, publica- tion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17 Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 HEALTH, BOARD OF, EMPLOYEES Finance Pension fund. See herein that subject Pension fund Application for pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48 Consolidation of funds provided for by act and prior funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49 Contract, act constitutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52 Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35 Creation; administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30 Deficiencies met by appropriations. . . . . 9-37 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29 Disability payments Employee disabled while in discharge of duties, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43 Employee regardless of cause cannot perform duties, when . . . . . . . . . 9-44 Enforcement of act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31 Integration with state pension fund. . . . 9-50 One benefit per person, limitation of . . . 9-47 Property of board, fund not . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:10 ---PAGE BREAK--- HEALTH, BOARD OF, EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.) Qualification for benefits after effective date of act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38 Records and reports Annual report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51 Records Decisions of board as to fund; with- drawals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33 Receipts and deductions; inspec- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Retirement—Computation of pension Age sixty-five. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42 Employees entering service after July 1, 1953. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40 Involuntary separation, effect of . . . . 9-41 Twenty-five years service . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39 Separate from board monies. . . . . . . . . . . 9-32 Separation or discharge; abolishment of office Partial return of contributions . . . . . . 9-45 Repayment of refund upon reemploy- ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46 Violations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53 Records and reports Pension fund. See herein that subject Salaries Georgia Merit System, application of. . . 9-28 HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF Continued existence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Financial administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9 Health, board of Management and control of health de- partment; composition . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 Health rules, violations of Powers of department of health and board of health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 Multi-county health department . . . . . . . . . 9-10 Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 HEARINGS State court Judges Chief judge Powers and duties; compensation . 5-105 HOME RULE Amendment or revision of local act, filing and publication of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Community redevelopment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Eminent domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Immunity of counties, municipalities and school districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Salary of county employees; how fixed. . . . 1-2 Scope of county legislative power. . . . . . . . . 1-1 Special districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Supplementary powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Taxing power and contributions of coun- ties, municipalities and political sub- divisions, limitation on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, RICHMOND COUNTY Existing members, status of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-230 Successor, appointment of Term expiring December 31, 1984 . . . . . 1-231 Terms expiring 1984 through 1987. . . . . 1-232 Terms of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-233 Vacancies, filling of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-234 HOSPITALS Hospital Authority, Richmond County . . . . 1-230 et seq. See: HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, RICH- MOND COUNTY Personnel Insurance Hospitalization insurance authorized 13-10 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Probate court Special bailiff Powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 HOURS Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HOUSING Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of Exemptions Homestead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 I IMMUNITY Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Tort immunity of authority . . . . . . . . . 1-164 Counties, municipalities and school dis- tricts, immunity of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45.2 IMPROVEMENTS. See: PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS INDIGENT PERSONS Interment of deceased indigents—Gener- ally; reimbursement of county by board of offender rehabilitation for certain burials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHOR- ITY, RICHMOND COUNTY Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-167 INDUSTRIES Industrial Development Authority, Rich- mond County Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-167 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:11 ---PAGE BREAK--- INJURY. See: DAMAGE, DEFACEMENT, DE- STRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. INSPECTIONS Health, board of, employees Pension fund Records Receipts and deductions; inspec- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Public health, commissioner of Inspection and quarantine . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20 INSURANCE Commission Powers and duties, other Retirement, insurance and other ben- efits, authority of board to pro- vide, to employees of other elected county officials . . . . . . . . 1-87 Personnel Insurance Hospitalization insurance authorized 13-10 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 INTOXICATING BEVERAGES, INTOXICA- TION. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES INVESTIGATIONS Probate court Special bailiff Powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 L LABORATORIES Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 LANDFILLS Health and sanitation Public sanitation Refuse, disposal of; authority to pro- vide and operate sanitary land- fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24 LAW ENFORCEMENT Sheriff's department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-104 et seq. See: SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LEASES, LEASING Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 LEGAL ACTIONS, LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. See: SUITS, ACTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS LEGAL PROCESSES. See: WRITS, WAR- RANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES LIABILITY Immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45.2 Tax commissioner Office created; rights, duties and liabil- ities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35 LIBRARIES Civil court Reports, codes and acts to be furnished by state librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 LICENSES AND PERMITS Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Powers and duties, other Business taxes, licenses, rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-63 LIENS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Civil court Liens, judgments as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-162 State court Practice and procedure Judgment liens and their execution . 5-87 LIGHTING, LIGHTS Commission Powers and duties, other Street lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-72 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 LIQUOR. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES M MAGISTRATE COURTS Civil court Practice and procedure Suits transferred from magistrate courts, rules in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-152 MAINTENANCE Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:12 ---PAGE BREAK--- MALPRACTICE Officers and employees Malpractice in office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 MALT BEVERAGES. See: ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGES MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of Capital improvements of new manufac- turing establishments, City of Au- gusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32 Capital improvements of new manufac- turing establishments, Richmond County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 MAPS. See: SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS MAYOR Powers of mayor; mayor pro-tem; commit- tees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30 MEDICAL SERVICES Hospital Authority, Richmond County . . . . 1-230 et seq. See: HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, RICH- MOND COUNTY Personnel Insurance Hospitalization insurance authorized 13-10 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Probate court Special bailiff Powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 MENTALLY-ILL PERSONS Probate court Special bailiff Powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 MILITIA Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 MINERAL RESOURCES Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-68 et seq. See: COMMISSION MOTOR VEHICLES. See: TRAFFIC AND VE- HICLES MUNICIPAL COURT Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 N NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISCRIMINATION BE- CAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION NOTICES, NOTIFICATION Ports Authority, Augusta Notice to Georgia Ports Authority . . . . . 1-261 NOTICES, NOTIFICATION (Cont'd.) Probate court Special bailiff Powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 NUISANCES Commission Powers and duties, other Forest lands and mineral resources Nuisance, exercise not to consti- tute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-70 Immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45.2 O OATH, AFFIRMATION, SWEAR OR SWORN Civil court Judges Chief judge Oath; qualifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-137 Elections, board of Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-94 Officers and employees Oath, violation of, by public officer. . . . . 1-19 State court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94 et seq. See: STATE COURT Tax commissioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42 OFFENDER REHABILITATION, BOARD OF Indigent persons Interment of deceased indigents—Gen- erally; reimbursement of county by board of offender rehabilitation for certain burials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Boards and authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Bribery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Building Authority, Augusta-Richmond County City-county agreements under constitu- tional amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-136 Canal Authority, Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-235 et seq. See: CANAL AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA Civil service systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-137 et seq. See: COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUS- TA-RICHMOND COUNTY Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 et seq. See: COMMISSION Conspiracy in restraint of free and open competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25 Conspiracy to defraud state or political subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 County administrator, power and author- ity to elect; duties, terms and condi- tions of employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-50 County attorney, power and authority to elect; duties, term, compensation, in- eligibility for retirement benefits. . . . 1-51 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:13 ---PAGE BREAK--- OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.) County treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-118 et seq. See: COUNTY TREASURER Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 et seq. See: COURTS Election; term; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Elections, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-89 et seq. See: ELECTIONS, BOARD OF Equal opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40 Ex-officio commissioner Judge of city court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-88 Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Health, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 et seq. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF Health, board of, employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 et seq. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF, EMPLOY- EES Health, department of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 et seq. See: HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF Improperly influencing another officer or employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 Improperly influencing legislative action. . 1-21 Industrial Development Authority, Rich- mond County Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-167 Malpractice in office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 Merit system. See herein: Personnel Municipal court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Oath, violation of, by public officer . . . . . . . 1-19 Office closing Board of commissioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-53 Other county officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-54 Penal laws or regulations, receiving funds for enforcement of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 Pension plan; employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38 Personnel Insurance Hospitalization insurance authorized 13-10 Merit system General assembly, authority of, rela- tive to county. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1 Ports Authority, Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-256 et seq. See: PORTS AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Public health, commissioner of. . . . . . . . . . . 9-18 et seq. See: PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMIS- SIONER OF Salary of county employees; how fixed. . . . 1-2 Selling to political subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 Sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Sheriff's department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-104 et seq. See: SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT Tax assessors, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 et seq. See: TAX ASSESSORS, BOARD OF Tax commissioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 et seq. See: TAX COMMISSIONER Transition task force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-43 OFFICES Elections, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-101 Officers and employees Office closing Board of commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-53 Other county officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-54 Tax commissioner Office Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43 OLDER PERSONS. See: ELDERLY PER- SONS ORDERS. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ETC. Amendment or revision of local act, filing and publication of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 et seq. See: CHARTER Civil court Reports, codes and acts to be furnished by state librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169 Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-57 et seq. See: COMMISSION Health, board of Rules, regulations and ordinances, pub- lication of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17 Ordinances, continuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35 Referendum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-44 P PARKING Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 PARKS AND RECREATION Commission Powers and duties, other Recreational program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-74 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 PAUPERS. See: INDIGENT PERSONS PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICI- TORS Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 PERFORMANCE BONDS. See: BONDS, SURETY OR PERFORMANCE PERMITS. See: LICENSES AND PERMITS PERSONNEL. See: OFFICERS AND EM- PLOYEES AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:14 ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANNING AND ZONING Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Commission Powers and duties, other Urban redevelopment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-73 Community redevelopment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Industrial Development Authority, Rich- mond County Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-167 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 PLATS. See: SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS PLUMBING Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 POLICE DEPARTMENT Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Powers and duties, other Police power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-56 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Conflicts of interest in zoning actions Campaign contributions, disclosure of. . 1-128 PORTS AUTHORITY, AUGUSTA Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-258 Generally; purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-256 Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-259 Notice to Georgia Ports Authority . . . . . . . . 1-261 Powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-257 Repealer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-262 PORTS AUTHORITY, GEORGIA Ports Authority, Augusta Notice to Georgia Ports Authority . . . . . 1-261 POWERS Scope of county legislative power. . . . . . . . . 1-1 Supplementary powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 PROBATE COURT Judge emeritus Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-192 Powers and duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-190 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-188 Vacancy in office vacated, filling . . . . . . . 5-189 Sheriff, duty to, to provide assistance . . . . 5-187 Special bailiff Appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-182 Compensation; bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-184 Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-185 PROBATE COURT (Cont'd.) Powers and duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-186 PROCEEDINGS. See: SUITS, ACTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS PROCESSES. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES PROPERTY Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of . . 7-21 et seq. See: AD VALOREM TAXES, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Civil court Sale of real or personal property levied upon under process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-159 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Community redevelopment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Eminent domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Health, board of, employees Pension fund Property of board, fund not . . . . . . . . . 9-36 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Tax assessors, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 et seq. See: TAX ASSESSORS, BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMISSIONER OF Appointment; term; removal; qualifica- tions; duties; powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19 Inspection and quarantine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20 PUBLIC PLACES. See: STREETS, SIDE- WALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of Capital improvements of new manufac- turing establishments, City of Au- gusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32 Capital improvements of new manufac- turing establishments, Richmond County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31 Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:15 ---PAGE BREAK--- PUBLICATIONS Amendment or revision of local act, filing and publication of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Health, board of Rules, regulations and ordinances, pub- lication of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17 PURCHASES, PURCHASING Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Powers—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-141 Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-80 et seq. See: COMMISSION Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 R RACE, DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION RECORDS AND REPORTS Amendment or revision of local act, filing and publication of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-143 et seq. See: CIVIL COURT Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Interim receipts and certificates or temporary bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-149 Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Record; annual report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-49 Courts Jury clerk and other personnel . . . . . . . . 5-52 Finance Budget Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20 Health, board of, employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33 et seq. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF, EMPLOY- EES State court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68 et seq. See: STATE COURT Tax assessors, board of Returns, powers with regard to. . . . . . . . 7-61 RECREATION. See: PARKS AND RECRE- ATION REFUSE. See: SOLID WASTE REGISTRATION Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Form; denominations: registration; place of payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-144 REGISTRATION (Cont'd.) Tax commissioner Automobile registration, authority to ac- cept personal checks for. . . . . . . . . . 7-40 RELIGION, DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION REPORTS. See: RECORDS AND REPORTS RESOLUTIONS. See: ORDINANCES, RES- OLUTIONS, ETC. RUBBISH. See: SOLID WASTE S SALES Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Civil court Sale of real or personal property levied upon under process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-159 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Sale; price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-147 Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Officers and employees Selling to political subdivision. . . . . . . . . 1-23 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 SANITATION. See: HEALTH AND SANITA- TION SCHOOLS Immunity of counties, municipalities and school districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Tax commissioner School taxes, charge for collection of . . . 7-39 SECONDHAND GOODS Commission Powers and duties, other Purchase of goods, materials, etc. Used equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-85 SENIOR CITIZENS. See: ELDERLY PER- SONS SEWERS. See: WATER AND SEWERS SEX, DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF. See: DISCRIMINATION SHERIFF Probate court Sheriff, duty to, to provide assistance . . 5-187 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT Merit system Costs, expenses, supplies borne by county 1-116 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:16 ---PAGE BREAK--- SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (Cont'd.) Created. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-109 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-108 Dismissal of employees; right of appeal 1-114 Duties, functions, responsibilities—Gen- erally; meetings of board. . . . . . . . . 1-111 Duties, functions, specific, of board . . . . 1-113 Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-112 Membership of board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-110 Reduction in rank of chief deputy. . . . . . 1-117 Review of board actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-115 SIDEWALKS. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES SOLICITORS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASS- ERS AND SOLICITORS SOLID WASTE Commission Powers and duties, other Incinerator, garbage and refuse facil- ities, revenue anticipation bonds for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-79 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Public sanitation Refuse, disposal of; authority to provide and operate sanitary landfill . . . . . 9-24 STATE COURT Attorneys Officers. See herein that subject Health and sanitation Health rules, violations of State court jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Judges. See herein: Officers Jurisdiction Claims to realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65 Duty to bind offenders over to state court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61 Joint defendants, suits against . . . . . . . . 5-62 Misdemeanors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63 Jury. See herein: Officers Oath, affirmation, swear or sworn Officers. See herein that subject Officers Attorneys Judges Attorney to preside when judge disqualified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99 Solicitor. See within this subheading that subject Clerk and sheriff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-93 Judge and solicitor Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-91 Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-89 Vacancy in office, filing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-90 Judges Absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-98 STATE COURT (Cont'd.) Associate judge Oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107 Powers and duties; appointment. . 5-102 Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-103 Attorney to preside when judge dis- qualified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-99 Chief judge Powers, additional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106 Powers and duties; compensation . 5-105 Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-104 Oath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94 Powers Enforce orders, preserve order, pun- ish contempt, etc. . . . . . . . . . . 5-96 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-95 Practice of law prohibited . . . . . . . . . . 5-97 Second division, creation of . . . . . . . . . 5-101 Superior court and state court, judges of, may preside in either court . 5-100 Writs, warrants and other processes Chief judge Powers, additional . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106 Powers and duties; compensa- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-105 Powers Enforce orders, preserve order, punish contempt, etc. . . . . 5-96 Jury Drawing jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-119 General law, application of, to juries 5-117 Jurors Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-121 Per diem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-122 Summoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-120 List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-118 Two juries to be drawn from panel . . 5-123 Oath, affirmation, swear or sworn Judges Associate judge; oath . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-107 Oath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-94 Solicitor Duties; fees; assistant solicitor . . . 5-108 Solicitor Criminal law practice, limitations on 5-109 Duties; fees; assistant solicitor . . . . . . 5-108 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-110 Writs, warrants and other processes Judges. See within this subheading that subject Jury Jurors Summoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-120 Solicitor Duties; fees; assistant solicitor . . . 5-108 Practice and procedure Accusation and proceedings in criminal causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74 Attachment against clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-86 Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:17 ---PAGE BREAK--- STATE COURT (Cont'd.) Books, papers, etc., production of . . . . . . 5-88 Civil cases tried without jury. . . . . . . . . . 5-81 County ordinances, jurisdiction of and procedure in cases involving viola- tions of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72 Criminal cases Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79 Indictment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80 Enforcement of judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76 Fines, disposition of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84 Garnishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70 General law, application of . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67 Insolvent costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-85 Judgment liens and their execution. . . . 5-87 Laws and rules governing superior court 5-66 New trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78 Process and service thereof. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69 Record, court of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68 Scire facias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71 Terms of court—Generally; default judg- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82 Trial term of civil cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83 Waivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-77 Writ of error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75 Records and reports Officers Judge and solicitor Vacancy in office, filing . . . . . . . . . . 5-90 Judges Chief judge Powers, additional . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106 Practice and procedure Books, papers, etc., production of. . . . 5-88 Record, court of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68 Solicitor. See herein: Officers Writs, warrants and other processes Officers. See herein that subject Practice and procedure Writ of error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75 STATE LIBRARIAN Civil court Reports, codes and acts to be furnished by state librarian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-169 STORAGE Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND MANAGE- MENT Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUB- LIC PLACES Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 et seq. See: COMMISSION Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 SUBPOENAS. See: WRITS, WARRANTSAND OTHER PROCESSES SUITS, ACTIONS AND OTHER PROCEED- INGS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-146 et seq. See: CIVIL COURT Health, department of Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 State court Jurisdiction Joint defendants, suits against. . . . . . 5-62 SUMMONSES. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES SUNDAYS Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SURETY BONDS. See: BONDS, SURETY OR PERFORMANCE SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 SWEAR OR SWORN. See: OATH, AFFIRMA- TION, SWEAR OR SWORN T TAX ASSESSORS, BOARD OF Ad valorem tax assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-62 Chief tax appraiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59 Constitutional authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 Creation; composition; duties, powers and authority—Generally; appointment, terms and removal of members; fill- ing vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56 Duty to assess property; officers of board . 7-58 Returns, powers with regard to . . . . . . . . . . 7-61 State law, compliance with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-60 TAX COMMISSIONER Acting tax commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46 Automobile registration, authority to ac- cept personal checks for . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40 Chief deputy tax commissioner . . . . . . . . . . 7-41 Deputy, clerk or assistant, no obligation to fill all positions of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-52 Election Commission and qualification . . . . . . . . . 7-38 When and in what manner. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37 Emergency clerks and deputies . . . . . . . . . . 7-49 Fees and commissions allowed tax receiver and tax collector, disposition of. . . . . . 7-54 Financial statement; settlement. . . . . . . . . . 7-47 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:18 ---PAGE BREAK--- TAX COMMISSIONER (Cont'd.) Oath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42 Office Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43 Office created; rights, duties and liabilities 7-35 Pay raises; additional employees . . . . . . . . . 7-51 Replaces offices of tax receiver and tax collector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 Salaries and expenses, of commis- sioner and personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-50 School taxes, charge for collection of. . . . . . 7-39 Taxes and tax fi. fas. existing prior to creation of office of tax commissioner 7-53 Term. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36 Vacancy, filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45 TAXATION Ad valorem taxes, levy and collection of . . 7-21 et seq. See: AD VALOREM TAXES, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF Budget; taxes; water rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36 Canal Authority, Augusta Constitutional authority for enactment of act; tax exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-249 Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-146 et seq. See: COLISEUM AUTHORITY, AUGUS- TA-RICHMOND COUNTY Commission Powers and duties 1883 act, as specified in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47 Powers and duties, other Business taxes, licenses, rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-63 Expenditure, power of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 Power of taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Purposes of county taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Purposes of taxation; allocation of taxes . . 1-13 Special services tax districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37 Tax assessors, board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 et seq. See: TAX ASSESSORS, BOARD OF Tax commissioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34 et seq. See: TAX COMMISSIONER Taxing power and contributions of coun- ties, municipalities and political sub- divisions, limitation on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 TITLES. See: DEEDS AND TITLES TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES Commission Powers and duties, other Traffic regulations Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-65 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-66 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES (Cont'd.) Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Probate court Special bailiff Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-186 State court Judges Chief judge Powers and duties; compensation . 5-105 Tax commissioner Automobile registration, authority to ac- cept personal checks for. . . . . . . . . . 7-40 TRASH. See: SOLID WASTE TREASURER. See: COUNTY TREASURER TRUSTS Canal Authority, Augusta Powers of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-244 Coliseum Authority, Augusta-Richmond County Revenue bonds Payment of obligation Trust indenture as security . . . . . . 1-153 Ports Authority, Augusta Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-260 U URBAN REDEVELOPMENT Commission Powers and duties, other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-73 UTILITIES Commission Powers and duties, other Access points and utility excavations on county roads, creation of pro- gram to regulate and control. . . 1-75 V VEHICLES. See: TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES VESTED RIGHTS State court Judges Chief judge Powers, additional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-106 W WAIVERS State court Practice and procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-77 WARRANTS. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES WATER AND SEWERS Budget; taxes; water rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36 CHARTER INDEX Section Section CHTi:19 ---PAGE BREAK--- WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Commission Powers and duties, other Special assessments for streets, side- walks, water and sewer mains . 1-78 Powers Supplementary powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 WATERWAYS. See: BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS WINE. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PRO- CESSES Civil court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-135 et seq. See: CIVIL COURT Probate court Special bailiff Powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-183 State court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75 et seq. See: STATE COURT Z ZONING Conflicts of interest in zoning actions. . . . . 1-126 et seq. See: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN ZONING ACTIONS Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CHTi:20 ---PAGE BREAK--- A ABANDONMENT Abandoned buildings Mothballin, registration of . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-19.2 Abandoned property Disposition within twenty-four hours . . 3-7-23 Impoundment and disposal, authority for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-24 Streets, prohibited on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-22 Abandoned vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-134 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Abandonment of property—Prohibited— Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-21 Animals and fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-26 Iceboxes, refrigerators, etc.—Leaving aban- doned, unattended, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-28 ABATEMENT Adult entertainment Abatement as sanitary nuisance. . . . . . . 6-1-25 Advertising matter Removed within five days after date of event advertised, to be. . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-10 Animals and fowl Livestock Stock pens, etc., allowed by permis- sion of board of health only; re- moval and abatement . . . . . . . . . 4-1-51 Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities Penalties remedies and abatement of nuisance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-78 Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2(b) Electrical utilities Removal of disused poles, wires, etc. . . . 6-3-14 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Injunction, abatement, etc. . . . . . . . . . 3-3-31 Historic preservation Detention ponds Maintenance of detention/retention ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65(b) Litter control Construction-site litter, removal of. . . . . 4-2-23 Special occasions, removal of litter, trash and debris resulting from . . . . . . . . 4-2-22 Motor vehicles and traffic Abandoned vehicles Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-139 Parking on property of others Removal; impoundment . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2(b) Nuisances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-4 et seq. See: NUISANCES ABATEMENT (Cont'd.) Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Containers and receptacles Removal of receptacles from streets or sidewalks following collec- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-49 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING ABUSE Abusive or insulting language . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-6 ACCUMULATIONS Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities Environmental management, general . . 7-2-65 Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 Scrap tire management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-74 Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Accumulation of garbage, etc.—Gen- erally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-38 ACIDS Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Containers and receptacles Acids or harmful fluids, putting, in receptacles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-47 ADMINISTRATION. See also specific sub- jects Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-30 et seq. See:ADMINISTRATOR FORAUGUSTA- RICHMOND COUNTY Procurement, public, ethics in Penalties and sanctions Augusta-Richmond County Adminis- trator, legal or disciplinary ac- tion by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(b) ADMINISTRATOR FOR AUGUSTA-RICH- MOND COUNTY Administrative duties, general . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-41 Bond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-34 Books, records, departments', examination of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-37 Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-36 Full time to duties of office, to devote . . . . 1-2-40 Oath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-35 Office created. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-30 Political activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-39 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:1 ---PAGE BREAK--- ADMINISTRATOR FOR AUGUSTA-RICH- MOND COUNTY (Cont'd.) Procurement, public, ethics in Penalties and sanctions Augusta-Richmond County Adminis- trator, legal or disciplinary ac- tion by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(b) Public works, duties regarding. . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-42 Purchasing, duties regarding; delegation to subordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-38 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-32 Reports, receiving and transmitting; use of Augusta-Richmond County property; claims against Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-43 Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-33 Suspension, removal by commission; hear- ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-31 Tax recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-44 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Abatement as sanitary nuisance . . . . . . . . . 6-1-25 Alcoholic beverages Adult entertainment establishments . . . 6-2-27 Appeal; procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-17 Application Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-12 Investigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-13 Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-11 Certain activities prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-4 Cleaning of permitted premises . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-22 Commission hearing of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-18 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-2 Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-10 Approval for employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-10(b) Contractors, independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-10(c) Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-10(a) Erotic dance establishment regulations . . . 6-1-3 Evidence, rules of, inapplicable . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-19 Findings; public purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 Live adult entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42 et seq. See: LIVE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-9 Location, change of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-16 Minors, admission of, unlawful . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-7 Minors, sales to, unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-8 Name, change of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-16 Nontransferable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-15 Nuisance, unlawful operation declared . . . 6-1-21 Obscene devices not permitted . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-26 Permit and business tax certificate re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-5 Sealing for unsanitary or unsafe conditions 6-1-24 Self-inspection of permitted premises. . . . . 6-1-23 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-27 Unpermitted premises, operation of, unlaw- ful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-6 Violations; penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-20 ADVERTISING Advertising matter Indecent posters, handbills, etc. . . . . . . . 3-7-7 Indiscriminate distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-9 Posting without consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-8 Removal of posters from billboards with- out permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-12 Removed within five days after date of event advertised, to be. . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-10 Vehicles, prohibited on windshield or body of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-11 Alcoholic beverages Advertising signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-13 Licensing Applicant for new license to give pub- lic notice, furnish proof of adver- tisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-58 Litter control Handbills and advertising matter, dis- tributing, in automobiles, on pri- vate property prohibited; excep- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-13 Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Loudspeakers, amplifiers for advertis- ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(c) Procurements Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Rejecting bids; negotiating; re-adver- tisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-52 Taxicabs Advertising on or in taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-40 AFFIDAVITS Ambulances Drivers, attendants and attendant-driv- ers, licenses for Generally—Application; fee; affida- vits and photographs required . 6-7-77 Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Conditions of permit Affidavit, issued on basis of . . . . . . 7-1-89(b) AFFIRMATION. See: OATH, AFFIRMATION, SWEAR OR SWORN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Personnel Affirmative action Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-60 AGENCIES. See: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES AGREEMENTS. See: CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:2 ---PAGE BREAK--- AGRICULTURE Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Groundwater protection standards Agricultural impoundments . . . . . . 8-6-11(b) AIR CONDITIONING. See: HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING AIR PRESSURE TANKS Water and sewers Fire protection service Air pressure tanks for dry systems . . 5-2-26 AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT Aviation commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-1 et seq. See: AVIATION COMMISSIONS Weapons, dangerous or deadly, prohibited in airport facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-45 AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS Iceboxes, refrigerators, etc.—Leaving aban- doned, unattended, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-28 ALARM SYSTEMS Electrical utilities Fire alarm, attaching wires to poles of . 6-3-13 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Adult entertainment establishments . . . . . 6-2-27 Findings; public purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-27(a) Sale or consumption of alcohol prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-27(b) Adulteration of beverages, refilling bottles, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-11 Advertising signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-13 Cash, consideration of goods bought or sold to be in; exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-31 Catered functions, sales off premises for Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-141 Event permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-143 Licensed alcoholic beverage caterers el- igible for off-premise licenses; ap- plication fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-142 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-145 Violations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-144 Copy of regulations to be maintained on premises; employees to be instructed 6-2-10 Days sales allowed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-8 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-2 Departments and other agencies Excise tax Malt beverages, whiskey, wine Coliseum authority, appropriation of beer excise tax revenue to 6-2-105 Licensing Commission, review of application by 6-2-61 Inspection of application by license inspector; investigation by sher- iff; provision of information to license and inspection depart- ment upon request . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.) Deputies and firefighters, attendance of Managers, etc. to apply therefor . . . . . . . 6-8-2 Payment for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-3 Required, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-1 Disciplinary action against licensee, notice to Augusta-Richmond County of. . . . . 6-2-7 Drunk and disorderly persons, confine- ment of, in law enforcement center or stockade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-2 Enter premises for enforcement purposes, right of Augusta-Richmond County officials to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-6 Excise tax Malt beverages, whiskey, wine Coliseum authority, appropriation of beer excise tax revenue to . . . . . 6-2-105 Collection fee discount; penalties for nonpayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-104 Levy; schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-101 Malt beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-101(a) Whiskey and wine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-101(b) Other license fees, etc., in addition to 6-2-102 Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-103 Finance Excise tax. See herein that subject Financial transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-28 Mixed drinks. See herein that subject Financial transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-28 Games of chance; cause for suspension or revocation of license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-24 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-4 Hours of sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-14 Illumination of certain premises . . . . . . . . . 6-2-12 Inspections Licensing Inspection of application by license inspector; investigation by sher- iff; provision of information to license and inspection depart- ment upon request . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 Mixed drinks. See herein that subject Inventory to be kept under lock and key when sale prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-17 License and inspection, director of Mixed drinks. See herein that subject Licenses and permits Catered functions, sales off premises for Event permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-143 Licensed alcoholic beverage caterers eligible for off-premise licenses; application fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-142 Licensing. See herein that subject Licensing Applicant for new license to give public notice, furnish proof of advertise- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-58 Augusta-Richmond County employees holding licenses prohibited . . . . . . . 6-2-57 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:3 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.) Brewpubs and breweries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-53 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-53(b) Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-53(a) Terms of license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-53(c) Brown-bagging, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-56 Cancellation of licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-73 Commission, review of application by . . 6-2-61 Order of consideration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-61(b) Procedures—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-61(a) Considerations, additional . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-65 Criteria for license approval—Personal qualifications of applicants . . . . . . . 6-2-62 Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-62(c) Citizenship; residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-62(a) Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-62(e) Interest in Business; Involvement in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-62(d) Moral character; criminal record . . . . 6-2-62(b) Denial of application to renew license. . 6-2-72 Display of license required . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-69 Eating establishment and entertain- ment venue; authority to sell for consumption on premises . . . . . . . . 6-2-52 Excise tax Other license fees, etc., in addition to 6-2-102 Fee, license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-67 Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-67(b) Due and payable, when . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-67(a) Proration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-67(c) Refund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-67(d) Filing application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59 Date due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59(b) Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59(c) Form; information to be provided . . . 6-2-59(a) Untrue or misleading information; ma- terial omissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59(d) Individuals not eligible for license . . . . . 6-2-63 Inspection of application by license in- spector; investigation by sheriff; pro- vision of information to license and inspection department upon re- quest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 Location restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-64 Locations of licensees, distance between 6-2-76 Nontransferable; exceptions; fee; new ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-70 Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-70(b) Fee for transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-70(c) Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-70(a) New ownership; retail alcoholic bev- erage licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-70(d) Off-premises consumption and sale by the drink at same location . . . . . . . 6-2-54 On-premises consumption, selling by the drink without license for, prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-55 Probation, suspension and revocation . . 6-2-74 Probation, suspension and revocation, procedure for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-75 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.) Renewal of licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-71 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-51 Single event; occasional license . . . . . . . . 6-2-77 Term of license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-68 Time limit for acquiring licenses once approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-66 Minors Employment of persons under eighteen years of age prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-26 Furnishing to minors Penalty for violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-20 Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-19 Licensing Considerations, additional . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-65 Misrepresentation Licensing Filing application Untrue or misleading information; material omissions . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59(d) Mixed drinks Deficiency determinations Penalty for fraud or intent to evade 6-2-121(e) Determination if no return made Penalty for fraud or intent to evade 6-2-122(d) Mixed drinks Administration of article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125 Disclosure of business of operators, etc.; limitations on rule. . . . . . . . 6-2-125(f) License and Inspection, Director of, Authority of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125(a) Records, examination of; audits . . . . . 6-2-125(d) Records required for operators, etc.; form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125(c) Reports, authority to require; con- tents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125(e) Rules and regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125(b) Collection of tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124 Action for tax; time for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(c) Liability for failure to withhold; cer- tificate of notice of amount due; time to enforce successor's lia- bility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(e) Notices, notification Delinquency, notice of, to persons holding, credits or property of delinquent; time for; duty of persons so notified. . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(b) Liability for failure to withhold; certificate of notice of amount due; time to enforce successor's liability . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(e) Security, Director of License and Inspection may exact; amount; sale of; notice of sale, return of surplus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(a) Refund of tax, penalty or interest paid more than once or illegally collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(f) AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:4 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.) Security, Director of License and In- spection may exact; amount; sale of; notice of sale, return of sur- plus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(a) Successors or assignees of operator, duty of, to withhold tax from purchase money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(d) Deficiency determinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121 Interest on deficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(b) Notice of Director of License and Inspection's determination; ser- vice of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(f) Offsetting of overpayment . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(c) Penalty for fraud or intent to evade . 6-2-121(e) Penalty; negligence or disregard of rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(d) Recomputation of tax; authority to make; basis of recomputation . . 6-2-121(a) Time within which notice of defi- ciency determination to be mailed 6-2-121(g) Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-116 Determination if no return made . . . . . . 6-2-122 Computation, manner of; offsets; in- terest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-122(b) Estimate of gross receipts . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-122(a) Interest on amount found due . . . . . . 6-2-122(c) Notice, giving of; manner of service . 6-2-122(e) Penalty for fraud or intent to evade . 6-2-122(d) Determinations, returns and payments 6-2-120 Collection fee allowed operators. . . . . 6-2-120(e) Contents of return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-120(c) Delivery of return and remittance. . . 6-2-120(d) Due date of taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-120(a) Return; time of filing; persons re- quired to file; execution . . . . . . . 6-2-120(b) Imposition and rate of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-117 Inspections Administration of article License and Inspection, Director of, Authority of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125(a) Collection of tax Security, Director of License and Inspection may exact; amount; sale of; notice of sale, return of surplus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(a) Deficiency determinations Notice of Director of License and Inspection's determination; service of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(f) License and inspection Administration of article License and Inspection, Director of, Authority of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125(a) Collection of tax Security, Director of License and Inspection may exact; amount; sale of; notice of sale, return of surplus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(a) ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.) Deficiency determinations Notice of Director of License and Inspection's determination; service of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(f) Notices, notification Collection of tax. See within this sub- heading that subject Deficiency determinations Notice of Director of License and Inspection's determination; service of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(f) Time within which notice of defi- ciency determination to be mailed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(g) Determination if no return made Notice, giving of; manner of service 6-2-122(e) Officers and employees Administration of article License and Inspection, Director of, Authority of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125(a) Collection of tax Security, Director of License and Inspection may exact; amount; sale of; notice of sale, return of surplus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(a) Deficiency determinations Notice of Director of License and Inspection's determination; service of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(f) Penalties and interest for failure to pay tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-123 Persons liable for tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-119 Purchaser's receipt; creditor deferred pay- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-118 Records and reports Administration of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-125 Determination if no return made. . . . 6-2-122 Determinations, returns and pay- ments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-120 Purchaser's receipt; creditor deferred payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-118 Revocation of license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-126 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-127 Notices, notification Disciplinary action against licensee, no- tice to Augusta-Richmond County of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-7 Licensing Applicant for new license to give pub- lic notice, furnish proof of adver- tisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-58 Mixed drinks. See herein that subject Officers and employees Enter premises for enforcement pur- poses, right of Augusta-Richmond County officials to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-6 Licensing Augusta-Richmond County employ- ees holding licenses prohibited . 6-2-57 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:5 ---PAGE BREAK--- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.) Inspection of application by license inspector; investigation by sher- iff; provision of information to license and inspection depart- ment upon request . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 Mixed drinks. See herein that subject Orderly manner, premises to be kept in, with outside gatherings of patrons restricted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-21 Parks Lake Olmstead Liquor or drugs, persons under influ- ence of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-52 Parks, playgrounds, public streets and pub- lic areas owned or operated by Au- gusta, consumption at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-5 Pedestrians' rights and duties Drunks, drivers must use due care with 3-5-53 Pedestrian under influence. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-54 Persons under eighteen years of age, em- ployment of, prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-26 Prices to be indicated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-18 Privilege, not a right, sale a . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-3 Procurements Mixed drinks Collection of tax Successors or assignees of opera- tor, duty of, to withhold tax from purchase money . . . . . . . 6-2-124(d) Purchaser's receipt; creditor deferred payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-118 Wholesaler, licensed, licensee purchases from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-29 Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-1 Reading of regulations required. . . . . . . . . . 6-2-9 Records and reports Licensing Criteria for license approval—Per- sonal qualifications of appli- cants Moral character; criminal record. . 6-2-62(b) Filing application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59 Mixed drinks. See herein that subject Riverwalk, sales at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-22 Sanitation requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-23 Solicitation of drinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-30 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Parks, playgrounds, public streets and public areas owned or operated by Augusta, consumption at. . . . . . . . . 6-2-5 Riverwalk, sales at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-22 Sunday sales of beer and wine in public stadiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-16 Subterfuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-33 Sunday sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-15 Sunday sales of beer and wine in public stadiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-16 Taxation Excise tax. See herein that subject ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.) Licensing Considerations, additional . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-65 Mixed drinks. See herein that subject Taxicabs Prohibited actions by driver . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-22 Violations; unlawful activities. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-32 Visual obstructions prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-25 Wholesaler, licensed, licensee purchases from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-29 AMBULANCES Access, right of, of health officer . . . . . . . . . 6-7-65 Ambulance licenses Defacing, removing, etc., official entry upon license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-75 Generally—Application; fee . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-68 Inspections of vehicles, equipment and premises; powers of health officer— Generally; reports of inspections. . 6-7-72 Investigation of applicant and proposed operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-70 Issuance—Generally; term; findings pre- requisite to issuance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-71 Liability insurance required. . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-69 Number of ambulance licenses limited . 6-7-76 Ownership of ambulance, effect of change of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-74 Transfer to another vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-73 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-62 Drivers, attendants and attendant-drivers, licenses for Assignability and transferability. . . . . . . 6-7-80 Defacing, removing, etc., official entry upon license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-81 Generally—Application; fee; affidavits and photographs required. . . . . . . . 6-7-77 Investigation of applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-78 Issuance—Generally; term; findings pre- requisite to issuance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-79 Equipment, required; regulations promul- gated by health officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-64 Licenses and permits Ambulance licenses. See herein that sub- ject Drivers, attendants and attendant-driv- ers, licenses for. See herein that subject Renewal of licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-82 Required; exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-67 Suspension and revocation of licenses. . 6-7-83 Officers and employees Access, right of, of health officer . . . . . . . 6-7-65 Ambulance licenses Inspections of vehicles, equipment and premises; powers of health offic- er—Generally; reports of inspec- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-72 Equipment, required; regulations pro- mulgated by health officer . . . . . . . 6-7-64 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:6 ---PAGE BREAK--- AMBULANCES (Cont'd.) Service required of public ambulances . . . . 6-7-66 Vehicular requirements—Generally . . . . . . 6-7-63 Violations and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-84 AMPLIFIERS. See: LOUDSPEAKERS, AM- PLIFIERS, ETC. AMUSEMENT GAMES Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46 Affect on machine owner's other statu- tory duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46(e) Amusement game permit required. . . . . 6-6-46(b) Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46(a) Failure to apply for permit . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46(d) Purpose of securing permit. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46(c) AMUSEMENT PARKS Business tax certificate required . . . . . . . . . 6-6-38(a) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-38(b) AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Alcoholic beverages Licensing Eating establishment and entertain- ment venue; authority to sell for consumption on premises. . . . . . 6-2-52 Amusement game permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46 et seq. See: AMUSEMENT GAMES Amusement parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-38 Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-38(a) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-38(b) Daniel Field Acrobatic flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-24 Deputies and firefighters, attendance of Managers, etc. to apply therefor . . . . . . . 6-8-2 Payment for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-3 Required, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-1 Live adult entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42 et seq. See: LIVE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ANIMAL CONTROL BOARD Cruelty Animal control department, authority of, in case of animal neglect . . . . . . 4-1-27(f) Dangerous dog control law, state, imple- mentation of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-4(b) Duties and responsibilities of board mem- bers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-6 ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT Creation of; duties of animal control offic- ers—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-2 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-3 Assistant director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-3(b) Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-3(a) Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-3(c) Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-3(d) ANIMALS AND FOWL Animal control board members, duties and responsibilities of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-6 Animal control department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-2 et seq. See: ANIMAL CONTROL DEPART- MENT Animals Abandonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-26 Birds Dead fowl, disposal of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-29 Fowl running at large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-33 Killing, etc., wild or migratory birds. 4-1-31 Sanctuary, urban services district de- clared. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-30 Trapping wild birds; robbing nests . . 4-1-32 Control, duty of owner to keep dog and cat under; stray animals prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-21 Cruelty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-27 Animal control department, author- ity of, in case of animal neglect 4-1-27(f) Diseased or crippled animal, keeping 4-1-27(e) Failure to care for and maintain . . . . 4-1-27(d) Permitted acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-27(b) Physical abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-27(c) Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-27(a) Dead animals and fowl, disposal of . . . . 4-1-29 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-16 Disposition of impounded animals . . . . . 4-1-25 Adoption of animals impounded. . . . . 4-1-25(b) Impounded animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-25(a) Injured animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-25(d) Unclaimed animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-25(c) Evidence of vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-18 Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-18(a) Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-18(b) Three-year vaccine used, where . . . . . 4-1-18(c) Female dog in heat, permitting, to roam free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-28 Fowl running at large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-33 Identification and vaccination tag to be worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-19 Collar required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-19(a) Duty of owner to provide collar . . . . . 4-1-19(b) Impounding dogs and cats at large . . . . 4-1-23 Impounding dogs and cats where owner unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-24 Leash, etc., dogs on public streets to be on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-22 Unauthorized attachment and removal of tags, collars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-20 Vaccination Evidence of vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-18 Identification and vaccination tag to be worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-19 Provisions re; when required . . . . . . . 4-1-17 Canals Washing clothes, animals, etc.; deposit- ing offensive matter; polluting. . . . 1-9-18 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:7 ---PAGE BREAK--- ANIMALS AND FOWL (Cont'd.) Dangerous dog control law, state, imple- mentation of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-4 Animal control board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-4(b) Dog control officer, designation of. . . . . . 4-1-4(a) Fee for ownership of dangerous dog. . . . 4-1-4(c) Departments and other agencies Animal control board members, duties and responsibilities of . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-6 Animal control department. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-2 et seq. See: ANIMAL CONTROL DEPART- MENT Dangerous dog control law, state, imple- mentation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-4 Animal control board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-4(b) Enforcement Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-61 Horses, etc., riding, in disorderly manner . 4-1-5 Impoundment Disposition of impounded animals . . . . . 4-1-25 Dogs and cats at large, impounding. . . . 4-1-23 Dogs and cats where owner unknown, impounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-24 Livestock Impoundment of livestock straying . . 4-1-53 Notice of impoundment of livestock . 4-1-54 Livestock Impoundment of livestock straying . . . . 4-1-53 Notice of impoundment of livestock . . . . 4-1-54 Running at large or stray . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-52 Stock pens, etc., allowed by permission of board of health only; removal and abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-51 Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Animals, birds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(e) Officers and employees Animal control board members, duties and responsibilities of . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-6 Animal control department. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-2 et seq. See: ANIMAL CONTROL DEPART- MENT Dangerous dog control law, state, imple- mentation of Animal control board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-4(b) Dog control officer, designation of . . . 4-1-4(a) Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-41 et seq. See: PARKS AND RECREATION Running at large Dogs and cats at large, impounding. . . . 4-1-23 Fowl running at large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-33 Livestock Running at large or stray . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-52 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-1 Sterilization of dogs and cats Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-71 Failure to comply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-73 Required; exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-72 Vaccinations Animals. See herein that subject APPEALS Adult entertainment Appeal; procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-17 Commission hearing of appeal. . . . . . . . . 6-1-18 Boards, commissions and authorities . . . . . 1-4-3 Buildings and building regulations Maintenance—Generally Appeals to construction advisory board 7-1-136 Business tax certificates Occupation tax appeals board . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37 Construction advisory board Appeals proceedings Authorized; filing notice of appeal. . . 7-1-56 Decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-57 Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Administration of article Appeals to planning commission from decision of director-build- ing official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-41 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-30 Fire prevention, bureau of Orders, service of; compliance; appeal. . 3-3-15 Historic preservation commission Certificate of appropriateness, applica- tion to preservation commission for Appeals to Augusta Commission; me- diation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-32 Human relations commission Remedies/appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-127 Mass gatherings Events consisting of more than five per- sons on public property Appeal and Judicial Review . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(c) Personnel Personnel system Employee dismissal, right to appeal . 1-7-19 Planning and zoning Subdivision covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9-3 Trees Appeals and variances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-14 Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County Zoning board of appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-88 Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-67 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Stormwater drainage and management. . . 5-1-12 Streetlighting Grading permit Appeal procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-50 Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards State of repair, determination of proper; appeal of determina- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(f) Water and sewers Wastewater Discharge permit requirements . . . . . 5-3-7(g) AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:8 ---PAGE BREAK--- APPLIANCES Fire prevention, bureau of Inspections Hazards and appliances, special . . . . 3-3-11 ARCADES Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT License to operate arcades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45 Application for license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(g) Business Tax Certificate required. . . . . . 6-6-45(e) Cost of arcade license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(i) Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(a) Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Individuals not eligible for license . . . . . 6-6-45(c) Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(j) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(f) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(h) Zoning, proper, required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(d) ASBESTOSAND BIOLOGICAL WASTE, DIS- POSAL OF Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-51 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-53 Manifest form required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-52 Out-of-county waste prohibited . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-54 Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-55 ASSAULT AND BATTERY Sheriffs' department, officers of—Assault- ing, interfering with, etc. Prohibited. 3-7-17 ASSEMBLIES Daniel Field Height of aircraft when over urban ser- vices district or assembly of per- sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-20 Deputies and firefighters, attendance of Managers, etc. to apply therefor . . . . . . . 6-8-2 Payment for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-3 Required, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-1 Fire prevention, bureau of Inspections Assembly, places of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-12 Mass gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-1 et seq. See: MASS GATHERINGS ASTROLOGER. See: FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC. ATTORNEYS Fire prevention, bureau of Augusta-Richmond County attorney, duty of, to assist in investigation of fires, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-16 Personnel County attorney to defend county em- ployees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-2 Solicitor General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-12 AUDITS Alcoholic beverages Mixed drinks Administration of article Records, examination of; audits. . . 6-2-125(d) Budget, auditing requirements. . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-1 et seq. See: FINANCE Human relations commission Financial records, inspection and audit of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-121 Procurements Contract administration and manage- ment Auditing records, contractual provi- sions for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-90 Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Audit records, right to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-55 AUGUSTA. See: AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY AUGUSTA AVIATION COMMISSION Augusta RegionalAirport, rates and charges for use at Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.6 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.1 Effective date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.2 Indemnity and insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5 Certificate(s) of Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5(d) Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5(a) Liability Insurance Requirements . . . 1-3-8.5(b) Waiver of Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5(e) Workers Compensation Insurance . . . 1-3-8.5(c) Privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.3 Common Use Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.3(e) Exclusive Use Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.3(c) Preferential Use Premises . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.3(d) Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.3(b) Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.3(a) Surrender of Possession . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.3(f) Space rentals and use charges. . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4 Contract Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(g) Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(h) Invoicing Landing Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(e) Invoicing Terminal Rentals and Air- craft Parking Apron Rentals . . . 1.3-8.4(d) Landing Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(b) Payment of Invoices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(f) Report, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(c) Terminal Building Space Rentals. . . . 1-3-8.4(a) Chairman, election of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-3 Creation; appointment and terms of mem- bers; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-1 Mayor to be ex officio member; member to serve without compensation . . . . . . . . 1-3-2 Meeting rules, to make; reports to Augusta- Richmond County Commission; inspec- tion of minutes and documents . . . . . 1-3-8 Powers and duties Airport manager, employment of. . . . . . . 1-3-6 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:9 ---PAGE BREAK--- AUGUSTAAVIATION COMMISSION (Cont'd.) Airport managers, powers, duties, sal- ary, etc., of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-7 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-5 Qualifications of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-4 AUGUSTA REGIONAL Airports and aviation General aviation commission, adoption of rules and regulations of . . . . . . . 1-3-43 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(d) AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ADMIN- ISTRATOR. See:ADMINISTRATOR FOR AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ATTOR- NEY Fire prevention, bureau of Augusta-Richmond County attorney, duty of, to assist in investigation of fires, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-16 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMIS- SION. See: COMMISSION AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ENGI- NEER Motor vehicles and traffic Speed regulations Augusta-Richmond County traffic en- gineer, authority of. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-18 Traffic-control devices Augusta-Richmond County traffic en- gineer to designate crosswalks and establish safety zones . . . . . 3-5-11 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY PROP- ERTY Commission administrative office . . . . . . . . 1-2-94 Commission office hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-93 Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-95 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-96 Vehicle decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-98 Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-97 AUTHORITIES. See: BOARDS, COMMIS- SIONS AND AUTHORITIES AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARDS, SALVAGE/ RECYCLING FACILITIES Definitions Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-63 Effective date Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-81 Enforcement Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-76 Environmental management, general Accumulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-65 General management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-64 Land use requirements Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-70 AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARDS, SALVAGE/ RECYCLING FACILITIES (Cont'd.) Licenses and permits Procedures: registration and permit- ting. See herein that subject Penalties remedies and abatement of nui- sance Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-78 Procedures: registration and permitting Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-74 Locations, existing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-71 Locations, new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-72 Permit required for automobile wreck- ing yard, automobile used parts lot, junkyard, salvage yard, recy- cling facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-73 Permitting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-75 Registration Procedures: registration and permit- ting. See herein that subject Repeal of conflicting resolutions or ordi- nances Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-80 Severability Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-79 Violations Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-77 Yard maintenance, general Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-69 Yard management, general Storage/containment area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-68 Vehicular waste management . . . . . . . . . 7-2-67 Waste management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-66 AVIATION COMMISSIONS Airports and aviation General aviation commission, adoption of rules and regulations of Augusta Regional Ordinance, for. . . . 1-3-43 Daniel Field, for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-42 Augusta Aviation Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-1 et seq. See: AUGUSTA AVIATION COMMIS- SION Daniel Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-17 et seq. See: DANIEL FIELD General aviation commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-9 et seq. See: GENERAL AVIATION COMMIS- SION B BANKS. See: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BATHING Parks Lakes, ponds or fountains, fishing or bathing in—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 Reservoirs, bathing in, throwing articles into, or washing dogs, clothes, etc., in 5-2-31 River or canal, bathing or swimming in. . . 1-9-4 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:10 ---PAGE BREAK--- BATTERY. See: ASSAULT AND BATTERY BEER. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BELLS Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Siren, whistle or bell, illegal use of . . 3-5-104 BICYCLES Effect of regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-58 Traffic ordinances apply to persons riding bicycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-59 Traffic-control devices, obedience to . . . . . . 3-5-60 BIOLOGICAL WASTE, DISPOSAL OF. See: ASBESTOSAND BIOLOGICAL WASTE, DISPOSAL OF BLASTING AGENTS. See: EXPLOSIVES BLOWERS Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(o) BOARD OF HEALTH. See: HEALTH, BOARD OF BOARDINGHOUSES Bellboys, porters, etc., registration of . . . . . 3-7-27 Guests, registration of, inspections, etc.. . . 3-7-26 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORI- TIES. See also: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-3 Appointment; qualifications; prohibition against appointment to more than one board or authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-1 Attendance at meetings; removal. . . . . . . . . 1-4-1.1 Ethics, code of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-2 Removal; procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-4 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(h) BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS Bathing or swimming in river or canal . . . 1-9-4 Canal—generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-16 et seq. See: CANALS Cutting away earth from levee or bank . . . 1-9-2 Fishing near of canal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-1 Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 et seq. See: PARKS AND RECREATION Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Streams without established base flood elevations and/or floodways (A-zones), stan- dards for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-45 Police power, extent of, on certain bridges 1-9-5 Trash, etc., throwing, in river . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-3 Water power, use for—generally. . . . . . . . . . 1-9-22 et seq. See: CANALS BOND ISSUANCE/ISSUES Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(b) BONDS, SURETY OR PERFORMANCE Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-34 Alcoholic beverages Mixed drinks Collection of tax Security, Director of License and Inspection may exact; amount; sale of; notice of sale, return of surplus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(a) Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Space rentals and use charges Contract Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(g) Cemeteries Superintendent of cemeteries Generally; bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-2 Clerk of commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-60 Construction trades Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Mass gatherings Permit Bond requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-8 Pawnbrokers Bond required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-7 Planning and zoning Subdivision of land Plats Guarantee in lieu of completion . . 8-3-3 Trees Landscape establishment bond. . . . . . 8-4-13 Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-36 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Soil erosion and sedimentation control Penalties and incentives Bond forfeiture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37.C Streetlighting Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards Abatement; bonding requirement . 7-3-29(g) Temporary and transient vendors Application; bond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(c) Transient vendors Application; bond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-5 Water and sewers Wastewater Enforcement action, supplemental Performance Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-15(a) BOOKSTORES Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:11 ---PAGE BREAK--- BOUNDARIES Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Site drawings; boundary line survey. 7-1-83 Historic preservation Historic districts and properties, recom- mendation and designation of Designation of historic district Boundaries of historic district . . . . 7-4-13(b) Designation of historic property Boundary description . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-14(b) BOXES, CRATES, BALES, ETC. Litter control Crates, boxes, etc., keeping, on streets and sidewalks prohibited; excep- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-11 Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Loading, unloading, opening boxes . . 3-6-2(i) BREWPUBS AND BREWERIES Alcoholic beverages Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-53 BRIDGES AND CULVERTS Boats, docks and waterways Police power, extent of, on certain bridges 1-9-5 Canals Culverts, stone, concrete or brick, for flumes, etc., in streets . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-16 BROKERS Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-3 Business tax certificate required . . . . . . . . . 6-6-2 Conduct of business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-6 Inspection of merchandise purchased . . 6-6-6(b) Minors, dealing with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-6(c) Records of transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-6(a) Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-1 Money lenders, except banks and like in- stitutions, as pawnbrokers. . . . . . . . . . 6-6-14 Pawnbrokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-7 et seq. See: PAWNBROKERS Penalty for violation of chapter . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-15 Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-4 Suspension, right of, by license and inspec- tion department; revocation . . . . . . . . 6-6-5 BRUSH. See: WEEDS AND BRUSH BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS Alteration or repair of existing building . . 7-1-5 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(h) Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(b) Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(c) Federal or state authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(g) Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(d) Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(a) BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS (Cont'd.) Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(e) Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(f) Referenced standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(i) Asbestos and biological waste, disposal of. 4-2-51 et seq. See: ASBESTOS AND BIOLOGICAL WASTE, DISPOSAL OF Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Space rentals and use charges Terminal Building Space Rentals . 1-3-8.4(a) Cemeteries Lots, sale and maintenance of Monuments, structures, etc.,Augusta- Richmond County not responsi- ble for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-32 Certificates, certification Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy. See herein that subject Certificates of occupancy. See herein: Per- mits, Inspections and Certificates of Occupancy Code remedial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-3 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-3(a) Permitting and inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-3(c) Quality control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-3(b) Codes Code remedial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-3 Structural standards and requirements Technical codes Adopted by reference . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-16 Conflicts with chapter provisions . 7-1-17 Construction advisory board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-46 et seq. See: CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY BOARD Construction trades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 et seq. See: CONSTRUCTION TRADES Contractors Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy. See herein that subject Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Administration of article Appeals to planning commission from decision of director-build- ing official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-41 Inspector of buildings to enforce regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-40 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Conflicts with building code . . . . . . . . 3-3-28 Special hazard buildings and struc- tures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-25 Fire prevention, bureau of Inspections Enter buildings or premises, author- ity to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-10 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:12 ---PAGE BREAK--- BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS (Cont'd.) Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-1 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Inspections Code remedial Permitting and inspection . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-3(c) Maintenance—Generally Administration and enforcement of standards Authority and inspections. . . . . . . . 7-1-134(b) Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy. See herein that subject Installation or maintenance by homeowner 7-1-9 Landmark historic property, preferential classification and assessment of. . . . . 7-1-8 License and inspection department. . . . . . . 7-1-26 et seq. See: LICENSE AND INSPECTION DE- PARTMENT Licenses and permits Code remedial Permitting and inspection . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-3(c) License and inspection department . . . . 7-1-26 et seq. See: LICENSE AND INSPECTION DEPARTMENT Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy. See herein that subject Litter control Construction-site litter, removal of. . . . . 4-2-23 Maintenance Generally. See herein: Maintenance— Generally Homeowner, installation or maintenance by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-9 Maintenance—Generally Administration and enforcement of stan- dards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-134 Authority and inspections . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-134(b) Authority to enforce standards. . . . . . 7-1-134(a) Notice of violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-134(c) Notice, service of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-134(d) Appeals to construction advisory board. 7-1-136 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-132 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-135 Maintenance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-133 Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-133(d) Exterior surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-133(a) Fences, retaining walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-133(b) Foundations, wall and roofs . . . . . . . . 7-1-133(e) Insect and rodent control, exterior . . 7-1-133(c) Premises, exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-133(g) Stairs, porches, railings, outdoor . . . . 7-1-133(f) Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-131 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-138 Supplemental nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-137 Mothballing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-19 et seq. See herein: Structural Standards and Requirements BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS (Cont'd.) Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-49 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Buildings, construction or repair of. . 3-6-2(j) Nuisances Abatement Director-building official, powers of, to abate nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-41 Injunctions against order to abate nui- sance, repair, close, or demolish unfit dwellings, buildings or struc- tures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-7 Occupancy, change in, of existing building 7-1-6 Permits, inspections and certificates of oc- cupancy Building permit card, posting; keeping approved drawings available for inspection at site required . . . . . . . 7-1-92 Certificates, certification Completion, certificate of . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-103 Occupancy, certificates of . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-101 Building occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-101(a) Prerequisites to issuance; contents 7-1-101(b) Temporary/partial certificates of oc- cupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-101(c) Occupancy, certificates of, for existing buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-102 Commencing work without permit pro- hibited; penalty for violation . . . . . 7-1-91 Conditions of permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-89 Affidavit, issued on basis of. . . . . . . . . 7-1-89(b) Intent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-89(a) Contractors Filing contractor permit and certifica- tion; when required; penalty for violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-93 Permit application; exceptions Contractors only, issuance to . . . . . 7-1-81(h) Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-87 Drawings and specifications. . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-82 Additional data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-82(b) Design professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-82(c) Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-82(a) Structural and fire resistance integ- rity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-82(d) Examination of permit applications and documents; inspection of buildings prior to permit decisions . . . . . . . . . 7-1-85 Filing contractor permit and certifica- tion; when required; penalty for violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-93 Floor loads, posting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-105 Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-105(a) Signs required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-105(c) Storage and facility-industrial occu- pancies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-105(b) CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:13 ---PAGE BREAK--- BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS (Cont'd.) Foundation pending permit issuance, spe- cial permits for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-88 Hazardous occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-84 Building floor plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-84(b) General site plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-84(a) Inspections Certificate of occupancy or comple- tion, inspection prior to issu- ance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-96 Existing building inspections . . . . . . . 7-1-94(a) Inspection service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-95 Manufacturers and fabricators . . . . . . 7-1-94(b) Required inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-97 Issuing permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-86 Action on permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-86(a) Public right-of-way. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-86(c) Refusal to issue permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-86(b) Permit application; exceptions. . . . . . . . . 7-1-81 Contractors only, issuance to. . . . . . . . 7-1-81(h) Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-81(b) Information required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-81(f) Minor repairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-81(e) Required, when. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-81(a) Temporary structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-81(c) Time limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-81(g) Work authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-81(d) Permit fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90 Accounting of fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90(b) Amount Fee schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90(c) Permit valuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90(d) Due and payable, when . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90(a) Plan review fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90(e) Planning and development Hazardous occupancies Building floor plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-84(b) General site plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-84(a) Permit fees Plan review fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90(e) Plaster fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-100 Reinforcing steel and structural frames 7-1-99 Service utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-104 Connection of service utilities. . . . . . . 7-1-104(a) Disconnect service utilities, authority to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-104(c) Temporary connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-104(b) Site drawings; boundary line survey . . . 7-1-83 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-106 Written approval required . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-98 Planning and development Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy. See herein that subject Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-1 Smoking prohibited in Augusta-Richmond County buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-1 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULA- TIONS (Cont'd.) Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-8 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Streets, sidewalks and other public places 3-8-3 et seq. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES Structural standards and requirements Mothballing Annual compliance inspections. . . . . . 7-1-19.8 Boarding specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-19.5 Completion period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-19.6 Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-19.9 General mothballing procedures . . . . 7-1-19.4 Initial compliance inspection. . . . . . . . 7-1-19.7 Mothballing vacant structures . . . . . . 7-1-19 Registration of vacant and aban- doned buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-19.2 Specific mothballing procedures. . . . . 7-1-19.3 Technical codes Adopted by reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-16 Conflicts with chapter provisions. . . . 7-1-17 Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-2 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-1 et seq. See: UTILITIES BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION Building and building regulations . . . . . . . . 7-1-1 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-1 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Nuisances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-1 et seq. See: NUISANCES Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-1 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING BUS STOPS Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) BUSES Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-65 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Smoking and eating on buses operated by transit department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-39 BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES Address, change of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-33 Administration of article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-35 Administrative and regulatory fee struc- ture; occupation tax structure. . . . . . . 2-1-3 Amendment, repeal of provision. . . . . . . . . . 2-1-39 Amusement parks Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-38(a) Arcades, license to operate Business Tax Certificate required. . . . . . 6-6-45(e) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(h) Brokers Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-2 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:14 ---PAGE BREAK--- BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES (Cont'd.) Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-5 Businesses not covered by this ordinance . 2-1-11 Charitable purpose, exemption on grounds that business operated for . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-15 Confidentiality of returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-26 Conflicts between specific and general pro- visions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-41 Current calendar year, occupation taxes levied on business to be transacted during; filing of returns showing gross receipts during preceding calendar year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-21 Dance halls Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(d) Deny, suspend, or revoke business tax cer- tificate, right to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-38 Displayed, certificate to be. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-31 Duration of certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-30 Exemption or reduction in occupation tax, option to establish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-40 Filing of return showing actual gross re- ceipts during calendar year; proce- dure where taxes overpaid or under- paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-22 Flea markets Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-27 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-37 Fortune tellers, etc. Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department; revocation 6-6-44(f) Going-out-of-business sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47 et seq. See: GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES Government, practitioners exclusively prac- ticing for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-10 Hearing, public, requirement of, before tax increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-42 Inspections Books and records, inspections of . . . . . . 2-1-27 License and inspection, director of, du- ties of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-20 Revocation for failure to pay tax, file returns, permit inspection of books 2-1-28 Liability of officers and agents; registra- tion required; failure to obtain . . . . . . 2-1-18 License and inspection, director of, duties of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-20 Limousine service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-49 et seq. See: LIMOUSINE SERVICE Line of business, each, to be identified on business tax certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-7 Line of business, more than one. . . . . . . . . . 2-1-25 Live adult entertainment Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-42(b) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(e) BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES (Cont'd.) Location in Georgia, no, paying occupation tax of business with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-6 Locations, multiple intrastate or inter- state, allocation of gross receipts of business with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-5 Newly established businesses, payment of occupation tax by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-24 Nontransferable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-32 Number of businesses considered to be operating in Richmond County, City of Augusta, or Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-8 Occupation tax appeals board. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37 Decisions on appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37(h) Duties—Generally; compensation of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37(f) Established; membership; terms. . . . . . . 2-1-37(a) Notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37(g) Organization and frequency of meetings 2-1-37(e) Quorum and conflicts of interest. . . . . . . 2-1-37(c) Record of proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37(d) Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37(b) Occupation tax due and payable, when . . . 2-1-23 Occupation tax inapplicable where prohib- ited by law or provided for pursuant to other existing law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-12 Occupation tax levied; restrictions . . . . . . . 2-1-4 Occupation tax required; occupation tax required for business dealings in Rich- mond County, City of Augusta, and Augusta-Richmond County . . . . . . . . . 2-1-1 Penalties for violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-19 Place of business, more than one. . . . . . . . . 2-1-25 Professionals as classified in O.C.G.A. § 48- 13-9(c), paragraphs 1 through 18. . . . 2-1-9 Purpose and scope of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-13 Qualification, evidence of, required if appli- cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-17 Records and reports Confidentiality of returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-26 Current calendar year, occupation taxes levied on business to be transacted during; filing of returns showing gross receipts during preceding cal- endar year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-21 Filing of return showing actual gross receipts during calendar year; pro- cedure where taxes overpaid or un- derpaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-22 Inspections of books and records. . . . . . . 2-1-27 Occupation tax appeals board Record of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37(d) Revocation for failure to pay tax, file returns, permit inspection of books 2-1-28 Refunds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-34 Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-29 Revocation for failure to pay tax, file re- turns, permit inspection of books. . . . 2-1-28 Rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-36 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:15 ---PAGE BREAK--- BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES (Cont'd.) Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-43 State registration, evidence of, required if applicable; state registration to be displayed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-16 Street vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-39(b) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(d) Tax due and payable, when; effect of trans- acting business when tax delinquent 2-1-14 Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-8 et seq. See: TAXICABS Temporary and transient vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-40(b) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(e) Terms, construction of; definitions. . . . . . . . 2-1-2 Transient vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-5-4 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-5-7 Vending machine operators Business tax certificate required; decals 6-6-41(b) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(d) Wreckers Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-7-3 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-5 BUSINESSES Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-1 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Amusement game permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46 et seq. See: AMUSEMENT GAMES Arcades, license to operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45 et seq. See: ARCADES Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-1 et seq. See: BROKERS Business tax certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-1 et seq. See: BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES Construction trades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 et seq. See: CONSTRUCTION TRADES Dance halls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43 et seq. See: DANCE HALLS Deputies and firefighters, attendance of Managers, etc. to apply therefor . . . . . . . 6-8-2 Payment for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-3 Required, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-1 Downtown development authority. . . . . . . . 1-4-14 et seq. See: DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Electrical utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-1 et seq. See: ELECTRICAL UTILITIES Enterprise zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-1 et seq. See: ENTERPRISE ZONES BUSINESSES (Cont'd.) Flea markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-26 et seq. See: FLEA MARKETS Fortune tellers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44 et seq. See: FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC. Going-out-of-business sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47 et seq. See: GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES Historic preservation Detention ponds Maintenance of detention/retention ponds Commercial/industrial detention/ retention ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65(d) Limousine service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-48 et seq. See: LIMOUSINE SERVICE Litter control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-14 et seq. See: LITTER CONTROL Live adult entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42 et seq. See: LIVE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Masseurs and masseuses, massage parlors and/or health spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-1 et seq. See: MASSEURS AND MASSEUSES, MASSAGE PARLORS AND/OR HEALTH SPAS Minors Smoking, minors prohibited from, in re- tail establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4 Motor vehicles and traffic Stop and yield intersections, right-of- way at Emerging from alley or driveway onto residential or business street, failure to stop while. . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-47 Traffic, kinds and classes of, on certain highways Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets or high- ways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-127 Parades—Commercially sponsored parades prohibited on Saturday; exception. . . 3-7-34 Parks Commercial vehicles in parks . . . . . . . . . 1-5-40 Pawnbrokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-7 et seq. See: PAWNBROKERS Peddlers and solicitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-1 et seq. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-1 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Secondhand goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-1 et seq. See: SECONDHAND GOODS Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Commercial garbage, fees for collec- tion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-50 Street vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39 et seq. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:16 ---PAGE BREAK--- BUSINESSES (Cont'd.) Streets, sidewalks and other public places Soliciting employment of business pro- hibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-2 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5-4 et seq. See: TAXATION Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-7 et seq. See: TAXICABS Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-21 et seq. See: TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES, CABLESAND CONDUITS Temporary and transient vendors . . . . . . . . 6-6-40 et seq. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS Vehicles for hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-1 et seq. See: VEHICLES FOR HIRE Vending machine operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41 et seq. See: VENDING MACHINE OPERA- TORS Water and sewers Sewers Assessment charges Commercial or industrial users, spe- cial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-71 Water conservation restrictions Commercial standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-112 Wreckers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-1 et seq. See: WRECKERS C CAMPING Canals Occupation of bank or right of way Camping, etc., on banks . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-21 CANALS Bathing or swimming in river or canal . . . 1-9-4 Culverts, stone, concrete or brick, for flumes, etc., in streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-16 Depositing sticks, tree trimmings, etc.. . . . 1-9-19 Engine-driven boat, permit for operation of, required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-17 Fishing near of canal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-1 Occupation of bank or right of way Camping, etc., on banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-21 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-20 Rental Water power, use for—generally. See herein that subject Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(d) Streets, sidewalks and other public places Culverts, stone, concrete or brick, for flumes, etc., in streets . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-16 Occupation of bank or right of way Camping, etc., on banks . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-21 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-20 Washing clothes, animals, etc.; depositing offensive matter; polluting. . . . . . . . . . 1-9-18 CANALS (Cont'd.) Water power, use for—generally Commission, consent of, prerequisite. . . 1-9-22 Executions for unpaid water rent . . . . . . 1-9-29 Lien for unpaid water rent Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-28 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-27 Payable, when and to whom. . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-25 Rate per horsepower. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-24 Renewal leases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-30 Shutting off water upon failure to pay . 1-9-26 Terms, conditions, restrictions and lim- itations—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-23 CANVASSERS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASS- ERS AND SOLICITORS CATERED FUNCTIONS Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-141 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CEMETERIES Augusta-Richmond County cemeteries enu- merated; promulgation of governing rules, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-1 Burial outside city cemetery, permission required for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-16 Contracts and agreements Lots, sale and maintenance of. See herein that subject Destruction, etc., of tombs, monuments, trees, etc.; use of firearms, etc.. . . . . . 1-5-13 Digging graves and building vaults By whom performed; supervision . . . . . . 1-5-7 Fees, schedule of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-8 Indigent, no charge for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-9 Employees to work exclusively in cemeter- ies, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-10 Flowers, plucking, etc., without permission 1-5-14 Lots Sale and maintenance of lots. See herein: Lots, Sale and Maintenance of Trees, grass, etc., right of lot owners to cultivate; removal when danger- ous, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-12 Lots, sale and maintenance of Contracts and agreements Issuance of contract; contents of con- tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-28 Maintenance of lots or sections by Augusta-Richmond County; per- petual care agreement . . . . . . . . 1-5-27 Marker, erection of, upon acceptance of contract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-31 Record books containing contracts, etc., required; index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-29 Maintenance of lots or sections by Au- gusta-Richmond County; perpet- ual care agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-27 Marker, erection of, upon acceptance of contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-31 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:17 ---PAGE BREAK--- CEMETERIES (Cont'd.) Monuments, structures, etc., Augusta- Richmond County not responsible for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-32 Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-26 Record books containing contracts, etc., required; index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-29 Record required of condition of municipal- maintained lots; inspections; index 1-5-30 Maintenance Lots, sale and maintenance of. See herein that subject Monuments Destruction, etc., of tombs, monuments, trees, etc.; use of firearms, etc. . . . 1-5-13 Lots, sale and maintenance of Monuments, structures, etc.,Augusta- Richmond County not responsi- ble for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-32 Removal of improper, etc., monuments, etc., use of coping prohibited . . . . . 1-5-15 Officers and employees Superintendent of cemeteries. See herein that subject Paupers, burial of, in family plots . . . . . . . . 1-5-18 Permits to bury or move dead bodies re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-17 Purchase of cemetery materials . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-11 Rollersville Cemetery, assumption of care of; supervision; convict labor to be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-6 Sales Lots, sale and maintenance of. See herein that subject Superintendent of cemeteries Assistant superintendent of Cedar Grove Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-5 Authority of cemetery superintendents— Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-4 Duties—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-3 Generally; bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-2 Trees, grass, etc., right of lot owners to cultivate; removal when dangerous, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-12 Vegetation Destruction, etc., of tombs, monuments, trees, etc.; use of firearms, etc. . . . 1-5-13 Flowers, plucking, etc., without permis- sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-14 Trees, grass, etc., right of lot owners to cultivate; removal when danger- ous, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-12 CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATION Adult entertainment Permit and business tax certificate re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-5 CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATION (Cont'd.) Alcoholic beverages Mixed drinks Collection of tax Liability for failure to withhold; certificate of notice of amount due; time to enforce successor's liability . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(e) Amusement parks Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-38(a) Animals and fowl Evidence of vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-18(a) Arcades, license to operate Business Tax Certificate required. . . . . . 6-6-45(e) Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Indemnity and insurance Certificate(s) of Insurance. . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5(d) Brokers Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-2 Buildings and building regulations . . . . . . . 7-1-81 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Business tax certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-1 et seq. See: BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES Construction trades Master electrician's or plumber's certif- icate, limitations on use of, to ob- tain permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-118 Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Dance halls Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-43(b) Flea markets Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-27 Fortune tellers, etc. Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-44(a) Going-out-of-business sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47 et seq. See: GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-16 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Limousine service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-49 et seq. See: LIMOUSINE SERVICE Live adult entertainment Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-42(b) Planning and zoning Subdivision of land Plats Improvements, inspection, certifi- cation and acceptance of . . . . 8-3-5 Procurements Bidding or proposing on Augusta-Rich- mond County contracts, require- ments for Cost or pricing data Certification required. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-34(e) AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:18 ---PAGE BREAK--- CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATION (Cont'd.) Soil erosion and sedimentation control Education and certification. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-38 Street vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-39(b) Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-8 et seq. See: TAXICABS Temporary and transient vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-40(b) Transient vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-5-4 Vending machine operators Business tax certificate required; decals 6-6-41(b) Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-51 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS Wreckers Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-7-3 CHAPELS. See: RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS Business tax certificates Charitable purpose, exemption on grounds that business operated for 2-1-15 CHILDREN. See: MINORS CHURCHES. See: RELIGIOUS INSTITU- TIONS CIGARETTES, CIGARS. See: TOBACCOAND TOBACCO PRODUCTS CITY OF AUGUSTA Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(d) CLAIRVOYANT. See: FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC. CLERK OF COMMISSION Clerk pro tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-63 Deputy clerk of commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-62 Duties—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-61 Election; bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-60 Records, files, etc., in office or custody of clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-64 COASTER WHEELED DEVICES (Roller skates, roller blades, skateboards, etc.) Regulated; prohibited on certain streets . . 3-8-17 Riverwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-54 Streets, skating on, prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-25 CODE OF ORDINANCES* Altering Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-7 Amendments to Code; effect of new ordi- nances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-9 Catchlines of sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-3 CODE OF ORDINANCES (Cont'd.) Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10 Citations, authorization of certain employ- ees to issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-12 Contact with employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-13 Continuations of existing ordinances and resolutions, provisions considered as 1-1-6 How Code designated and cited . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-1 Penalty, general; continuing violations; en- forcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-8 Repeal of ordinance or resolution, effect of 1-1-5 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2 Severability of parts of Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-4 CODES Buildings and building regulations . . . . . . . 7-1-3 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Ethics, code of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-20 et seq. See: ETHICS, CODE OF Fire prevention codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-20 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION AND PRO- TECTION Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-51 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION COLISEUM AUTHORITY Alcoholic beverages Excise tax Malt beverages, whiskey, wine Coliseum authority, appropriation of beer excise tax revenue to 6-2-105 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Alcoholic beverages Licensing Location restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-64 Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) COMMISSION Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Suspension, removal by commission; hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-31 Adult entertainment Commission hearing of appeal. . . . . . . . . 6-1-18 Alcoholic beverages Licensing Commission, review of application by 6-2-61 Announcement of commission action . . . . . 1-2-6 Augusta-Richmond County property Commission administrative office. . . . . . 1-2-94 Commission office hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-93 Canals Water power, use for—generally Commission, consent of, prerequisite 1-9-22 Clerk of commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-60 et seq. See: CLERK OF COMMISSION Employees, use of, for personal benefit . . . 1-2-10 *Note—The adoption, amendment, repeal, omissions, effec- tive date, explanation of numbering system and other matters pertaining to the use, construction and interpretation of this Code are contained in the adopting ordinance and preface which are to be found in the preliminary pages of this volume. CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:19 ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMISSION (Cont'd.) Ethics, code of Conduct, rules of, for employees and public officials of Augusta Other persons than employee, ex- penses for; representatives; ap- proval of commission . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(e) Finance Budget, auditing requirements Adoption of budget by commission . . 2-3-6 Submittals of budget to commission . 2-3-5 Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Holding other office, contract, etc., with Augusta-Richmond County, prohib- ited from; exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-9 Meetings Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-3 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-4 Time and place; committees . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-2 Ordinances—Required readings. . . . . . . . . . 1-2-5 Procurement, public, ethics in Penalties and sanctions Commission, legal or disciplinary ac- tion by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(a) Publication of ordinances, notices, etc.. . . . 1-2-12 Purchasing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-8 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(g) Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-1 Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-7 Vacancies on agencies, boards, commis- sions created by Commission . . . . . . . 1-2-11 COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF. See: COM- MISSION COMPUTATION OF TIME Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(j) CONFIDENTIALITY Business tax certificates Confidentiality of returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-26 Procurement, public, ethics in Confidential information, use of . . . . . . . 1-1-32 Water and sewers Wastewater Confidential information . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-11 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Business tax certificates Occupation tax appeals board Quorum and conflicts of interest . . . . 2-1-37(c) Ethics, code of Conduct, rules of, for employees and public officials of Augusta . . . . . . . . 1-1-23 Historic preservation commission . . . . . . . . 7-4-7 Procurement, public, ethics in Conflict of interest, employee or public official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-27 Waiver from contemporaneous employ- ment prohibition and other con- flicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-31 CONSERVATION Water conservation restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-110 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS CONSOLIDATION ACT Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(k) CONSTRUCTION. See: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY BOARD Appeals proceedings Authorized; filing notice of appeal . . . . . 7-1-56 Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-57 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-47 Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-46 Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-48 Maintenance—Generally Appeals to construction advisory board. 7-1-136 CONSTRUCTION TRADES Electrical, plumbing, and HVAC work, per- forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-117 Exemptions from sections 7-1-117 through 7-1-118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-119 Industry maintenance department. . . . . 7-1-119(b) Owner wiring residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-119(a) Master electrician's or plumber's certifi- cate, limitations on use of, to obtain permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-118 Penalties for violations of sections 7-1-117 through 7-1-118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-120 Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of occu- pation tax, bond and liability insur- ance required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Approval Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-10 Complaint handling procedure . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-16 Complaint handling procedure, exemp- tion from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-15 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-2 Do it yourself registration for single fam- ily residential property owner . . . . 7-1-116-7 Expiration; renewal of registration . . . . 7-1-116-11 Forms for application for registration . . 7-1-116-9 Phase in procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-12 Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-1 Qualifications Commercial contractor's registration and certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-5 Private building inspectors/consult- ants, home and commercial— Registration required . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-8 Residential builder's registration and certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-4 Specialty contractor's registration and certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7-116-6 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-3 Standards of performance and quality . 7-1-116-14 Transferability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-13 Violation; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116-17 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:20 ---PAGE BREAK--- CONTRACTORS Adult entertainment Employees Contractors, independent. . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-10(c) Buildings and building regulations . . . . . . . 7-1-81 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Construction trades Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Procurement, public, ethics in . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-27 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC, ETH- ICS IN Procurements Bidding or proposing on Augusta-Rich- mond County contracts, require- ments for Pre-qualifications of contractors. . . . . 1-10-40 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Space rentals and use charges Contract Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(g) Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-27 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(a), 1-1- 10(b) Commission Holding other office, contract, etc., with Augusta-Richmond County, prohib- ited from; exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-9 Enterprise zones Contractual agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-8 Housing authority Purpose; commissioners; tax-exempt sta- tus of its property; power to con- tract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-56 Procurement, public, ethics in Agreement of candidates involving work or appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-36 Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-6 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Streetlighting Construction and maintenance Augusta-Richmond County, construc- tion by, or by contract . . . . . . . . . 7-3-11 Taxicabs Passengers Contract passengers, hauling, permit- ted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-35 Water and sewers Wastewater Discharge limits and standards Special Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(e) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES Firearms and weapons Gun sales Certain persons, sales to, prohibited. 3-7-14(e) Marijuana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-33 Parks Lake Olmstead Liquor or drugs, persons under influ- ence of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-52 Pedestrians' rights and duties Pedestrian under influence. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-54 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE COUNTY Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(l) COUNTY ATTORNEY Personnel County attorney to defend county em- ployees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-2 COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENT Drunk and disorderly persons, confine- ment of, in law enforcement center or stockade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-2 Mass gatherings Events consisting of more than five per- sons on public property Appeal and Judicial Review . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(c) Motor vehicles and traffic Stopping, standing or parking prohib- ited in specified places United States Courthouse, restric- tions on parking adjacent to . . . 3-5-95.1 Municipal court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-8 et seq. See: MUNICIPAL COURTS Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(k) Paroled person's failure to abide by terms; effect of revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-5 Paroled person's ineligibility when con- victed again for some offense within six months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-6 Parolees to report, etc., judge may require 1-6-4 Paroles by judge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-3 Penalty, general, for violation of Code, etc.; continuing violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-1 Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Judicial review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-12 Soil erosion and sedimentation control Administrative appeal—judicial review 3-7-39 Solicitor General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-12 Stockade Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-13 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:21 ---PAGE BREAK--- COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENT (Cont'd.) Streets, sidewalks and other public places Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants Failure of owner to comply with no- tice; penalty; form of judgment. 3-8-16 Water and sewers Wastewater Judicial enforcement remedies . . . . . . 5-3-14 CREDIT Name, use of another's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-18 CREDIT UNIONS. See: FINANCIAL INSTI- TUTIONS CRIMINAL RECORDS Alcoholic beverages Licensing Criteria for license approval—Per- sonal qualifications of appli- cants Moral character; criminal record. . 6-2-62(b) CRUELTY Animals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-27 CULVERTS. See: BRIDGES AND CULVERTS CURBS AND GUTTERS Litter control Grass, leaves, tree trimmings, etc. Streets or gutters, prohibited in. . . . . 4-2-17(a) Motor vehicles and traffic Stopping, standing or parking prohib- ited in specified places Curb, improper parking by not park- ing within one foot of . . . . . . . . . 3-5-94 Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Curb, when garbage to be placed at; no backyard garbage pickup . . . 4-2-40 Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-2 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS CURFEW FOR MINORS Hours of curfew; exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-1 Parent, guardian or other person having custody or control of child to permit violation prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-2 Violation and penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-3 D DAMAGE, DEFACEMENT, DESTRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. Ambulances Ambulance licenses Defacing, removing, etc., official en- try upon license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-75 DAMAGE, DEFACEMENT, DESTRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. (Cont'd.) Drivers, attendants and attendant-driv- ers, licenses for Defacing, removing, etc., official en- try upon license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-81 Animals and fowl Birds Killing, etc., wild or migratory birds. 4-1-31 Disposition of impounded animals Injured animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-25(d) Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Indemnity and insurance Waiver of Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5(e) Breaking glass in doors or windows . . . . . . 3-7-15 Cemeteries Destruction, etc., of tombs, monuments, trees, etc.; use of firearms, etc. . . . 1-5-13 Daniel Field Damages, responsibility for, at flying fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-28 Defacing or injuring public or private prop- erty—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-19 Electrical utilities Interfering, damaging, etc., poles, wires, etc., of fire alarm or sheriff's de- partment telegraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-19 Flood damage prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-1 et seq. See: FLOODS AND FLOODING Monuments, public—Injuring, defacing, etc. 3-7-36 Parks Damaging, etc., park property—Gener- ally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-45 Defacing, etc., monuments, etc.. . . . . . . . 1-5-44 Street signs—Injury or interference with . 3-7-40 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Defacing or injuring public or private property—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-19 Vehicles and implements injuring streets 3-8-7 Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits Liability of holder of permit for damages 6-3-27 Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-16 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS DANCE HALLS Business tax certificate required . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(b) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(a) Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(e) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(c) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspec- tion Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(d) DANCES, DANCING Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Alcoholic beverages Licensing Considerations, additional . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-65 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:22 ---PAGE BREAK--- DANCES, DANCING (Cont'd.) Dance halls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43 et seq. See: DANCE HALLS Deputies and firefighters, attendance of Managers, etc. to apply therefor . . . . . . . 6-8-2 Payment for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-3 Required, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-1 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS OR OTHER STRUCTURES Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Special hazard buildings and struc- tures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-25 Permits, inspections and certificates of oc- cupancy Hazardous occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-84 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-71 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS Adult entertainment Sealing for unsanitary or unsafe condi- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-24 Fire prevention, bureau of Inspections Complaint, upon; remedy or removal of dangerous conditions . . . . . . . 3-3-14 DANGEROUS DOGS. See: ANIMALS DANGEROUS OBJECTS Litter control Dangerous objects, placing, throwing, etc., in streets and sidewalks pro- hibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-10 DANIEL FIELD Acrobatic flying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-24 Aircraft may begin take-off, when . . . . . . . . 1-3-19 Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Administration of article Appeals to planning commission from decision of director-building of- ficial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-41 Inspector of buildings to enforce reg- ulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-40 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-29 Established, to be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-31 Height limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-32 Licenses and permits Permit required to alter, erect, etc., structures, change use of land, etc., therein. See within this sub- heading that subject Map to be filed, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-30 Nonconforming uses, existing; struc- tures begun before effective date of article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-34 DANIEL FIELD (Cont'd.) Permit required to alter, erect, etc., struc- tures, change use of land, etc., therein Applications for permits; when per- mits to be granted . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-36 Existing structures, uses, etc.. . . . . . . 1-3-37 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-35 Variances Lights, permit may be conditioned to allow Augusta-Richmond County to install, etc.. . . . . . . 1-3-39 Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-38 Use of land within, restrictions on . . . . . 1-3-33 Airports and aviation General aviation commission, adoption of rules and regulations of Daniel Field, for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-42 Damages, responsibility for, at flying fields 1-3-28 Dropping objects from aircraft in flight . . . 1-3-25 Flexibility of preceding regulations. . . . . . . 1-3-26 Height of aircraft when over urban services district or assembly of persons . . . . . . 1-3-20 Anywhere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-20(a) Congested areas, over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-20(b) Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-20(d) Other than congested areas, over . . . . . . 1-3-20(c) Landing aircraft, right to use of field by . . 1-3-21 Licenses and permits Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field. See herein that sub- ject Light, aircraft moored on flying field to display, at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-22 Posted, regulations to be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-27 Transportation of persons for hire . . . . . . . . 1-3-23 Zoning Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field. See herein that sub- ject DEBRIS Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 DEEDS AND TITLES Planning and zoning Subdivision covenants Deeds of dedication of streets and utilities, acceptance of. . . . . . . . . 8-9-2 DEFACEMENT. See: DAMAGE, DEFACE- MENT, DESTRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. DEMONSTRATIONS Mass gatherings Riverwalk, protests/demonstrations pro- hibited at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-12 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:23 ---PAGE BREAK--- DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Books, records, departments', examina- tion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-37 Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Animals and fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-2 et seq. Aviation commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-1 et seq. Boards, commissions and authorities . . . . . 1-4-1 et seq. Brokers Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-5 Buildings and building regulations Maintenance—Generally Appeals to construction advisory board 7-1-136 Business tax certificates Occupation tax appeals board . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37 Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-1 et seq. Construction advisory board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-46 et seq. Construction trades Exemptions from sections 7-1-117 through 7-1-118 Industry maintenance department . . 7-1-119(b) Dance halls Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(d) DevelopmentAuthority of Richmond County 1-4-6 et seq. Downtown development authority. . . . . . . . 1-4-14 et seq. Electrical utilities Interfering, damaging, etc., poles, wires, etc., of fire alarm or sheriff's de- partment telegraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-19 Sheriff's department telegraph, attach- ing wires to poles of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-13 Enterprise zones Authorized agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-5 Fire prevention and protection . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-8 et seq. Flea markets Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-37 Fortune tellers, etc. Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department; revocation 6-6-44(f) Going-out-of-business sales Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(h) Historic preservation commission . . . . . . . . 7-4-3 et seq. Hospital Authority of Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-76 et seq. Hospital Authority, Richmond County . . . . 1-4-60 et seq. Housing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-56 et seq. Human relations commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-110 et seq. Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-103 et seq. License and inspection department. . . . . . . 7-1-26 et seq. Live adult entertainment Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(e) Mass gatherings Emergency powers of sheriff's depart- ment where facilities inadequate . 3-4-10 DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES (Cont'd.) Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-13 et seq. See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Planning and zoning Trees Tree commission, establishment of . . 8-4-3 Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-81 et seq. Procurements Disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) program Administration Procurement department duties . . 1-10-62(b) Records management plan Records committee Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-108 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-106 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(h) Stormwater drainage and management Public works, department of, powers of 5-1-6 Street vendors Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(d) Taxicabs Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-7-43 Temporary and transient vendors Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(e) Transient vendors Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-5-7 Vending machine operators Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(d) Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-29 et seq. Wreckers Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-5 DEPOSITORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-36 et seq. See: TAXATION DESTRUCTION. See: DAMAGE, DEFACE- MENT, DESTRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. DETENTION PONDS Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT. See: PLANNING AND DE- VELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF RICH- MOND COUNTY Assets, etc., use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-12 Creation; board of directors—Composition 1-4-7 Director to remain in office until successor elected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-9 Dissolution of authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-11 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:24 ---PAGE BREAK--- DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF RICH- MOND COUNTY (Cont'd.) Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-10 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-6 Terms of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-8 DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTER- PRISES (DBE) PROGRAM Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-58 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT DISORDERLY PERSONS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT Alcoholic beverages Orderly manner, premises to be kept in, with outside gatherings of patrons restricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-21 Animals and fowl Horses, etc., riding, in disorderly man- ner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-5 Confinement of drunk and disorderly per- sons in law enforcement center or stockade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-2 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-1 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-3 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-2 DISTRICTS Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Explosives and blasting agents, stor- age of, establishment of limits of districts in which, to be prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-24 First fire district, establishment of . . 3-3-24.1 Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-12 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Groundwater recharge area district, establishment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-5 Water supply watershed protection ordi- nance District delineation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-4 Taxation Central business district of urban ser- vices district to be special assess- ment district; property tax; funds. 2-2-4 DITCHES Streetlighting Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards Ditches and drainage structures. . 7-3-29(b) Water and sewers Ditch, same, water and sewer lines in. . 5-2-3 DOCKS. See: BOATS, DOCKS AND WATER- WAYS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHOR- ITY Creation; board of directors—Composition, terms of members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-15 Development area, designation of . . . . . . . . 1-4-16 Development authorities law, accordance with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-17 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-14 DRAINAGE Buildings and building regulations Maintenance—Generally Maintenance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-133(d) Railroads and trains Water, etc., discharging, from trains; con- struction of drains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8-4 Streetlighting Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards Ditches and drainage structures. . 7-3-29(b) Streets, sidewalks and other public places Drains, obstructing, with stones, dirt, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-9 DRIVEWAYS Motor vehicles and traffic Stop and yield intersections, right-of- way at Driveway, failure to yield right-of- way from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-46 Emerging from alley or driveway onto residential or business street, failure to stop while. . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-47 DRUMS Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Attention, noise to attract . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(m) DUMPING Debris, unlawful dumping of; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 Garbage and refuse collected outside county, dumping of, at county landfill. . . . . . . 4-2-3 E EATING ESTABLISHMENTS Alcoholic beverages Licensing Eating establishment and entertain- ment venue; authority to sell for consumption on premises. . . . . . 6-2-52 EDUCATION Soil erosion and sedimentation control Education and certification. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-38 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:25 ---PAGE BREAK--- ELECTIONS Augusta Aviation Commission Chairman, election of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-3 Clerk of commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-60 General aviation commission Chairman, election of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-11 ELECTRICAL UTILITIES Compliance with article; authority of Au- gusta-Richmond County engineer . . . 6-3-1 Ellis street, wires on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-17 Excavations for poles, permits for making 6-3-5 Fire alarm, attaching wires to poles of. . . . 6-3-13 Fire limits, wires in, to be underground . . 6-3-16 Fires, authority to cut, etc., wires during . 6-3-12 Guard and guy wires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-10 Interfering, damaging, etc., poles, wires, etc., of fire alarm or sheriff's depart- ment telegraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-19 Location and protection of wires—Gener- ally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-8 Materials to be used in light and power circuits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-11 Placing different lines upon same pole. . . . 6-3-2 Plat showing location of poles, etc., to be filed; changes in location . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-15 Removal of disused poles, wires, etc. . . . . . 6-3-14 Sheriff's department telegraph, attaching wires to poles of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-13 Sidewalks, etc., location of poles relative to 6-3-4 Specifications and general requirements for poles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-6 Stepping pins, etc., upon poles, location of 6-3-7 Street lamps, height of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-9 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Ellis street, wires on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-17 Sidewalks, etc., location of poles relative to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-4 Street lamps, height of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-9 Underground, method of placing wires . . . 6-3-18 Violations and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-20 Wire zones, allocation of, upon poles; zones reserved for free use of Augusta- Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-3 ELECTRICITY Buildings and building regulations Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(c) Construction trades Electrical, plumbing, and HVAC work, performing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-117 Master electrician's or plumber's certif- icate, limitations on use of, to ob- tain permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-118 Electrical utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-1 et seq. See: ELECTRICAL UTILITIES EMERGENCIES Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-62 et seq. See: AMBULANCES EMERGENCIES (Cont'd.) Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-1 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION AND PRO- TECTION Mass gatherings Emergency powers of sheriff's depart- ment where facilities inadequate . 3-4-10 Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-48 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Procurements Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Emergency procurement selection method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-50 Types of contracts Authority to approve, sign and exe- cute contracts by type Emergency purchase contracts . . . 1-10-71(f) Streetlighting Excavations Emergency permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-24 Water and sewers Wastewater Administrative enforcement reme- dies Emergency Suspensions . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(g) EMERGENCY SERVICES Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-62 et seq. See: AMBULANCES EMPLOYEES. See: OFFICERS AND EM- PLOYEES EMPLOYMENT Alcoholic beverages Persons under eighteen years of age, employment of, prohibited . . . . . . . 6-2-26 Human relations commission Employment practices, unlawful. . . . . . . 1-4-117 ENCLOSURES. See: FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES ENCROACHMENTS Streets, sidewalks and other public places Encroachments, sidewalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-11 ENGINEERING Electrical utilities Compliance with article; authority of Augusta-Richmond County engi- neer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-1 Motor vehicles and traffic Speed regulations Augusta-Richmond County traffic en- gineer, authority of. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-18 Traffic-control devices Augusta-Richmond County traffic en- gineer to designate crosswalks and establish safety zones . . . . . 3-5-11 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:26 ---PAGE BREAK--- ENGINES Canals Engine-driven boat, permit for opera- tion of, required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-17 ENTERPRISE ZONES Authorized agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-5 Contractual agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-8 Designation of ′Laney-Walker Enterprise Zone′. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-20 Designation of ′Rocky Creek Enterprise Zone′. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-21 Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-7 Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-4 Liaison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-6 Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-2 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-1 Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-3 ENTERTAINMENTS. See: AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS ENTRY Alcoholic beverages Enter premises for enforcement pur- poses, right of Augusta-Richmond County officials to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-6 Fire prevention, bureau of Inspections Enter buildings or premises, author- ity to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-10 EROSION CONTROL. See: SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL EROTIC DANCE ESTABLISHMENTS Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESCORT BUREAUS Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ETHICS Code of ethics. See: ETHICS, CODE OF Procurement, public, ethics in . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-27 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC, ETH- ICS IN ETHICS, CODE OF Boards, commissions and authorities . . . . . 1-4-2 Conduct, rules of, for employees and public officials of Augusta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23 Conflict, appearance of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(c) Conflict of interest prohibited . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(b) Gifts, receipt of, by employees and pub- lic officials prohibited; reporting; disposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(a) Other persons than employee, expenses for; representatives; approval of commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(e) Other rules of conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(d) Disciplinary action against public official . 1-1-26 ETHICS, CODE OF (Cont'd.) Government service, code of ethics for—A statement of ethical principles . . . . . . 1-1-20 Persons subject to this article; definitions. 1-1-22 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-21 Violations; complaints—Public officials . . . 1-1-25 Violations; sanctions—Employees . . . . . . . . 1-1-24 EXCAVATIONS Electrical utilities Excavations for poles, permits for mak- ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-5 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-18 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-26 EXHAUSTS Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(g) EXPECTORATING Litter control Churches and public places; littering and spitting prohibited . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-12 EXPLOSIVES Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Explosives and blasting agents, stor- age of, establishment of limits of districts in which, to be prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-24 F FABRICATING Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Inspections Manufacturers and fabricators . . . 7-1-94(b) FALSE REPRESENTATION. See: MISREP- RESENTATION FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLO- SURES Animals and fowl Livestock Stock pens, etc., allowed by permis- sion of board of health only; re- moval and abatement . . . . . . . . . 4-1-51 Buildings and building regulations Maintenance—Generally Maintenance standards Fences, retaining walls . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-133(b) Streets, sidewalks and other public places Gates, swinging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-10 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:27 ---PAGE BREAK--- FINANCE Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Purchasing, duties regarding; delega- tion to subordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-38 Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-28 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Arcades, license to operate Cost of arcade license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(i) Budget, auditing requirements Adoption of budget by commission . . . . . 2-3-6 Amendment; authorized, procedure . . . . 2-3-8 Audit, annual, required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-10 Contents of audit reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-11 Contents of budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-4 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-1 Estimates; review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-3 Fiscal year; submittal of budget . . . . . . . 2-3-2 Submittal of audit to state auditor. . . . . 2-3-12 Submittals of budget to commission. . . . 2-3-5 Time for compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-9 Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Permit fees Accounting of fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-90(b) Business tax certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-1 et seq. See: BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(d) Commission Purchasing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-8 DevelopmentAuthority of Richmond County Assets, etc., use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-12 Enterprise zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-1 et seq. See: ENTERPRISE ZONES Ethics, code of Conduct, rules of, for employees and public officials of Augusta Other persons than employee, ex- penses for; representatives; ap- proval of commission . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(e) Historic preservation commission Comptroller, duties of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-11 Funding from various sources, authority to receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-8 Human relations commission Budget and financial matters . . . . . . . . . 1-4-120 Financial records, inspection and audit of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-121 Litter control Cleaning of property at owner's expense 4-2-24 Grass, leaves, tree trimmings, etc. Cleaning of property at owner's ex- pense; violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-17(d) Mass gatherings Permit Application Information to be provided Financial backing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-5(b) FINANCE (Cont'd.) Personnel Personnel system Personnel board Payment of costs from county funds 1-7-16 Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County Organization, rules, staff, finances. . . . . 1-4-83 Procurement, public, ethics in . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-27 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC, ETH- ICS IN Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-1 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-5 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-1 et seq. See: TAXATION Water and sewers Wastewater Private sewage disposal Operation and Funding, Private . . 5-3-3(f) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Procurements Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Banking services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-48 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-36 et seq. See: TAXATION FINES, FORFEITURES AND OTHER PEN- ALTIES Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(a) Courts, fines and imprisonment. . . . . . . . . . 1-6-1 et seq. See: COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISON- MENT Penalty, general; continuing violations; en- forcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-8 FIRE DEPARTMENT Organization Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-32 Rules and regulations Rules and regulations governing fire de- partment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-33 Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Drawings and specifications Structural and fire resistance in- tegrity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-82(d) Plaster fire protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-100 Departments and other agencies Fire department, organization of Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-32 Fire department rules and regulations Rules and regulations governing fire department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-33 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:28 ---PAGE BREAK--- FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION (Cont'd.) Fire prevention, bureau of . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-8 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION, BUREAU OF Deputies and firefighters, attendance of Managers, etc. to apply therefor . . . . . . . 6-8-2 Payment for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-3 Required, when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8-1 Electrical utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-12 et seq. See ELECTRICAL UTILITIES Enforcement officers, authority of, gener- ally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-5 Fire department, organization of Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-32 Fire department rules and regulations Rules and regulations governing fire de- partment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-33 Fire prevention, bureau of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-8 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION, BUREAU OF Fire prevention codes Adoption by reference; where filed . . . . . 3-3-20 Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-21 Appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-30 Chief inspector, power of, to modify codes 3-3-27 Clarification of limits referred to in fire prevention code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-23 Conflicts with building code . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-28 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-22 Explosives and blasting agents, storage of, establishment of limits of dis- tricts in which, to be prohibited . . 3-3-24 First fire district, establishment of. . . . . 3-3-24.1 Injunction, abatement, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-31 Invalidity, partial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-29 Materials, processes or occupancies re- quiring permits not enumerated in codes adopted, specification of . . . . 3-3-26 Special hazard buildings and structures 3-3-25 Fire tax, authority to assess and levy. . . . . 3-3-1 Interference with firefighters, etc. at fire . 3-3-3 Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Fire hose, crossing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-100 Fire truck or other emergency vehi- cle, following or parking within five hundred feet of . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-99 Officers and employees Enforcement officers, authority of, gen- erally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-5 Fire department, organization of Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-32 Fire prevention, bureau of . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-8 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION, BUREAU OF Fire prevention codes Chief inspector, power of, to modify codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-27 Interference with firefighters, etc. at fire 3-3-3 Open burning, outdoor, in residential areas 3-3-6 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION (Cont'd.) Penalties for article violations . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-4 Reporting of fires required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-2 Streets, sidewalks and other public places 3-8-14 et seq. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-14 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS FIRE PREVENTION, BUREAU OF Augusta-Richmond County attorney, duty of, to assist in investigation of fires, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-16 Duties of officers—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-9 Established; composition; appointment of members; chief inspector, etc. . . . . . . . 3-3-8 Fee schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-18.1 Inspections Assembly, places of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-12 Complaint, upon; remedy or removal of dangerous conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-14 Enter buildings or premises, authority to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-10 Established; composition; appointment of members; chief inspector, etc. . . 3-3-8 Hazards and appliances, special . . . . . . . 3-3-11 Periodic inspections; correction of im- proper conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-13 Orders, service of; compliance; appeal . . . . 3-3-15 Record of fires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-18 Report, annual; recommending amend- ments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-19 School fire drills required; exits, etc., of schools to be unlocked, unobstructed, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-17 FIREARMS AND WEAPONS Airport facility, dangerous or deadly weap- ons prohibited in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-45 Ammunition—Sale, etc. to minors. . . . . . . . 3-7-13 Carrying or possessing dangerous or deadly weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-14.5 Cemeteries Destruction, etc., of tombs, monuments, trees, etc.; use of firearms, etc. . . . 1-5-13 Gun sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-14 Certain persons, sales to, prohibited . . . 3-7-14(e) Compliance with section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-14(a) Contents of report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-14(c) Report required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-14(b) Sheriff's Department, return of report to 3-7-14(d) FISHING Canal, fishing near of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-1 Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 et seq. See: PARKS AND RECREATION FLEA MARKETS Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-28 Business tax certificate required . . . . . . . . . 6-6-27 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:29 ---PAGE BREAK--- FLEA MARKETS (Cont'd.) Daily permit Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-32 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-31 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-26 Issuance; conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-29 Location of display of goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-35 Minors, purchase from, prohibited . . . . . . . 6-6-34 Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-36 Record of goods purchased required . . . . . . 6-6-33 Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-30 Suspension, right of, by license and inspec- tion department; revocation . . . . . . . . 6-6-37 FLOODS AND FLOODING Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING FOOD AND FOOD SERVICES Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-1 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Buses operated by transit department, smoking and eating on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-39 FORFEITURES. See: FINES, FORFEITURES AND OTHER PENALTIES FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC. Application required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44(b) Business tax certificate required . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44(a) Conduct of business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44(e) Location, business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44(d) Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44(g) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44(c) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspec- tion Department; revocation . . . . . . . . 6-6-44(f) FOUNTAINS Parks Lakes, ponds or fountains, fishing or bathing in—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 FOWL. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL FRANCHISES Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(e) FRAUD Alcoholic beverages Mixed drinks Deficiency determinations Penalty for fraud or intent to evade 6-2-121(e) Determination if no return made Penalty for fraud or intent to evade 6-2-122(d) FUNERAL PROCESSIONS Drivers in procession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-68 Driving through funeral or other proces- sion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-67 G GAMBLING Alcoholic beverages Games of chance; cause for suspension or revocation of license. . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-24 GAMES OF CHANCE Alcoholic beverages Games of chance; cause for suspension or revocation of license. . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-24 GARBAGE. See: SOLID WASTE GAS Buildings and building regulations Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(d) GAS TRUCKS Railroad crossing signals, obedience to Taxis, school buses and gas trucks to stop at railroad crossings and not change gears while driving across railroad tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-65 GATES Streets, sidewalks and other public places Gates, swinging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-10 GAZETTES Commission Publication of ordinances, notices, etc. . 1-2-12 GENDER Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(m) GENERAL AVIATION COMMISSION Airport manager Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-14 Powers, duties, salary, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-15 Airports and aviation General aviation commission, adoption of rules and regulations of Augusta Regional Ordinance, for. . . . 1-3-43 Daniel Field, for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-42 Chairman, election of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-11 Creation; appointment and terms of mem- bers; vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-9 Mayor to be ex officio member; member to serve without compensation . . . . . . . . 1-3-10 Meeting rules; reports to Augusta-Rich- mond County Commission; inspec- tion of minutes and documents . . . . . 1-3-16 Powers and duties—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-13 Qualifications of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-12 GEORGIA, STATE OF. See: STATE GIFTS Ethics, code of Conduct, rules of, for employees and public officials of Augusta Gifts, receipt of, by employees and public officials prohibited; report- ing; disposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(a) AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:30 ---PAGE BREAK--- GIFTS (Cont'd.) Procurement, public, ethics in Gifts, rebates and kickbacks . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-28 Gifts, registration of vendors making . . 1-1-40 GLASS Breaking glass in doors or windows . . . . . . 3-7-15 GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES Application of regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(c) Application requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(d) Business tax certificate Duties of holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(f) Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(e) Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(b) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(h) Certificates, certification Business tax certificate. See herein that subject Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(a) Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(i) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(g) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspec- tion Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(h) Taxation Business tax certificate. See herein that subject GOLF Masters Golf Tournament Ticket brokers, prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-32 GRADES, GRADING Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(g) Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-40 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING GROUNDWATER RECHARGE PROTEC- TION Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING GUTTERS. See: CURBS AND GUTTERS H HANDBILLS Litter control Handbills and advertising matter, dis- tributing, in automobiles, on pri- vate property prohibited; excep- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-13 HARMFUL FLUIDS Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Containers and receptacles Acids or harmful fluids, putting, in receptacles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-47 HAWKERS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASS- ERS AND SOLICITORS HAZARDS Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Hazardous occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-84 Cemeteries Trees, grass, etc., right of lot owners to cultivate; removal when danger- ous, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-12 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Special hazard buildings and struc- tures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-25 Fire prevention, bureau of Inspections Hazards and appliances, special . . . . 3-3-11 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-17 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-71 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Streets, sidewalks and other public places Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants Determining intersections, etc., to be hazardous; notice to owner to remove trees, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-15 Water and sewers Wastewater Reporting requirements section Hazardous Waste Notification . . . . 5-3-8(f) HEALTH AND SANITATION Adult entertainment Abatement as sanitary nuisance. . . . . . . 6-1-25 Sealing for unsanitary or unsafe condi- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-24 Alcoholic beverages Sanitation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-23 Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-62 et seq. See: AMBULANCES Animals and fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-1 et seq. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL Asbestos and biological waste, disposal of. 4-2-51 et seq. See: ASBESTOS AND BIOLOGICAL WASTE, DISPOSAL OF Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 Abatement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2(b) Prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2(a) Violation; penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2(c) Dumping of garbage and refuse collected outside county at county landfill . . . . 4-2-3 Penalty for violation of section . . . . . . . . 4-2-3(b) Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-3(a) CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:31 ---PAGE BREAK--- HEALTH AND SANITATION (Cont'd.) Fees for use of Augusta-Richmond County solid waste landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-6 Garbage collection in urban services dis- trict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-37 et seq. See: SOLID WASTE Limousine service Cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-55 Litter control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-7 et seq. See: LITTER CONTROL Masseurs and masseuses, massage parlors and/or health spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-1 et seq. See: MASSEURS AND MASSEUSES, MASSAGE PARLORS AND/OR HEALTH SPAS Refuse acceptable for disposal at solid waste landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-5 Scrap tire management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-72 et seq. See: SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT Smoking prohibited in Augusta-Richmond County buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-1 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-71 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Taxicabs Cleanliness of vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-14 Trespassing, scavenging on landfill prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-4 HEALTH, BOARD OF Animals and fowl Livestock Stock pens, etc., allowed by permis- sion of board of health only; re- moval and abatement . . . . . . . . . 4-1-51 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(c) Water and sewers Wastewater Private sewage disposal Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3(g) Refer Applications to Board of Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3(b) HEARINGS Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Suspension, removal by commission; hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-31 Adult entertainment Commission hearing of appeal. . . . . . . . . 6-1-18 Business tax certificates Hearing, public, requirement of, before tax increase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-42 Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Human relations commission Investigation/hearing of complaints, pro- cedures for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-118 Taxicabs Driver's permit Approval or rejection; hearing upon rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-18 HEARINGS (Cont'd.) Water and sewers Wastewater Administrative enforcement reme- dies Show Cause Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(c) HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING Construction trades Electrical, plumbing, and HVAC work, performing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-117 HEAVY EQUIPMENT Streetlighting Rights-of-way, county, use of Heavy equipment on right-of-way . . . 7-3-26 HEDGES. See: FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES HELICOPTERS Daniel Field Height of aircraft when over urban ser- vices district or assembly of per- sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-20(d) HISTORIC PRESERVATION Certificate of appropriateness, application to preservation commission for Acceptable commission reaction to appli- cations for certificates of appropri- ateness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-21 Appeals to Augusta Commission; medi- ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-32 Approval of alterations or new construc- tion in historic districts or involv- ing historic properties . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-16 Approval of new construction within des- ignated districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-17 Building and demolition permits, issu- ance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-19 Conformance with certificate of appro- priateness, requirement of . . . . . . . 7-4-28 Deadline for approval or rejection of application for certificate of appro- priateness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-25 Fee to accompany application for certif- icate of appropriateness. . . . . . . . . . 7-4-31 Guidelines and criteria for certificates of appropriateness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-18 Hearings on applications for certificates of appropriateness, notices, and right to be heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-22 Interior alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-23 Plans, submission of, to commission . . . 7-4-20 Recording of applications for certificate of appropriateness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-30 Rejection of application for certificate of appropriateness, necessary actions to be taken by commission upon . . 7-4-26 Technical advice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-24 Undue hardship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-27 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:32 ---PAGE BREAK--- HISTORIC PRESERVATION (Cont'd.) Work not commenced, certificate of ap- propriateness void if . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-29 Certificates, certification Certificate of appropriateness, applica- tion for. See herein that subject Demolition or relocation of historic prop- erty or properties within historic district. See herein that subject Miscellaneous provisions Certified local government program . 7-4-61 Codes Maintenance of historic properties and building and zoning code provi- sions. See herein that subject Commission Certificate of appropriateness, applica- tion to preservation commission for Appeals to Augusta Commission; me- diation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-32 Demolition or relocation of historic prop- erty or properties within historic district Binding upon commission . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-40 Historic districts and properties, recom- mendation and designation of Ordinance, requirements for adopt- ing, for designation of historic districts and historic properties Commission action on Commission recommendation. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(e) Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-2 Demolition or relocation of historic prop- erty or properties within historic dis- trict Binding upon commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-40 Certificates of appropriateness Applications for certificates of appro- priateness for demolition or re- location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-33 Fee to accompany application for cer- tificate of appropriateness for demolition or relocation . . . . . . . 7-4-39 Notice of public hearing pursuant to application for certificate of ap- propriateness for demolition or relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-35 Criteria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-38 Hearing, public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-34 Post-demolition or post-relocation plans, consideration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-37 Violation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-36 Detention ponds Maintenance of detention/retention ponds 7-4-65 Abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65(b) Commercial/industrial detention/re- tention ponds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65(d) Landowner, maintenance by, required 7-4-65(a) Violation; penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65(c) HISTORIC PRESERVATION (Cont'd.) Districts Historic districts and properties, recom- mendation and designation of. See herein that subject Hearings Certificate of appropriateness, applica- tion to preservation commission for Hearings on applications for certifi- cates of appropriateness, no- tices, and right to be heard . . . . 7-4-22 Demolition or relocation of historic prop- erty or properties within historic district Certificates of appropriateness Notice of public hearing pursuant to application for certificate of appropriateness for demo- lition or relocation. . . . . . . . . . 7-4-35 Hearing, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-34 Historic districts and properties, recom- mendation and designation of Ordinance, requirements for adopt- ing, for designation of historic districts and historic properties Hearing and notices, required pub- lic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(c) Historic districts and properties, recommen- dation and designation of Designation of historic district. . . . . . . . . 7-4-13 Boundaries of historic district. . . . . . . 7-4-13(b) Criteria for selection of historic dis- tricts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-13(a) Evaluation of properties within his- toric districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-13(c) Designation of historic property . . . . . . . 7-4-14 Boundary description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-14(b) Criteria for selection of historic prop- erties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-14(a) Ordinance, requirements for adopting, for designation of historic districts and historic properties. . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15 Adoption of ordinance for designa- tion, notification of. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(g) Application for designation of historic districts or historic property . . . 7-4-15(a) Commission action on Commission recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(e) Components, required, of ordinance . 7-4-15(b) Hearing and notices, required public 7-4-15(c) Moratorium on applications for alter- ation or demolition while ordi- nance for designation pending . 7-4-15(i) Notices, notification Adoption of ordinance for designa- tion, notification of . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(g) Other agencies, notification of, re- garding designation . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(h) Public hearing and notices, re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(c) CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:33 ---PAGE BREAK--- HISTORIC PRESERVATION (Cont'd.) State Historic Preservation Sec- tion, notification of . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(f) Other agencies, notification of, regard- ing designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(h) Recommendations on proposed desig- nations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(d) Rescind designation, authority to . . . 7-4-15(j) State Historic Preservation Section, notification of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-15(f) Preliminary research by commission . . . 7-4-12 Historic preservation commission . . . . . . . . 7-4-3 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION COM- MISSION Landmark historic property, preferential classification and assessment of. . . . . 7-1-8 Maintenance Detention ponds Maintenance of detention/retention ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65 Historic properties, maintenance of, and building and zoning code provi- sions. See herein: Maintenance of Historic Properties and Building and Zoning Code Provisions Maintenance of historic properties and build- ing and zoning code provisions Affirmation of existing building and zon- ing codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-53 Failure to provide ordinary mainte- nance or repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-52 Ordinary maintenance or repair . . . . . . . 7-4-51 Miscellaneous provisions Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-63 Certified local government program. . . . 7-4-61 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-62 Penalty provisions Violation; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-66 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-1 Relocation of historic property or proper- ties within historic district. See herein: Demolition or Relocation of Historic Property or Properties within His- toric District Zoning Maintenance of historic properties and building and zoning code provi- sions. See herein that subject HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Certificate of appropriateness, application to preservation commission for. . . . . . 7-4-16 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Comptroller, duties of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-11 Conflict of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-7 Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-3 Funding from various sources, authority to receive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-8 Law enforcement officer, attendance of, at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-10 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION (Cont'd.) Members—Appointment; qualifications; terms and compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-4 Powers, statement of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-5 Records of meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-9 Rules and standards, power to adopt . . . . . 7-4-6 HOOTING. See: YELLING, SHOUTING, ETC. HORNS Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(a) HORSES Disorderly manner, riding horses, etc. in. . 4-1-5 Parks Riding horses, and motor- bikes in parks, etc., when prohib- ited and posted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-41 HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF AUGUSTA Creation; name change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-77 Initial members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-78 Operation of board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-80 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-76 Service through term of office. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-79 HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, RICHMOND COUNTY Area of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-67 Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-61 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-60 Trustees, board of Advisors and their selection and qualifi- cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-66 Composition Additional members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-64 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-63 Successor trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-65 Vacancies; term of members. . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-62 Unemployment compensation program, not to participate in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-68 HOSPITALS Hospital Authority of Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-76 et seq. See: HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF AU- GUSTA Hospital Authority, Richmond County . . . . 1-4-60 et seq. See: HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, RICH- MOND COUNTY Noise Hospital zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-3 Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(k) HOTELS AND MOTELS Bellboys, porters, etc., registration of . . . . . 3-7-27 Guests, registration of, inspections, etc.. . . 3-7-26 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-27 et seq. See: TAXATION Taxicabs Prohibited actions by driver . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-22 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:34 ---PAGE BREAK--- HOURS Abandoned property Disposition within twenty-four hours . . 3-7-23 Alcoholic beverages Hours of sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-14 Augusta-Richmond County property Commission office hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-93 Curfew for minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-1 et seq. See: CURFEW FOR MINORS Daniel Field Light, aircraft moored on flying field to display, at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-22 Parks 11:00 p.m, parks to be cleared by . . . . . . 1-5-49 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Building material on streets, etc. Permit required; to be lighted at night 3-8-3 HOUSING Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Buildings and building regulations Installation or maintenance by homeowner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-9 Construction trades Exemptions from sections 7-1-117 through 7-1-118 Owner wiring residence . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-119(a) Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Fire prevention and protection Open burning, outdoor, in residential areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-6 Housing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-56 et seq. See: HOUSING AUTHORITY Motor vehicles and traffic Stop and yield intersections, right-of- way at Emerging from alley or driveway onto residential or business street, failure to stop while. . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-47 Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Specific standards Manufactured homes and recre- ational vehicles, standards for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(d) Residential construction . . . . . . . 8-1-44(a) Water and sewers Water conservation restrictions Residential standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-111 HOUSING AUTHORITY Purpose; commissioners; tax-exempt sta- tus of its property; power to contract 1-4-56 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Age limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-130 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (Cont'd.) Budget and financial matters . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-120 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-114 Composition, appointments, and voting. . . 1-4-111 Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-128 Duties and powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-116 Employment practices, unlawful . . . . . . . . . 1-4-117 Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-110 Executive director and staff: director's du- ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-115 Exemptions from jurisdiction of ordinance 1-4-126 Financial records, inspection and audit of. 1-4-121 Investigation/hearing of complaints, proce- dures for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-118 Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-129 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-122 Office space and facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-119 Officers; terms of office, limits thereon . . . 1-4-113 Quorum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-123 Remedies/appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-127 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-125 Rules, bylaws and policy manuals. . . . . . . . 1-4-124 Terms of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-112 I IDENTIFICATION Animals and fowl Identification and vaccination tag to be worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-19 Augusta-Richmond County property Vehicle decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-98 Taxicabs Identification of vehicles required. . . . . . 6-7-23 Identity light required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-25 IMPOUNDMENT Abandoned property Impoundment and disposal, authority for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-24 Animals and fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-23 et seq. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL Motor vehicles and traffic Parking on property of others Removal; impoundment . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2(b) Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Groundwater protection standards Agricultural impoundments . . . . . . 8-6-11(b) IMPRISONMENT Courts, fines and imprisonment. . . . . . . . . . 1-6-1 et seq. See: COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISON- MENT Motor vehicles and traffic Penalties Fine; imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-141 IMPROVEMENTS. See: PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:35 ---PAGE BREAK--- INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY Adult entertainment Obscene devices not permitted . . . . . . . . 6-1-26 Advertising matter Indecent posters, handbills, etc. . . . . . . . 3-7-7 Lewdness, indecent exposure, obscene lan- guage, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-29 INDEMNIFICATION Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5 INDIGENT PERSONS Cemeteries Digging graves and building vaults Indigent, no charge for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-9 Paupers, burial of, in family plots . . . . . 1-5-18 INDUSTRIES Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Floor loads, posting Storage and facility-industrial oc- cupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-105(b) Construction trades Exemptions from sections 7-1-117 through 7-1-118 Industry maintenance department . . 7-1-119(b) Historic preservation Detention ponds Maintenance of detention/retention ponds Commercial/industrial detention/ retention ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-65(d) Litter control Commercial, institutional or industrial properties, owners, occupants, etc., of, to provide containers for litter generated by customers, licenses or invitees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-18 Water and sewers Sewers Assessment charges Commercial or industrial users, spe- cial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-71 INJUNCTIONS. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES INJURY. See: DAMAGE, DEFACEMENT, DE- STRUCTION, INJURY, ETC. INNS Bellboys, porters, etc., registration of . . . . . 3-7-27 Guests, registration of, inspections, etc.. . . 3-7-26 INSECT CONTROL. See: PEST CONTROL INSIDE INFORMATION Procurement, public, ethics in . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-33 INSPECTIONS Adult entertainment Self-inspection of permitted premises . . 6-1-23 Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Ambulances Ambulance licenses Inspections of vehicles, equipment and premises; powers of health offic- er—Generally; reports of inspec- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-72 Arcades, license to operate Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(h) Asbestos and biological waste, disposal of. 4-2-53 Augusta Aviation Commission Meeting rules, to make; reports to Au- gusta-Richmond County Commis- sion; inspection of minutes and doc- uments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8 Brokers Conduct of business Inspection of merchandise purchased 6-6-6(b) Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-5 Buildings and building regulations . . . . . . . 7-1-3 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Business tax certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-20 et seq. See: BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES Cemeteries Lots, sale and maintenance of Record required of condition of munic- ipal-maintained lots; inspections; index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-30 Construction trades Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Dance halls Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(d) Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Administration of article Inspector of buildings to enforce regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-40 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Chief inspector, power of, to modify codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-27 Fire prevention, bureau of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-10 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION, BUREAU OF Flea markets Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-37 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:36 ---PAGE BREAK--- INSPECTIONS (Cont'd.) Fortune tellers, etc. Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department; revocation 6-6-44(f) General aviation commission Meeting rules; reports to Augusta-Rich- mond County Commission; inspec- tion of minutes and documents . . . 1-3-16 Going-out-of-business sales Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(h) Hotels, inns, boardinghouses, etc. Guests, registration of, inspections, etc. 3-7-26 Human relations commission Financial records, inspection and audit of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-121 License and inspection department. . . . . . . 7-1-26 et seq. See: LICENSE AND INSPECTION DE- PARTMENT Limousine service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-53 et seq. See: LIMOUSINE SERVICE Live adult entertainment Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(e) Planning and zoning Subdivision of land Plats Improvements, inspection, certifi- cation and acceptance of . . . . 8-3-5 Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-32 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Soil erosion and sedimentation control Inspection and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-36 Stormwater drainage and management Maintenance and inspection. . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-10 Street vendors Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(d) Streetlighting Grading permit Inspection and revocation . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-46 Taxicabs Inspection of vehicles, six-month, re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-15 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-7-43 Temporary and transient vendors Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(e) Transient vendors Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-5-7 Vending machine operators Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(d) Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-5 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS Wreckers Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-5 INSTITUTIONS Litter control Commercial, institutional or industrial properties, owners, occupants, etc., of, to provide containers for litter generated by customers, licenses or invitees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-18 INSULTS Abusive or insulting language . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-6 INSURANCE Ambulances Ambulance licenses Liability insurance required . . . . . . . . 6-7-69 Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5 Construction trades Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Limousine service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-52 Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-5 Procurements Bidding or proposing on Augusta-Rich- mond County contracts, require- ments for Insurance requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-39 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-20 et seq. See: TAXATION Taxicabs Liability insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-11 Water and sewers Wastewater Enforcement action, supplemental Liability Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-15(b) INTERFERENCE Electrical utilities Interfering, damaging, etc., poles, wires, etc., of fire alarm or sheriff's de- partment telegraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-19 Fire prevention and protection Interference with firefighters, etc. at fire 3-3-3 Litter control Interference, unauthorized, with recep- tacles or contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-26 Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Opening vehicle doors and interfering with traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-98 Sheriffs' department, officers of—Assault- ing, interfering with, etc. Prohibited. 3-7-17 Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Containers and receptacles Interference, unauthorized, with re- ceptacles or contents. . . . . . . . 4-2-46 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:37 ---PAGE BREAK--- INTERFERENCE (Cont'd.) Water and sewers Interference with water supply for ex- tinguishing fires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-33 INTOXICATING BEVERAGES, INTOXICA- TION. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES INTRODUCTION SERVICES Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INVENTORY Alcoholic beverages Inventory to be kept under lock and key when sale prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-17 Augusta-Richmond County property. . . . . . 1-2-95 Planning and zoning Mobile homes Tax verification permits Inventory, annual, dealers required to file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-33 Taxation Tax verification permits Dealers required to file annual inven- tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-17 INVESTIGATIONS Adult entertainment Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-13 Alcoholic beverages Licensing Inspection of application by license inspector; investigation by sher- iff; provision of information to license and inspection depart- ment upon request . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 Ambulances Ambulance licenses Investigation of applicant and pro- posed operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-70 Drivers, attendants and attendant-driv- ers, licenses for Investigation of applicants. . . . . . . . . . 6-7-78 Fire prevention, bureau of Augusta-Richmond County attorney, duty of, to assist in investigation of fires, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-16 Human relations commission Investigation/hearing of complaints, pro- cedures for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-118 Taxicabs Driver's permit Examination and investigation of ap- plicant; valid state motor vehi- cle operator's permit required. . 6-7-17 J JOINT AUTHORITY Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(n) JUNK Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-63 et seq. See:AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARDS, SAL- VAGE/RECYCLING FACILITIES Motor vehicles and traffic Abandoned vehicles Inoperative or junk vehicle Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-136 Parking prohibition; exceptions. . . 3-5-135 JUVENILES. See: MINORS K KEEPER, PROPRIETOR Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(o) KICKBACKS Procurement, public, ethics in Gifts, rebates and kickbacks . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-28 Recovery of value transferred or re- ceived in breach of ethical stan- dards Kickbacks, recovery of, by Augusta- Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-38(b) L LAKES Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 et seq. See: PARKS AND RECREATION LAND Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(p) LANDFILLS Dumping of garbage and refuse collected outside county at county landfill . . . . 4-2-3 Penalty for violation of section . . . . . . . . 4-2-3(b) Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-3(a) Fees for use of Augusta-Richmond County solid waste landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-6 Refuse acceptable for disposal at solid waste landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-5 Trespassing, scavenging on landfill prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-4 LANDMARKS Buildings and building regulations Landmark historic property, preferen- tial classification and assessment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-8 Planning and zoning Trees Landmark trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-9 LANDSCAPING Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:38 ---PAGE BREAK--- LAW ENFORCEMENT Historic preservation commission Law enforcement officer, attendance of, at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-10 Impersonation of law enforcement officer . 3-7-35 LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER Drunk and disorderly persons, confine- ment of, in law enforcement center or stockade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-2 LEASES, LEASING Canals Water power, use for—generally Renewal leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-30 Procurements Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Sealed bids selection method Letting contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-43(i) Sealed proposals Final negotiations and letting con- tract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(h) LEGAL PROCESSES. See: WRITS, WAR- RANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES LEGAL SERVICES Human relations commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-129 LEVEES Cutting away earth from levee or bank . . . 1-9-2 LIABILITY Alcoholic beverages Mixed drinks Collection of tax Liability for failure to withhold; certificate of notice of amount due; time to enforce successor's liability . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(e) Persons liable for tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-119 Ambulances Ambulance licenses Liability insurance required . . . . . . . . 6-7-69 Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Indemnity and insurance Liability Insurance Requirements 1-3-8.5(b) Business tax certificates Liability of officers and agents; registra- tion required; failure to obtain . . . 2-1-18 Construction trades Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 License and inspection department Liability, defense of employees for ac- tions taken in course of their du- ties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-30 LIABILITY (Cont'd.) Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Warning and disclaimer of liability . . 8-1-22 Zoning Road naming and addressing . . . . . . . 8-5-23 Soil erosion and sedimentation control Effectivity, validity and liability . . . . . . . 7-3-39.1 Stormwater drainage and management Property owner liability; supplemental charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-14 Taxicabs Liability insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-11 Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits Liability of holder of permit for damages 6-3-27 Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-16 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS LIBRARIES Alcoholic beverages Licensing Location restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-64 Amendments to constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-108 Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Governing body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-106 Interlibrary cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-107 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-103 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-105 Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-104 LICENSEAND INSPECTION DEPARTMENT Alcoholic beverages Licensing Inspection of application by license inspector; investigation by sher- iff; provision of information to license and inspection depart- ment upon request . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 Alternate materials and methods . . . . . . . . 7-1-33 Arcades, license to operate Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(h) Brokers Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-5 Dance halls Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43(d) Director-Building Official, powers and du- ties of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-31 Employee qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-27 Director-Building Official qualifications 7-1-27(a) Inspector qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-27(c) Manager of construction qualifications . 7-1-27(b) Employees' business interests, restrictions on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-28 Established. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-26 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:39 ---PAGE BREAK--- LICENSEAND INSPECTION DEPARTMENT (Cont'd.) Flea markets Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-6-37 Fortune tellers, etc. Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department; revocation 6-6-44(f) Going-out-of-business sales Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47(h) Liability, defense of employees for actions taken in course of their duties . . . . . . 7-1-30 Limousine service Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-7-60 Live adult entertainment Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(e) Records and reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-29 Requirements not covered by code. . . . . . . . 7-1-32 Street vendors Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(d) Taxicabs Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-7-43 Temporary and transient vendors Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(e) Transient vendors Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-5-7 Vending machine operators Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(d) Wreckers Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-5 LICENSE AND INSPECTION, DIRECTOR OF Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Business tax certificates License and inspection, director of, du- ties of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-20 LICENSES AND PERMITS Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-1 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-67 et seq. See: AMBULANCES Amusement game permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46 et seq. See: AMUSEMENT GAMES Arcades, license to operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45 et seq. See: ARCADES LICENSES AND PERMITS (Cont'd.) Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-71 et seq. See:AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARDS, SAL- VAGE/RECYCLING FACILITIES Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-1 et seq. See: BROKERS Buildings and building regulations . . . . . . . 7-1-3 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Canals Engine-driven boat, permit for opera- tion of, required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-17 Cemeteries Permits to bury or move dead bodies required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-17 Construction trades Master electrician's or plumber's certif- icate, limitations on use of, to ob- tain permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-118 Daniel Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-35 et seq. See: DANIEL FIELD Electrical utilities Excavations for poles, permits for mak- ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-5 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Materials, processes or occupancies requiring permits not enumer- ated in codes adopted, specifica- tion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-26 Flea markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-26 et seq. See: FLEA MARKETS Historic preservation commission Certificate of appropriateness, applica- tion to preservation commission for Building and demolition permits, is- suance of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-19 License and inspection department. . . . . . . 7-1-26 et seq. See: LICENSE AND INSPECTION DE- PARTMENT Litter control Commercial, institutional or industrial properties, owners, occupants, etc., of, to provide containers for litter generated by customers, licenses or invitees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-18 Mass gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-3 et seq. See: MASS GATHERINGS Masseurs and masseuses, massage parlors and/or health spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-1 et seq. See: MASSEURS AND MASSEUSES, MASSAGE PARLORS AND/OR HEALTH SPAS Mobile homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-21 et seq. See: MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-4 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:40 ---PAGE BREAK--- LICENSES AND PERMITS (Cont'd.) Pawnbrokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-7 et seq. See: PAWNBROKERS Peddlers, canvassers and solicitors . . . . . . . 6-5-1 et seq. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-18 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Secondhand goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-1 et seq. See: SECONDHAND GOODS Soil erosion and sedimentation control Application/permit process . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-35 Penalties and incentives Failure to obtain permit for land- disturbing activity . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37.A Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Paper, pasteboard boxes, etc. Permit for removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-42 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-24 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Streets, sidewalks and other public places Building material on streets, etc. Permit required; to be lighted at night 3-8-3 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-5 et seq. See: TAXATION Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-16 et seq. See: TAXICABS Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-21 et seq. See: TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES, CABLESAND CONDUITS Water and sewers Wastewater Discharge permit requirements . . . . . 5-3-7 Hauled waste Waste Hauler Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(b) LIENS Canals Water power, use for—generally Lien for unpaid water rent Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-28 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-27 Streetlighting Construction and maintenance Liens; collector of delinquent taxes . . 7-3-13 LIGHTING, LIGHTS Alcoholic beverages Illumination of certain premises . . . . . . . 6-2-12 LIGHTING, LIGHTS (Cont'd.) Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Permit required to alter, erect, etc., structures, change use of land, etc., therein Variances Lights, permit may be condi- tioned to allow Augusta- Richmond County to in- stall, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-39 Light, aircraft moored on flying field to display, at night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-22 Electrical utilities Materials to be used in light and power circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-11 Street lamps, height of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-9 Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-14 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-1 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Streets, sidewalks and other public places Building material on streets, etc. Permit required; to be lighted at night 3-8-3 Taxicabs Identity light required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-25 LIMOUSINE SERVICE Business tax certificate Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-49 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-7-60 Transfer of business tax certificate. . . . . 6-7-51 Certificates, certification Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-7-49 Inspection of vehicles, initial; issuance of certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-53 Transfer of business tax certificate. . . . . 6-7-51 Cleanliness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-55 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-48 Fare, payment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-58 Inspections Biannual inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-56 Initial inspection of vehicles; issuance of certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-53 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-7-60 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-52 Passengers, limitation on number of. . . . . . 6-7-59 Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-61 Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-57 Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-50 Safety belts required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-54 Suspension, right of, by license and inspec- tion department; revocation . . . . . . . . 6-7-60 Transfer of business tax certificate . . . . . . . 6-7-51 LIQUOR. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:41 ---PAGE BREAK--- LITTER CONTROL Businesses Areas surrounding businesses, duty of proprietors, business managers to insure cleanliness of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-16 Commercial, institutional or industrial properties, owners, occupants, etc., of, to provide containers for litter generated by customers, licenses or invitees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-18 Transporting refuse in vehicles regu- lated Commercial solid waste collection and transportation vehicles and con- tainers, additional regulations for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-14(b) Certain deposits prohibited; exception . . . . 4-2-8 Churches and public places; littering and spitting prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-12 Cleaning of property at owner's expense . . 4-2-24 Commercial, institutional or industrial prop- erties, owners, occupants, etc., of, to provide containers for litter gener- ated by customers, licenses or invitees 4-2-18 Construction-site litter, removal of . . . . . . . 4-2-23 Crates, boxes, etc., keeping, on streets and sidewalks prohibited; exception . . . . . 4-2-11 Dangerous objects, placing, throwing, etc., in streets and sidewalks prohibited . 4-2-10 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-7 Grass, leaves, tree trimmings, etc. . . . . . . . 4-2-17 Cleaning of property at owner's expense; violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-17(d) Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-17(b) Disposal required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-17(c) Streets or gutters, prohibited in . . . . . . . 4-2-17(a) Handbills and advertising matter, distrib- uting, in automobiles, on private prop- erty prohibited; exceptions. . . . . . . . . . 4-2-13 Interference, unauthorized, with recepta- cles or contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-26 Motor vehicles and traffic Handbills and advertising matter, dis- tributing, in automobiles, on pri- vate property prohibited; excep- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-13 Parking lot owners to provide containers for litter generated from lot opera- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-19 Transporting refuse in vehicles regu- lated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-14 Parking lot owners to provide containers for litter generated from lot opera- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-19 Property Cleaning of property at owner's expense 4-2-24 LITTER CONTROL (Cont'd.) Commercial, institutional or industrial properties, owners, occupants, etc., of, to provide containers for litter generated by customers, licenses or invitees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-18 Grass, leaves, tree trimmings, etc. . . . . . 4-2-17 Cleaning of property at owner's ex- pense; violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-17(d) Handbills and advertising matter, dis- tributing, in automobiles, on pri- vate property prohibited; excep- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-13 Owner, occupant, etc., duty of, to keep property litter free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-15 Special occasions, removal of litter, trash and debris resulting from. . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-22 Storage areas, garbage, to be kept clean . . 4-2-21 Streets and sidewalks, littering, prohibited 4-2-9 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Churches and public places; littering and spitting prohibited . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-12 Crates, boxes, etc., keeping, on streets and sidewalks prohibited; excep- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-11 Dangerous objects, placing, throwing, etc., in streets and sidewalks pro- hibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-10 Grass, leaves, tree trimmings, etc. Streets or gutters, prohibited in. . . . . 4-2-17(a) Streets and sidewalks, littering, prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-9 Transporting refuse in vehicles regulated . 4-2-14 All vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-14(a) Commercial solid waste collection and transportation vehicles and con- tainers, additional regulations for 4-2-14(b) Violations; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-25 Work areas to be kept in clean condition. . 4-2-20 LIVE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(c) Business tax certificate required . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(b) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(a) Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(f) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(d) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspec- tion Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42(e) LIVESTOCK. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL LOADING AND UNLOADING Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(k) Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Loading, unloading, opening boxes . . 3-6-2(i) Streetlighting Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(a) LOAFING Obstructing streets or sidewalks . . . . . . . . . 3-7-31 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:42 ---PAGE BREAK--- LOANS Pawnbrokers Loan, amount of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-8 LOITERING Obstructing streets or sidewalks . . . . . . . . . 3-7-31 LOTS Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-12 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 Litter control Parking lot owners to provide containers for litter generated from lot opera- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-19 Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Groundwater protection standards Lot sizes, minimum, and septic sys- tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(i) LOUD NOISE. See: NOISE LOUDSPEAKERS, AMPLIFIERS, ETC. Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Loudspeakers, amplifiers for advertis- ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(c) M MAINTENANCE Animals and fowl Cruelty Failure to care for and maintain . . . . 4-1-27(d) Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities Yard maintenance, general . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-69 Buildings and building regulations . . . . . . . 7-1-9 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-26 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Construction trades Exemptions from sections 7-1-117 through 7-1-118 Industry maintenance department . . 7-1-119(b) Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-51 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Planning and zoning Trees Planting and maintenance standards 8-4-7 Stormwater drainage and management Maintenance and inspection. . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-10 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-8 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING MAINTENANCE (Cont'd.) Water and sewers Backflow prevention and cross-connec- tions Potability, maintaining of, required. . 5-2-74 MANUFACTURED HOMESAND MANUFAC- TURED HOME PARKS Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-5 et seq. See: TAXATION MANUFACTURING Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Inspections Manufacturers and fabricators . . . 7-1-94(b) MAPS. See: SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS MARSHALL'S DEPARTMENT Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE MASS GATHERINGS Chapter violations; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-13 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-1 Emergency powers of sheriff's department where facilities inadequate . . . . . . . . . 3-4-10 Events consisting of more than five per- sons on public property. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11 Appeal and Judicial Review . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(c) Application Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(a) Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(d) Private Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(f) Review of Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(b) Revocation of Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11(e) Limited applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-2 Permit Application Filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-4 Information to be provided . . . . . . . . . 3-4-5 Financial backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-5(b) Operational plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-5(a) Review procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-6 Bond requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-8 Notice of denial, suspension or revoca- tion of permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-7 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-3 Riverwalk, protests/demonstrations prohib- ited at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-12 Water and sewage facilities, time limit for completion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-9 MASSEURS AND MASSEUSES, MASSAGE PARLORS AND/OR HEALTH SPAS Application for license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-5 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-5(a) Incomplete applications; swearing to be- fore notary public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-5(d) CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:43 ---PAGE BREAK--- MASSEURS AND MASSEUSES, MASSAGE PARLORS AND/OR HEALTH SPAS (Cont'd.) Massage therapy license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-5(c) Operator's license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-5(b) Apprentices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-13 Approval procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-6 Automatic license forfeiture for nonuse . . . 6-4-8 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-1 Display of license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-11 Expiration; renewal of license. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-9 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-16 License required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-2 Qualifications for massage therapy license 6-4-4 Qualifications for operator's license . . . . . . 6-4-3 Report of licensed employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-12 Revocation, suspension of license. . . . . . . . . 6-4-7 Separate application and operator's license for each business location . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-10 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-19 Transferability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-17 Transitional massage therapy license. . . . . 6-4-14 Violation; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-18 Waiver for non-massage modalities. . . . . . . 6-4-15 MAYOR Augusta Aviation Commission Mayor to be ex officio member; member to serve without compensation . . . 1-3-2 Chief executive officer, authority and du- ties as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-27 General aviation commission Mayor to be ex officio member; member to serve without compensation . . . 1-3-10 Personnel Personnel system Personnel board Established, composition; appoint- ment, terms of office, selec- tion of mayor, filling of vacan- cies; removal from office; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-13 Powers, authority and duties generally . . . 1-2-26 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(q) MEASURES. See: WEIGHTS AND MEA- SURES MECHANICAL DEVICES Buildings and building regulations Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(e) MEDICAL SERVICES Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-62 et seq. See: AMBULANCES Biological waste, disposal of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-51 et seq. See: ASBESTOS AND BIOLOGICAL WASTE, DISPOSAL OF MEDIUMS. See: FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS Firearms and weapons Gun sales Certain persons, sales to, prohibited. 3-7-14(e) METAL RAILS OR SIMILAR MATERIALS, TRANSPORTATION OF Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(n) MINI-MOTION PICTURE THEATERS. See: THEATERS MINORITIES Personnel Affirmative action Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-60 MINORS (Juveniles, children, etc.) Adult entertainment Minors, admission of, unlawful . . . . . . . . 6-1-7 Minors, sales to, unlawful. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-8 Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-19 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Brokers Conduct of business Minors, dealing with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-6(c) Curfew for minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-1 et seq. See: CURFEW FOR MINORS Firearms and weapons Ammunition—Sale, etc. to minors . . . . . 3-7-13 Gun sales Certain persons, sales to, prohibited. 3-7-14(e) Flea markets Minors, purchase from, prohibited . . . . . 6-6-34 Pawnbrokers Minors, dealing with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-11 Pedestrians' rights and duties Children, drivers must use due care with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-53 Smoking, minors prohibited from, in retail establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4 Allowing minor to smoke prohibited . . . 3-7-4(c) Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4(a) Penalty for minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4(e) Penalty for violation of section—Gener- ally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4(d) Smoking prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4(b) Taxicabs Driver's permit Application—Form; verification; con- tents; photograph and physician's certificate required; application fee; minimum age of drivers . . . 6-7-16(b) MISREPRESENTATION Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Law enforcement officer, impersonation of 3-7-35 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:44 ---PAGE BREAK--- MISREPRESENTATION (Cont'd.) Water and sewers False pretenses, water obtained through 5-2-12 MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS. See: MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS MONEYLENDERS Brokers Money lenders, except banks and like institutions, as pawnbrokers . . . . . 6-6-14 MONTH Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(r) MONUMENTS Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-13 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Injuring, defacing, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-36 Parks Defacing, etc., monuments, etc.. . . . . . . . 1-5-44 MORAL CHARACTER Alcoholic beverages Licensing Criteria for license approval—Per- sonal qualifications of appli- cants Moral character; criminal record. . 6-2-62(b) MOTELS. See: HOTELS AND MOTELS MOTHBALLS AND MOTHBALLING Buildings and construction Structural standards and requirements 7-1-19 et seq. BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS MOTION PICTURE ARCADES. See: AR- CADES MOTION PICTURE THEATERS. See: THE- ATERS MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Abandoned vehicles Inoperative or junk vehicle Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-136 Parking prohibition; exceptions . . . . . 3-5-135 License plates, invalid, parking vehicles with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-134 Nuisances not authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-137 Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-139 Supplemental nature of article . . . . . . . . 3-5-138 Advertising matter Vehicles, prohibited on windshield or body of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-11 Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-62 et seq. See: AMBULANCES Augusta-Richmond County property Vehicle decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-98 Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-97 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (Cont'd.) Aviation commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-1 et seq. See: AVIATION COMMISSIONS Bicycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-58 et seq. See: BICYCLES Buildings and building regulations Stop and yield intersections, right-of- way at Highway construction vehicle display- ing amber lights, failure to yield for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-50 Highway construction vehicle or per- son, failure to yield for . . . . . . . . 3-5-49 Stopping, standing or parking prohib- ited in specified places United States Courthouse, restric- tions on parking adjacent to . . . 3-5-95.1 Buses Parking restrictions. See herein: Trucks and Buses, Parking Restrictions for Railroad crossing signals, obedience to Taxis, school buses and gas trucks to stop at railroad crossings and not change gears while driving across railroad tracks . . . . . . . . . 3-5-65 Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(k) Definitions of words and phrases. . . . . . . . . 3-5-1 Driving rules, miscellaneous Backing, improper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-120 Blue lights, operating unauthorized ve- hicle with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-101 Brakes, no . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-108 Closed to public, driving on highway. . . 3-5-124 Curve, passing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-116 Deputy directing traffic, refusal to com- ply with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-125 Emergency light permit, without or ex- pired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-102 Fire hose, crossing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-100 Fire truck or other emergency vehicle, following or parking within five hundred feet of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-99 Following too closely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-122 Front seat, more than three persons in. 3-5-97 Hearing or vision, wearing device which impairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-105 Hill, passing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-116 Intersection, passing within one hun- dred (100) feet of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-117 Lane change, improper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-119 Lighting, lights Blue lights, operating unauthorized vehicle with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-101 Emergency light permit, without or expired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-102 Failure to dim lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-107 Red/amber lights, unauthorized vehi- cle with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-103 Use of lights required at specific times 3-5-106 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:45 ---PAGE BREAK--- MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (Cont'd.) Median, crossing, in divided highways . 3-5-123 Noise, excessive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-109 Opening vehicle doors and interfering with traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-98 Passing, improper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-121 Railroad crossing, passing within one hundred (100) feet of . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-117 Red/amber lights, unauthorized vehicle with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-103 Shoulder of road, no passing on . . . . . . . 3-5-115 Side-by-side, impeding normal flow of traffic by driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-114 Sidewalk, driving on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-96 Siren, whistle or bell, illegal use of . . . . 3-5-104 Slower drivers must stay in right lane . 3-5-113 Smoke, excessive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-109 Solid yellow line, passing on . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-118 Suspension system, altered, operating vehicle with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-110 Unsafe or improperly equipped vehicle, driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-111 Wrong side of road, driving on. . . . . . . . . 3-5-112 Emergencies Driving rules, miscellaneous Emergency light permit, without or expired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-102 Fire truck or other emergency vehi- cle, following or parking within five hundred feet of . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-99 Stop and yield intersections, right-of- way at Emergency vehicle, failure to yield right-of-way to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-48 Funeral processions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-67 et seq. See: FUNERAL PROCESSIONS Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-5 Licenses and permits Abandoned vehicles License plates, invalid, parking vehi- cles with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-134 Licenses for motor vehicles; drivers . . . . 3-5-4 motorized carts, mopeds, off-road vehicles, minibikes Driver's license or permit required for certain operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-88 Licenses for motor vehicles; drivers . . . . . . 3-5-4 Lighting, lights Driving rules, miscellaneous. See herein that subject motorized carts, mopeds, off-road vehicles, minibikes Light and taillight on, . . . 3-5-80 Stop and yield intersections, right-of- way at Highway construction vehicle display- ing amber lights, failure to yield for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-50 Traffic-control devices Avoiding traffic sign, signal or light . 3-5-14 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (Cont'd.) Turning movements. See herein that sub- ject Limousine service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-48 et seq. See: LIMOUSINE SERVICE Litter control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-13 et seq. See: LITTER CONTROL Minibikes. See herein: Motor- ized Carts, Mopeds, Off-Road Vehi- cles, Minibikes Mopeds. See herein: Motor- ized Carts, Mopeds, Off-Road Vehi- cles, Minibikes motorized carts, mopeds, off- road vehicles, minibikes Abreast in traffic lane, more than two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-79 Carry article which prevents him from keeping both hands on handlebars, person cannot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-73 Clinging to other vehicle, . . 3-5-81 Driver's license or permit required for certain operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-88 Face forward with one leg on either side of person riding motor- cycle must . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-72 Footrests, passengers must have . . . . . . 3-5-82 Full lane, other vehicles must give mo- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-76 Handlebars more than fifteen inches above seat, back rest with sharp point at tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-83 Helmet required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-84 Lanes of traffic, cannot op- erate between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-78 Light and taillight on, . . . . . 3-5-80 Motorized cart, operating, on public street, road or highway . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-86 Off-road vehicle, operation of, on public street, road or highway . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-91 Pass in same lane as another vehicle, cannot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-77 Passenger must not interfere with con- trol or view of operator . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-74 Protective gear required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-89 Shoes, operator and passenger must wear, on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-75 Traffic laws applicable to persons oper- ating mopeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-87 Traffic laws applicable to persons oper- ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-71 Windshield or visor required . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-85 Motorized carts. See herein: Motorized Carts, Mopeds, Off-Road Vehicles, Minibikes Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2 et seq. See: NOISE Obstructions Speed regulations Impeding free flow of traffic . . . . . . . . 3-5-21 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:46 ---PAGE BREAK--- MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (Cont'd.) Stopping, standing or parking prohib- ited in specified places Obstruct traffic, parking not to . . . . . 3-5-92 Obstructing intersection. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-95 Off-road vehicles. See herein: Motorized Carts, Mopeds, Off-Road Vehicles, Minibikes One-way streets and alleys Direction of movement on streets, au- thority to restrict, during certain periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-41 Sign, authority to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-39 Wrong way, driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-40 Parking Abandoned vehicles Inoperative or junk vehicle Parking prohibition; exceptions. . . 3-5-135 License plates, invalid, parking vehi- cles with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-134 Property of others, parking on. . . . . . . . . 3-5-2 Stopping, standing or parking prohib- ited in specified places. See herein that subject Trucks and buses, parking restrictions for. See herein that subject Parking on property of others. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2 Consent, compliance with signs or mark- ings required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2(a) Removal; impoundment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2(b) Violations; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2(c) Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-40 et seq. See: PARKS AND RECREATION Pedestrians Rights and duties. See herein: Pedestri- ans' Rights and Duties Traffic-control devices Augusta-Richmond County traffic en- gineer to designate crosswalks and establish safety zones . . . . . 3-5-11 Pedestrians' rights and duties Children, drivers must use due care with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-53 Crossing at right angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-51 Drunks, drivers must use due care with 3-5-53 Pedestrian under influence. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-54 Railroad crossing barrier, failure to stop by pedestrian for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-52 Sidewalk, driver must yield to pedes- trian on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-56 Solicit rides or business, no person to stand in road to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-55 Penalties Fine; imprisonment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-141 Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Specific standards Manufactured homes and recre- ational vehicles, standards for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(d) MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (Cont'd.) Prostitution; transporting for purpose of prostitution or sodomy prohibited . . . 3-7-5 Railroad crossing signals, obedience to Disregarding railroad crossing barrier . 3-5-63 Failure to stop for railroad crossing. . . . 3-5-62 Failure to stop for stop sign at railroad crossing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-64 Taxis, school buses and gas trucks to stop at railroad crossings and not change gears while driving across railroad tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-65 Railroads and trains Driving rules, miscellaneous Railroad crossing, passing within one hundred (100) feet of . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-117 Pedestrians' rights and duties Railroad crossing barrier, failure to stop by pedestrian for . . . . . . . . . 3-5-52 Railroad crossing signals, obedience to. See herein that subject Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE Signs One-way streets and alleys Sign, authority to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-39 Parking on property of others Consent, compliance with signs or markings required . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2(a) Railroad crossing signals, obedience to Failure to stop for stop sign at rail- road crossing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-64 Speed regulations School speed limit signs . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-24 Stop and yield intersections, right-of- way at Signs required at through streets or roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-43 Traffic-control devices Avoiding traffic sign, signal or light . 3-5-14 Stop signs and yield signs; failure to stop for stop sign; ran stop sign; failure to slow down or stop for yield sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-13 Turning movements No-turn signs, obedience to . . . . . . . . . 3-5-27 Restricted turn signs, authority to place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-26 Speed regulations Augusta-Richmond County traffic engi- neer, authority of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-18 Conditions, too fast for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-20 Drags, laying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-23 Impeding free flow of traffic. . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-21 Limits applicable, when. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-19 Race, driving in, or participating in race 3-5-22 School speed limit signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-24 State speed laws applicable . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-16 Streets, specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-17 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:47 ---PAGE BREAK--- MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (Cont'd.) Stop and yield intersections, right-of-way at Driveway, failure to yield right-of-way from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-46 Emergency vehicle, failure to yield right- of-way to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-48 Emerging from alley or driveway onto residential or business street, fail- ure to stop while . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-47 Failure to yield right-of-way at intersec- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-45 Highway construction vehicle display- ing amber lights, failure to yield for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-50 Highway construction vehicle or person, failure to yield for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-49 Other intersections where stop or yield required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-44 Signs required at through streets or roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-43 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places Curb, improper parking by not parking within one foot of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-94 Improper parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-93 Obstruct traffic, parking not to . . . . . . . . 3-5-92 Obstructing intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-95 United States Courthouse, restrictions on parking adjacent to . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-95.1 Streetlighting Excavations Blocking traffic; signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-21 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-50 et seq. See: TAXATION Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-7 et seq. See: TAXICABS Traffic, kinds and classes of, on certain highways Commercial vehicles prohibited from us- ing certain streets or highways . . . 3-5-127 Excluding specific traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-128 Through trucks prohibited from using certain streets or roads . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-129 Traffic-control devices Augusta-Richmond County traffic engi- neer to designate crosswalks and establish safety zones. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-11 Authority to install traffic-control de- vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-6 Avoiding traffic sign, signal or light. . . . 3-5-14 Obedience to official traffic-control de- vices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-8 Official traffic-control device; presump- tion of legality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-10 Regulations and specifications for traffic- control devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-7 Required for enforcement, when . . . . . . . 3-5-9 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (Cont'd.) Stop signs and yield signs; failure to stop for stop sign; ran stop sign; failure to slow down or stop for yield sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-13 Traffic lanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-12 Trespass by motor vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-3 Trucks and buses, parking restrictions for Attendant required for certain trucks, buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-132 Time limit for trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-131 Turning movements Devices altering normal course for turns, authority to place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-25 Hand signals, improper use of. . . . . . . . . 3-5-37 Left turn, improper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-31 Lighting, lights Signal lights, improper use of, if flashed on one side only of parked vehicle or used as do pass signal 3-5-36 Signal lights, improper use of, while stopping or stopped . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-35 Signal lights, improper use of, while turning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-34 Limitations on turning around . . . . . . . . 3-5-28 No-turn signs, obedience to . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-27 Position, being in proper, and/or using signals, improper turning by not. . 3-5-33 Restricted turn signs, authority to place 3-5-26 Right turn, improper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-30 Signal lights, improper use of, if flashed on one side only of parked vehicle or used as do pass signal. . . . . . . . . 3-5-36 Signal lights, improper use of, while stopping or stopped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-35 Signal lights, improper use of, while turning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-34 Starting of parked vehicle, improper . . . 3-5-32 Yield right-of-way while turning left, failure to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-29 Vehicles for hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-1 et seq. See: VEHICLES FOR HIRE Wreckers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-1 et seq. See: WRECKERS Yield intersections. See herein: Stop and Yield Intersections, Right-of-Way at MOVIE THEATERS. See: THEATERS MOVING BUILDINGS OR OTHER STRUC- TURES Planning and zoning Trees Moving buildings or other large ob- jects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-8 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Moving buildings through streets. . . . . . 3-8-13 MUNICIPAL COURTS General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-9 Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-8 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:48 ---PAGE BREAK--- MUNICIPAL COURTS (Cont'd.) Removal of judges from office . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-11 Sessions of court; judges' failure to attend sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-10 MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES MUNICIPAL PROPERTY, WORK, STRUC- TURE, ENTERPRISE OR ACTIVITY Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(t) N NEGLECT Animals and fowl Cruelty Animal control department, author- ity of, in case of animal neglect 4-1-27(f) NEWSPAPERS Commission Publication of ordinances, notices, etc. . 1-2-12 NOISE Hospital zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-3 Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Noise, excessive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-109 Prohibited noises enumerated. See herein that subject Penalty for violation of chapter . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-4 Prohibited noises enumerated. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2 Animals, birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(e) Attention, noise to attract. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(m) Blowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(o) Buildings, construction or repair of . . . . 3-6-2(j) Defect in vehicle or load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(h) Exhausts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(g) Hawkers, peddlers, vendors . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(l) Horns, signaling devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(a) Loading, unloading, opening boxes. . . . . 3-6-2(i) Loudspeakers, amplifiers for advertis- ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(c) Metal rails or similar materials, trans- portation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(n) Motor vehicles and traffic Defect in vehicle or load . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(h) Exhausts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(g) Horns, signaling devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(a) Loading, unloading, opening boxes . . 3-6-2(i) Metal rails or similar materials, trans- portation of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(n) Sound trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(p) Radios, phonographs, similar devices . . 3-6-2(b) Schools, courts, places of worship, hos- pitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(k) Sound trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(p) Steam whistles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(f) Yelling, shouting, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(d) Regulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-1 Riverwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-54 NONCONFORMITIES Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Nonconforming uses, existing; struc- tures begun before effective date of article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-34 NOTARY PUBLICS Masseurs and masseuses, massage parlors and/or health spas Application for license Incomplete applications; swearing to before notary public. . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-5(d) NOTICES, NOTIFICATION Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-7 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Animals and fowl Livestock Notice of impoundment of livestock . 4-1-54 Buildings and building regulations Maintenance—Generally Administration and enforcement of standards Notice of violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-134(c) Notice, service of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-134(d) Business tax certificates Occupation tax appeals board Notice of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37(g) Commission Publication of ordinances, notices, etc. . 1-2-12 Construction advisory board Appeals proceedings Authorized; filing notice of appeal. . . 7-1-56 Historic preservation Demolition or relocation of historic prop- erty or properties within historic district Certificates of appropriateness Notice of public hearing pursuant to application for certificate of appropriateness for demo- lition or relocation. . . . . . . . . . 7-4-35 Historic districts and properties, recom- mendation and designation of Ordinance, requirements for adopt- ing, for designation of historic districts and historic properties 7-4-15 Mass gatherings Permit Notice of denial, suspension or revo- cation of permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-7 Nuisances Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-3 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:49 ---PAGE BREAK--- NOTICES, NOTIFICATION (Cont'd.) Planning and zoning Mobile homes Tax verification permits Location or relocation permit Notice to Augusta-Richmond County of destination whenever relocation out- side Augusta-Richmond County authorized . . . . . . . 8-2-29 Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-40 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Containers and receptacles Notice to occupant or owner to se- cure receptacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-45 Streetlighting Excavations Notification of director of public works or his representative; comple- tion of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-19 Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards Notifications upon completion of operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(e) Streets, sidewalks and other public places Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants Determining intersections, etc., to be hazardous; notice to owner to remove trees, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-15 Failure of owner to comply with no- tice; penalty; form of judgment. 3-8-16 Taxation Tax verification permits Location or relocation permit Notice to Augusta-Richmond County of destination when- ever relocation outsideAugus- ta-Richmond County autho- rized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-13 Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-9 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS NOXIOUS VEGETATION Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 NUISANCES Abatement Director-building official, powers of, to abate nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-41 Injunctions against order to abate nui- sance, repair, close, or demolish unfit dwellings, buildings or struc- tures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-7 NUISANCES (Cont'd.) Procedures in event nuisance not abated when specified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-4 Public officer, designation of, to exercise statutory nuisance abatement pow- ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-6 State procedures, incorporation of . . . . . 7-2-42 Adult entertainment Abatement as sanitary nuisance. . . . . . . 6-1-25 Nuisance, unlawful operation declared . 6-1-21 Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-63 et seq. See:AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARDS, SAL- VAGE/RECYCLING FACILITIES Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-1 Injunctions against order to abate nui- sance, repair, close, or demolish unfit dwellings, buildings or structures . . . 7-2-7 Motor vehicles and traffic Abandoned vehicles Nuisances not authorized. . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-137 Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-3 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-5 Planning and zoning Trees Nuisance trees and shrubs . . . . . . . . . 8-4-10 Procedures in event nuisance not abated when specified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-4 Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-2 Public officer, designation of, to exercise statutory nuisance abatement powers 7-2-6 Streetlighting Nuisance abatement—in rem proceed- ings Findings of existence of nuisances. . . 7-3-61 Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for Nuisance abatement procedures . . . . 7-3-73 NUMBER Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(u) O OATH, AFFIRMATION, SWEAR OR SWORN Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-35 Masseurs and masseuses, massage parlors and/or health spas Application for license Incomplete applications; swearing to before notary public. . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-5(d) Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(v) OBSCENITY. See: INDECENCY AND OB- SCENITY OBSTRUCTIONS Alcoholic beverages Visual obstructions prohibited . . . . . . . . . 6-2-25 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:50 ---PAGE BREAK--- OBSTRUCTIONS (Cont'd.) Fire prevention, bureau of School fire drills required; exits, etc., of schools to be unlocked, unob- structed, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-17 Loitering or loafing—Obstructing streets or sidewalks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-31 Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-21 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Streetlighting Excavations Blocking traffic; signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-21 Streets, sidewalks and other public places 3-8-12 et seq. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PRO- VISIONS Abandoned property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-22 et seq. See: ABANDONMENT Abandonment of property—Prohibited— Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-21 Abusive or insulting language . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-6 Advertising matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-7 et seq. See: ADVERTISING Airport facility, dangerous or deadly weap- ons prohibited in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-45 Breaking glass in doors or windows . . . . . . 3-7-15 Buses operated by transit department, smoking and eating on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-39 Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(a) Credit, etc.—Use of another's name . . . . . . 3-7-18 Defacing or injuring public or private prop- erty—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-19 Discarded personal property—Definitions. 3-7-20 Disorderly conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-1 et seq. See: DISORDERLY PERSONS, DISOR- DERLY CONDUCT Failure to obey officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-30 Firearms and weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-13 et seq. See: FIREARMS AND WEAPONS Hotels, inns, boardinghouses, etc. Bellboys, porters, etc., registration of . . 3-7-27 Guests, registration of, inspections, etc. 3-7-26 Iceboxes, refrigerators, etc.—Leaving aban- doned, unattended, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-28 Impersonation of law enforcement officer . 3-7-35 Lewdness, indecent exposure, obscene lan- guage, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-29 Loitering or loafing—Obstructing streets or sidewalks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-31 Marijuana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-33 Masters Golf Tournament Ticket brokers, prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-32 Monuments, public—Injuring, defacing, etc. 3-7-36 Parades—Commercially sponsored parades prohibited on Saturday; exception. . . 3-7-34 Penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-44 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PRO- VISIONS (Cont'd.) Prostitution; transporting for purpose of prostitution or sodomy prohibited . . . 3-7-5 Sheriffs' department, officers of—Assault- ing, interfering with, etc. prohibited. 3-7-17 Skating on streets prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-25 Smoking, minors prohibited from, in retail establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4 et seq. See: MINORS Street signs—Injury or interference with . 3-7-40 Theaters, smoking in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-38 Ticket brokers, prohibited Masters Golf Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-32 Trespassing prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-37 Truants, duty of sheriff's department to report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-16 Vagrants, etc.—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-41 Vagrants—Bringing into city. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-42 Wells—digging, etc. prohibited; exception . 3-7-43 OFFENSIVE MATTER Canals Washing clothes, animals, etc.; deposit- ing offensive matter; polluting. . . . 1-9-18 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-30 et seq. See:ADMINISTRATOR FORAUGUSTA- RICHMOND COUNTY Affirmative action. See herein: Personnel Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-6 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-64 et seq. See: AMBULANCES Animals and fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-2 et seq. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL Aviation commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-1 et seq. See: AVIATION COMMISSIONS Boards, commissions and authorities . . . . . 1-4-1 et seq. See: BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES Business tax certificates License and inspection, director of, du- ties of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-20 Occupation tax appeals board . . . . . . . . . 2-1-37 Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-2 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(c) Clerk of commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-60 et seq. See: CLERK OF COMMISSION Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-1 et seq. See: COMMISSION Construction advisory board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-46 et seq. See: CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY BOARD Contact with employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-13 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:51 ---PAGE BREAK--- OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.) Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Administration of article Appeals to planning commission from decision of director-build- ing official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-41 Inspector of buildings to enforce regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-40 DevelopmentAuthority of Richmond County 1-4-6 et seq. See: DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF RICHMOND COUNTY Downtown development authority. . . . . . . . 1-4-14 et seq. See: DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Ethics, code of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-20 et seq. See: ETHICS, CODE OF Failure to obey officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-30 Fire prevention and protection . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-3 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION AND PRO- TECTION Historic preservation commission . . . . . . . . 7-4-3 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION COM- MISSION Hospital Authority of Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-76 et seq. See: HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF AU- GUSTA Hospital Authority, Richmond County . . . . 1-4-60 et seq. See: HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, RICH- MOND COUNTY Housing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-56 et seq. See: HOUSING AUTHORITY Human relations commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-110 et seq. See: HUMAN RELATIONS COMMIS- SION Impersonation of law enforcement officer . 3-7-35 Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-103 et seq. See: LIBRARIES License and inspection department. . . . . . . 7-1-26 et seq. See: LICENSE AND INSPECTION DE- PARTMENT Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-26 et seq. See: MAYOR Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Deputy directing traffic, refusal to comply with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-125 Nuisances Abatement Director-building official, powers of, to abate nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-41 Public officer, designation of, to exercise statutory nuisance abatement pow- ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-6 Parks Police powers of supervisors. . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-53 Personnel Affirmative action Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-60 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.) Claims or judgments against county em- ployees, payment of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-1 Classification plan Administration and maintenance; re- allocation, reclassification of po- sitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-34 Adoption; salary grade allocation in- corporated as part by reference 1-7-31 Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-32 New positions, establishment, classi- fication of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-35 County attorney to defend county em- ployees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-2 Departments and other agencies Personnel system. See within this sub- heading that subject Personnel system Departments and other agencies Personnel board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-13 et seq. Employee dismissal, right to appeal . 1-7-19 Employee's right of action, limitation on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-18 Human resources, director of . . . . . . . 1-7-17 Personnel board Established, composition; appoint- ment, terms of office, selec- tion of mayor, filling of vacan- cies; removal from office; compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-13 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-14 Payment of costs from county funds 1-7-16 Purpose; duties and powers . . . . . . 1-7-15 Duties and Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-15(b) Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-15(a) Persons included and excluded—Gen- erally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-11 Present employees, inclusion of . . . . . 1-7-12 Planning and development Classification plan. See within this subheading that subject Policies and procedures Adopted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-51 Payroll, department to certify. . . . . . . 1-7-52 Retirement plan Adopted by reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-66 Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Administration Executive director, designation of . 8-1-29 Executive director, duties and re- sponsibilities of . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-31 Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-81 et seq. See: PLANNING COMMISSION, AU- GUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY Procurement, public, ethics in . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-27 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC, ETH- ICS IN AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:52 ---PAGE BREAK--- OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.) Records management plan Records management officer, office of, created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-105 Retirement plan. See herein: Personnel Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(s) Sheriffs' department, officers of—Assault- ing, interfering with, etc. Prohibited. 3-7-17 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-3 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-37 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS OFFICES Augusta-Richmond County property Commission administrative office. . . . . . 1-2-94 Commission office hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-93 Human relations commission Office space and facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-119 OPEN BURNING Fire prevention and protection Open burning, outdoor, in residential areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-6 OPEN SPACES. See: YARDS AND OPEN SPACES OPENING CONTAINERS Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Loading, unloading, opening boxes . . 3-6-2(i) OR, AND Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(w) ORDERS. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ETC. Buildings and building regulations Structural standards and requirements Technical codes Adopted by reference . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-16 Commission Ordinances—Required readings . . . . . . . 1-2-5 Publication of ordinances, notices, etc. . 1-2-12 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Adoption by reference; where filed . . 3-3-20 OWNER Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(x) P PALMIST. See: FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC. PAPER, PASTEBOARD BOXES, ETC. Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Flattened for collection, required to be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-41 PAPER, PASTEBOARD BOXES, ETC. (Cont'd.) Permit for removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-42 PARADES AND PROCESSIONS Funeral processions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-67 et seq. See: FUNERAL PROCESSIONS Parades—Commercially sponsored parades prohibited on Saturday; exception. . . 3-7-34 PARKING Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(k) Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Taxation Rental car excise tax Proceeds to fund downtown parking facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-55 PARKING LOTS Litter control Parking lot owners to provide containers for litter generated from lot opera- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-19 PARKS AND RECREATION Alcoholic beverages Licensing Location restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-64 Parks, playgrounds, public streets and public areas owned or operated by Augusta, consumption at. . . . . . . . . 6-2-5 Animals and fowl Parks. See herein that subject Boats, docks and waterways Parks. See herein that subject Fishing Parks. See herein that subject Lakes Parks. See herein that subject Motor vehicles and traffic Parks. See herein that subject Parks 11:00 p.m, parks to be cleared by . . . . . . 1-5-49 Animals Fishing or bathing in lakes, ponds or fountains—Generally. . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 Fishing prohibited in Lake Olmstead except with hook and line; west end of Lake Olmstead to be used for fishing only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-48 Riding horses, and motor- bikes in parks, etc., when pro- hibited and posted . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-41 Riverwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-54 Boats, docks and waterways Lake Olmstead. See within this sub- heading that subject Lakes, ponds or fountains, fishing or bathing in—Generally. . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 Commercial vehicles in parks . . . . . . . . . 1-5-40 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:53 ---PAGE BREAK--- PARKS AND RECREATION (Cont'd.) Damaging, etc., park property—Gener- ally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-45 Defacing, etc., monuments, etc.. . . . . . . . 1-5-44 Fishing Lakes, ponds or fountains—Gener- ally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 Prohibited in Lake Olmstead except with hook and line; west end of Lake Olmstead to be used for fishing only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-48 Riverwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-54 Lake Olmstead Boats, operation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-50 Liquor or drugs, persons under influ- ence of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-52 Speed—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-51 Lakes Fishing or bathing in lakes, ponds or fountains—Generally. . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 Lake Olmstead. See within this sub- heading that subject Lakes, ponds or fountains, fishing or bathing in—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 Motor vehicles and traffic Commercial vehicles in parks . . . . . . . 1-5-40 Horses, and motorbikes, riding, in parks, etc., when pro- hibited and posted . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-41 Speed limit for vehicles, etc. . . . . . . . . 1-5-43 Walkways, riding etc., on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-42 Police powers of supervisors. . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-53 Removing articles from parks . . . . . . . . . 1-5-46 Riding horses, and motor- bikes in parks, etc., when prohib- ited and posted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-41 Riding etc., on walkways. . 1-5-42 Riverwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-54 Speed limit for vehicles, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-43 Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Specific standards Manufactured homes and recre- ational vehicles, standards for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(d) Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE PAWNBROKERS Bond required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-7 Loan, amount of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-8 Minors, dealing with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-11 Money lenders, except banks and like in- stitutions, as pawnbrokers. . . . . . . . . . 6-6-14 Pawn tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-12 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-9 Sale of unredeemed articles; pawner's right of redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-10 PAWNBROKERS (Cont'd.) Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-13 PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICI- TORS Alcoholic beverages Solicitation of drinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-30 Licenses and permits Permits—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-1 Sidewalk or street for vending, permits for use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-2 Transient vendors Suspension, right of, by license and inspection department; revoca- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-7 Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(l) Pedestrians' rights and duties Solicit rides or business, no person to stand in road to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-55 Permits for use of sidewalk or street for vending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-2 Permits—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-1 Street vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39 Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-39(b) Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(a) Penalty for violation of Article. . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(e) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(c) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39(d) Streets, sidewalks and other public places Soliciting employment of business pro- hibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-2 Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-22 et seq. See: TAXICABS Temporary and transient vendors . . . . . . . . 6-6-40 Application; bond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(c) Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-40(b) Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(a) Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(f) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(d) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspection Department . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-40(e) Transient vendors Application; bond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-5 Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-5-4 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-3 Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . 6-5-8 Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-6 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-5-7 Wreckers Solicitation of business restricted . . . . . . 6-7-2 PEDESTRIANS Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-11 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC PENALTIES. See: FINES, FORFEITURES AND OTHER PENALTIES AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:54 ---PAGE BREAK--- PERFORMANCE BONDS. See: BONDS, SURETY OR PERFORMANCE PERMITS. See: LICENSES AND PERMITS PERSON Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(y) PERSONAL PROPERTY Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(z) PERSONNEL. See: OFFICERS AND EM- PLOYEES PEST CONTROL Buildings and building regulations Maintenance—Generally Maintenance standards Insect and rodent control, exterior 7-1-133(c) Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 PHRENOLOGIST. See: FORTUNE TELL- ERS, ETC. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Buildings and building regulations . . . . . . . 7-1-84 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS DevelopmentAuthority of Richmond County 1-4-6 et seq. See: DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF RICHMOND COUNTY Downtown development authority. . . . . . . . 1-4-14 et seq. See: DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Flood damage prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-1 et seq. See: FLOODS AND FLOODING Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-1 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Mass gatherings Permit Application Information to be provided Operational plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-5(a) Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7-31 et seq. See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-81 et seq. See: PLANNING COMMISSION, AU- GUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY Records management plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-103 et seq. See: RECORDS MANAGEMENT PLAN Soil erosion and sedimentation control Application/permit process Plan requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-35.C Streetlighting Construction and maintenance Development, required . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-9 Grading permit Grading plan requirements . . . . . . . . . 7-3-44 PLANNING AND ZONING Flood damage prevention Abrogation and greater restrictions . . . . 8-1-20 Administration Executive director, designation of . . . 8-1-29 Executive director, duties and respon- sibilities of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-31 Permit procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-30 Application stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-30(a) Construction stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8(b) Variance procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-32 Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-19 Definitions Specific definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-10 Development permit, establishment of . 8-1-18 Enforcement and penalties for violation 8-1-23 Findings of fact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-2 Flood hazard reduction, provisions for General standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-43 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-51 Shallow flooding, areas of (AO zones), standards for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-47 Specific standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44 Elevated buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(c) Floodway fringes, lower. . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(f) Floodways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(e) Large tracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(g) Manufactured homes and recre- ational vehicles, standards for 8-1-44(d) Nonresidential construction . . . . . . 8-1-44(b) Suburban Service District . . . . . 8-1-44(b)(1) Urban Services District . . . . . . . 8-1-44(b)(2) Other area unsuitable for develop- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(h) Residential construction . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(a) Suburban Service District . . . . . 8-1-44(a)(1) Urban Service District . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(a)(2) Streams without established base flood elevations and/or floodways zones), standards for . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-45 Subdivision proposals, standards for 8-1-46 Hazards Flood hazard reduction, provisions for. See herein that subject Special flood hazard, areas of, basis for establishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-17 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-21 Lands to which this chapter applies . . . 8-1-16 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-4 Purpose, statement of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-3 Special flood hazard, areas of, basis for establishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-17 Statutory authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-1 Warning and disclaimer of liability . . . . 8-1-22 Groundwater recharge protection Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-9 Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-13 Assessment relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-14 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-1 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-16 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:55 ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANNING AND ZONING (Cont'd.) Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-10 Groundwater protection standards. . . . . 8-6-11 Agricultural impoundments. . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(b) Land disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(c) Lot sizes, minimum, and septic sys- tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(i) Secondary containment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(e) Spill and leak protection . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(d) Stormwater basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(g) Waste disposal facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(a) Wastewater basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(f) Wastewater spray and sludge opera- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(h) Groundwater recharge area district, es- tablishment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-5 Judicial review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-12 Alternative actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-12(b) Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-12(a) Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-4 Permit requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-8 Permit requirements, administration, and enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-7 Pollution susceptibility, determination of 8-6-6 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-3 Separability and abrogation . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-15 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-2 Hazards Flood damage prevention. See herein that subject Landscaping Trees. See herein that subject Licenses and permits Flood damage prevention Administration Permit procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-30 Development permit, establishment of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-18 Groundwater recharge protection Permit requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-8 Permit requirements, administration, and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-7 Mobile homes. See herein that subject Manufactured homes and manufactured home parks Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Specific standards Manufactured homes and recre- ational vehicles, standards for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-44(d) Mobile homes. See herein that subject Mobile homes Licenses and permits Tax verification permits. See within this subheading that subject Tax verification permits Application; permit; decal form; appli- cant information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-24 PLANNING AND ZONING (Cont'd.) Continued location, annual permits for, required; fee; issuance of permit and decal; placement of decal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-30 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-21 Fees, payment of, into treasury . . . . . 8-2-32 Inventory, annual, dealers required to file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-33 Location or relocation permit Fee; issuance of permit and decal; placement of decal. . . . . . . . . . 8-2-28 Notice to Augusta-Richmond County of destination when- ever relocation outsideAugus- ta-Richmond County autho- rized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-29 Required when changing location within Augusta-Richmond County or relocating outside Augusta-Richmond County. . 8-2-27 Required when initially locating or relocating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-26 Occupancy of mobile home without valid permit prohibited. . . . . . . . 8-2-23 Persons owning or having mobile home located within Augusta-Rich- mond County required to obtain 8-2-22 Proof of paid taxes required of appli- cants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-25 Responsibilities of park owners, oper- ators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-34 Violations; penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-35 Zoning requirements not superseded by permit issuance. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-31 Site plan regulations Incorporation of site plan regulations . . 8-8-1 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Road naming and addressing. See herein that subject Subdivision covenants Deeds of dedication of streets and utilities, acceptance of. . . . . . . . . 8-9-2 Subdivision covenants Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9-3 Deeds of dedication of streets and utili- ties, acceptance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9-2 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9-1 Subdivision of land Incorporation of subdivision regulations 8-3-1 Plats Forfeiture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-7 Guarantee in lieu of completion . . . . . 8-3-3 Improvements, inspection, certifica- tion and acceptance of. . . . . . . . . 8-3-5 Prerequisites to approval of final plat; completion of improvements . . . 8-3-2 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-6 Time limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-4 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:56 ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANNING AND ZONING (Cont'd.) Surveys, maps and plats Plats. See within this subheading that subject Subdivisions Amendments to zoning ordinance, map and subdivision regulations . . . . . . 8-5-2 Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Subdivision proposals, standards for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-46 Subdivision covenants. See herein that subject Subdivision of land. See herein that sub- ject Surveys, maps and plats Amendments to zoning ordinance, map and subdivision regulations . . . . . . 8-5-2 Subdivision of land. See herein that sub- ject Trees Abrogation and greater restrictions . . . . 8-4-15 Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-4 Appeals and variances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-14 Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-12 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-2 Enforcement, violation and penalty . . . . 8-4-17 Greenspace requirements for private and public development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(a) Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(b) Landscape element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(d) Landscape element design principles and standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(e) Plan required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(c) Tree protection and tree establish- ment elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(f) Tree protection and tree establish- ment standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(g) Tree quality points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-11(h) Landmark trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-9 Landscape establishment bond . . . . . . . . 8-4-13 Moving buildings or other large objects 8-4-8 Nuisance trees and shrubs . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-10 Planting and maintenance standards . . 8-4-7 Public tree protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-5 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-1 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-16 Tree commission, establishment of. . . . . 8-4-3 Tree protection zone; official tree list. . . 8-4-6 Variances Flood damage prevention Administration Variance procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-32 Trees Appeals and variances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-14 Water supply watershed protection ordi- nance Site plan requirements Hardships and variances. . . . . . . . . 8-7-5(b) PLANNING AND ZONING (Cont'd.) Vegetation Trees. See herein that subject Water and sewers Groundwater recharge protection. See herein that subject Water supply watershed protection ordi- nance. See herein that subject Water supply watershed protection ordi- nance Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-1 District delineation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-4 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-2 Site plan requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-5 Activity compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-5(c) Approval process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-5(a) Hardships and variances . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-5(b) Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7-3 Zoning Amendments to zoning ordinance, map and subdivision regulations . . . . . . 8-5-2 Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Shallow flooding, areas of (AO zones), standards for . . . . . . . 8-1-47 Incorporation of zoning ordinance by ref- erence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-1 Mobile homes Tax verification permits Zoning requirements not super- seded by permit issuance . . . 8-2-31 Road naming and addressing Approval of road names . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-16 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-11 Effective date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-24 Existing roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-22 Issuance of street and/or mailing ad- dresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-18 Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-13 Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-23 Location and installation . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-20 New roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-21 Placement of numbers, responsibility for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-19 Provisions severable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-25 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-14 Responsibility, assignment of, for nam- ing roads and addressing of said roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-15 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-12 Uniform numbering system, establish- ment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-17 Trees Tree protection zone; official tree list 8-4-6 PLANNING COMMISSION, AUGUSTA- RICHMOND COUNTY Amendments to zoning ordinance, map and subdivision regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-91 Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-81 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:57 ---PAGE BREAK--- PLANNING COMMISSION, AUGUSTA- RICHMOND COUNTY (Cont'd.) Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Administration of article Appeals to planning commission from decision of director-build- ing official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-41 Membership, terms of office and compen- sation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-82 Organization, rules, staff, finances . . . . . . . 1-4-83 Performance of duties Master plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-86 Subdivision regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-89 Zoning ordinance and maps . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-87 Powers and duties, miscellaneous . . . . . . . . 1-4-85 Powers and duties, principal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-84 Powers, cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-90 Zoning Amendments to zoning ordinance, map and subdivision regulations . . . . . . 1-4-91 Performance of duties Zoning ordinance and maps. . . . . . . . . 1-4-87 Zoning board of appeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-88 Zoning board of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-88 PLATS. See: SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS PLAYGROUNDS Alcoholic beverages Parks, playgrounds, public streets and public areas owned or operated by Augusta, consumption at. . . . . . . . . 6-2-5 PLUMBING Buildings and building regulations Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-4(f) Construction trades Electrical, plumbing, and HVAC work, performing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-117 Master electrician's or plumber's certif- icate, limitations on use of, to ob- tain permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-118 Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-5 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS POLES AND WIRES Construction trades Exemptions from sections 7-1-117 through 7-1-118 Owner wiring residence . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-119(a) Electrical utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-1 et seq. See: ELECTRICAL UTILITIES Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-21 et seq. See: TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES, CABLESAND CONDUITS POLICE POWERS Boats, docks and waterways Police power, extent of, on certain bridges 1-9-5 POLICE POWERS (Cont'd.) Parks Police powers of supervisors. . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-53 Water and sewers Police powers of certain employees. . . . . 5-2-37 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-39 Procurement, public, ethics in Political contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-39 POLLUTION Canals Washing clothes, animals, etc.; deposit- ing offensive matter; polluting. . . . 1-9-18 Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Pollution susceptibility, determina- tion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-6 Water and sewers Wastewater Discharge permit requirements Application Contents Pollutants, measurements of. . . 5-3-7(c)(5) PONDS Parks Lakes, ponds or fountains, fishing or bathing in—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-47 PRECEDING, FOLLOWING Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(aa) PRISONS AND PRISONERS Cemeteries Rollersville Cemetery, assumption of care of; supervision; convict labor to be used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-6 Courts, fines and imprisonment. . . . . . . . . . 1-6-1 et seq. See: COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISON- MENT Motor vehicles and traffic Penalties Fine; imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-141 Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE PROCESSES. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES PROCESSIONS. See: PARADES AND PRO- CESSIONS PROCUREMENT Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Purchasing, duties regarding; delega- tion to subordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-38 Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-29 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:58 ---PAGE BREAK--- PROCUREMENT (Cont'd.) Appeals and remedies Administrator, Augusta-Richmond County, authority of, to settle bid protests and contract claims. . . . . . 1-10-69 Bid solicitations or awards in violation of law, county's right to amend . . . 1-10-70 After award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-70(c) Prior to award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-70(b) Prior to bid opening or closing date for receipt of proposals . . . . . . . . 1-10-70(a) Contract claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-68 Procurement protests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-67 Invitations to bid, protests concern- ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-67(b) Right to protest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-67(a) Stay of procurement during protests 1-10-67(c) Bidding or proposing on Augusta-Rich- mond County contracts, requirements for Bid and performance bonds when re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-36 Bid bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-37 Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-37(b) Rejection of bids/noncompliance with bid bond requirement . . . . . . . . . 1-10-37(c) Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-37(a) Withdrawal of bids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-37(d) Bonds, surety or performance Bid and performance bonds when re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-36 Bid bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-37 Payment and performance bonds. . . . 1-10-38 Cost or price analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-35 Cost or pricing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-34 Award of contract, required submis- sions relating to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-34(a) Certification required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-34(e) Change orders or contract modifica- tions, required submissions re- lating to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-34(c) Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-34(b), 1-10-34(d) Price adjustment provision required in contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-34(f) Insurance requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-39 Payment and performance bonds . . . . . . 1-10-38 Pre-qualifications of contractors . . . . . . . 1-10-40 Failure to pre-qualify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-40(d) Notice, public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-40(b) Pre-qualification standards . . . . . . . . . 1-10-40(c) Required, when. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-40(a) Responsibility of bidders and proposers 1-10-33 Determination of responsibility . . . . . 1-10-33(a) Nondisclosure, right of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-33(b) Bonds, surety or performance Bidding or proposing on Augusta-Rich- mond County contracts, require- ments for. See herein that subject PROCUREMENT (Cont'd.) Contract administration and manage- ment. See herein that subject Brokers Conduct of business Inspection of merchandise purchased 6-6-6(b) Cemeteries Purchase of cemetery materials . . . . . . . 1-5-11 Commission Purchasing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-8 Contract administration and management Accounting system, approval of. . . . . . . . 1-10-88 Anti-competitive practices, reporting of, to state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-91 Auditing records, contractual provisions for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-90 Contract audit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-90(b) Costs or pricing data, audit of . . . . . . 1-10-90(a) Augusta-Richmond County contracts and contract clauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-81 Model (standard) contracts and clauses, use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-81(a) Provisions of Augusta-Richmond County contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-81(b) Bid security and performance bonds . . . 1-10-83 Amount of bid security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-83(b) Rejection of sealed bids for noncom- pliance with bid security and authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-83(c) Requirement for bid security. . . . . . . . 1-10-83(a) Withdrawal of bids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-83(d) Bonds, surety or performance Bid security and performance bonds. 1-10-83 Forms and copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-85 Performance and payment bonds. . . . 1-10-84 Federally funded projects, wage and re- quirements for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-87 Inspections, worksite, contractual provi- sions for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-89 Modification, contract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-82 Performance and payment bonds . . . . . . 1-10-84 Additional bonds, authority to re- quire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-84(c) Reduction of bond amounts . . . . . . . . . 1-10-84(b) Required, when—Amounts . . . . . . . . . 1-10-84(a) Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-80 Records and reports Accounting system, approval of . . . . . 1-10-88 Anti-competitive practices, reporting of, to state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-91 Auditing records, contractual provi- sions for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-90 Retainage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-86 Amount, maximum, to be withheld. . 1-10-86(a) Interest, no, on retainage. . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-86(d) Release of retainage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-86(c) Used, when. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-86(b) CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:59 ---PAGE BREAK--- PROCUREMENT (Cont'd.) Contracts and agreements Appeals and remedies Administrator, Augusta-Richmond County, authority of, to settle bid protests and contract claims 1-10-69 Contract claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-68 Bidding or proposing on Augusta-Rich- mond County contracts, require- ments for. See herein that subject Contract administration and manage- ment. See herein that subject Cooperative procurement Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-73 State contracts, use of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-77 General provisions and definitions Local suppliers, professional services and contractors, preference for. 1-10-6 Procurement source selection methods and contract awards. See herein that subject Types of contracts. See herein that sub- ject Cooperative procurement Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-73 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-72 Facilities, joint use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-76 Sale, acquisition, or use of supplies . . . . 1-10-74 State contracts, use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-77 Supplies or services, cooperative use of. 1-10-75 Surplus and excess property, purchase of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-78 Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-79 Disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) program Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-62 Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-62(a) Purchasing department duties . . . . . . 1-10-62(b) Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-60 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-59 Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-61 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-58 Flea markets Minors, purchase from, prohibited . . . . . 6-6-34 Record of goods purchased required. . . . 6-6-33 General provisions and definitions Applications of this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-2 Definitions—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-9 Good faith provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-4 Local suppliers, professional services and contractors, preference for . . . . . . . 1-10-6 Public access to procurement informa- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-5 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-1 State and federal requirement, compli- ance with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-8 Supplementary laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-3 Value analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-7 Application to procurement process . 1-10-7(c) Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-7(b) PROCUREMENT (Cont'd.) Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-7(a) Inspections Contract administration and manage- ment Inspections, worksite, contractual pro- visions for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-89 Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Inspect facilities, right to . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-54 Sealed proposals Inspection, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(f) Product specifications Inspection of purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-32 Notices, notification Bidding or proposing on Augusta-Rich- mond County contracts, require- ments for Pre-qualifications of contractors Notice, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-40(b) Procurement source selection methods and contract awards. See herein that subject Suspension or debarment of bidder or proposer Notice of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-66 Procurement director Authority and responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-23 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-23(a) Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-23(b) Procurement function, centralization of 1-10-24 Procurement, public, ethics in Agreement of candidates involving work or appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-36 Confidential information, use of . . . . . . . 1-1-32 Conflict of interest, employee or public official. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-27 Contemporaneous employment prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-30 Contingent fees, prohibition against . . . 1-1-29 Gifts, rebates and kickbacks . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-28 Gifts, registration of vendors making . . 1-1-40 Inside information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-33 Penalties and sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37 Administrative penalties for employ- ees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(d) Administrative penalties for outside contractors/vendors . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(e) Augusta-Richmond County Adminis- trator, legal or disciplinary ac- tion by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(b) Commission, legal or disciplinary ac- tion by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(a) Elected/Constitutional Officers of Au- gusta-Richmond County, legal or disciplinary action by . . . . . . . . . 1-1-37(c) Political contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-39 Position, use of, for gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-34 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:60 ---PAGE BREAK--- PROCUREMENT (Cont'd.) Recovery of value transferred or re- ceived in breach of ethical stan- dards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-38 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-38(a) Kickbacks, recovery of, by Augusta- Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-38(b) Unauthorized purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-35 Waiver from contemporaneous employ- ment prohibition and other con- flicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-31 Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Audit records, right to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-55 Banking services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-48 Accounts other than vendor and pay- roll accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-48(b) Vendor and payroll accounts . . . . . . . . 1-10-48(a) Emergency procurement selection method 1-10-50 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-41 Inspect facilities, right to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-54 Multi-term contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-53 Cancellation due to unavailability of funds in succeeding fiscal peri- ods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-53(c) Determination prior to use . . . . . . . . . 1-10-53(b) Expiration and extension . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-53(e) Maximum period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-53(a) Purchase order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-42 Renewal of contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-53(d) Notices, notification Quotations or informal bids selection method (Standard and small pur- chases) Notice, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(c) Sealed bids selection method Notice, public, and bidder's list . . . 1-10-43(c) Sealed proposals Notice, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(c) Quotations or informal bids selection method (Standard and small pur- chases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47 Agency purchases under one hundred dollars ($100.00)/authority of us- ing agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(i) Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(h) Conditions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(a) Correction or withdrawal of quotes . . 1-10-47(f) Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(e) Notice, public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(c) Receipt of quotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(d) Request for quotations and specifica- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(b) Small purchases made by using agen- cies, limitations on. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(j) Tie bids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-47(g) Rebidding or cancellation of existing con- tract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-57 PROCUREMENT (Cont'd.) Rejecting bids; negotiating; re-advertise- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-52 Authority to reject/cancel . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-52(b) Conditions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-52(a) Negotiating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-52(c) Readvertisement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-52(d) Request for proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-44 Sealed bids selection method . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-43 Acceptance, bid, and bid evaluation . 1-10-43(f) Award to other than low bidder . . . . . 1-10-43(j) Conditions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-43(a) Correction or withdrawal of bids . . . . 1-10-43(g) Invitation for bids and specifications 1-10-43(b) Letting contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-43(i) Notice, public, and bidder's list . . . . . 1-10-43(c) Opening, bid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-43(e) Pre-bid conference and addendum. . . 1-10-43(d) Tie bids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-43(h) Sealed proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45 Conditions for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(a) Evaluation and selection . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(g) Final negotiations and letting con- tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(h) Inspection, public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(f) Notice, public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(c) Pre-proposal conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(d) Receipt of proposals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(e) Request for proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-45(b) Sole source procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-49 Special services, authority to contract for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-46 Specific requirements/options for source selection method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-51 Cancellation of bids or request for proposals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-51(b) Encumbrance of funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-51(a) Multi-step proposals/sealed bids . . . . 1-10-51(c) State contracts, use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-56 Product specifications Background information on vendors . . . 1-10-29 Competition, maximum practicable . . . . 1-10-27 Inspection of purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-32 Product references in specifications . . . . 1-10-30 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-25 Qualified products list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-28 Responsibility for specifications . . . . . . . 1-10-31 Types of specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-26 Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-26(a) Design/performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-26(c) Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-26(b) Service availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-26(d) Records and reports Contract administration and manage- ment. See within this subheading that subject Procurement source selection methods and contract awards Audit records, right to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-55 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:61 ---PAGE BREAK--- PROCUREMENT (Cont'd.) Supplies and fixed assets management pro- grams Fixed asset management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-93 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-95 Supplies management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-94 Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-94(c) Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-94(d) Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-94(a) Surplus supplies—How disposed . . . . 1-10-94(b) Surplus supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-92 Suspension or debarment of bidder or proposer Authority to suspend or debar from qual- ified bidder/proposer list . . . . . . . . . 1-10-63 Causes for suspension and debarment . 1-10-64 Decision to suspend or debar . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-65 Notice of decision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-66 Types of contracts Authority to approve, sign and execute contracts by type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-71 Emergency purchase contracts . . . . . . 1-10-71(f) Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-71(a) Major purchase contracts. . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-71(b) Small purchase contracts . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-71(d) Standard purchase contracts. . . . . . . . 1-10-71(c) Using agency purchase contracts. . . . 1-10-71(e) PROFANITY Abusive or insulting language . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-6 Lewdness, indecent exposure, obscene lan- guage, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-29 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Business tax certificates Professionals as classified in O.C.G.A. § 48-13-9(c), paragraphs 1 through 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-9 Procurements General provisions and definitions Local suppliers, professional services and contractors, preference for. 1-10-6 PROPERTY Abandoned property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-22 et seq. See: ABANDONMENT Abandonment of property—Prohibited— Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-21 Alcoholic beverages Mixed drinks Collection of tax Notice of delinquency to persons holding, credits or property of delinquent; time for; duty of persons so notified. . . . . . . . . . 6-2-124(b) Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Augusta-Richmond County property. . . . . . 1-2-93 et seq. See: AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY PROPERTY PROPERTY (Cont'd.) Building and building regulations . . . . . . . . 7-1-1 et seq. See: BUILDINGSAND BUILDING REG- ULATIONS Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10 Discarded personal property—Definitions. 3-7-20 Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-1 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Housing authority Purpose; commissioners; tax-exempt sta- tus of its property; power to con- tract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-56 Litter control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-13 et seq. See: LITTER CONTROL Mass gatherings Events consisting of more than five per- sons on public property . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-11 Motor vehicles and traffic Parking on property of others . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2 Nuisances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-1 et seq. See: NUISANCES Parks Damaging, etc., park property—Gener- ally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-45 Procurements Cooperative procurement Surplus and excess property, pur- chase of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-78 Railroads and trains Trespassing upon railroad property— Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8-5 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(bb) Stormwater drainage and management Property owner liability; supplemental charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-14 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-1 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Taxation Central business district of urban ser- vices district to be special assess- ment district; property tax; funds. 2-2-4 ′Free port′ tax exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-2 Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-16 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS PROSTITUTION Provisions re; transporting for purpose of prostitution or sodomy prohibited . . . 3-7-5 Taxicabs Prohibited actions by driver . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-22 PROTESTS Mass gatherings Riverwalk, protests/demonstrations pro- hibited at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-12 PUBLIC HEALTH Animals and fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-1 et seq. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL Health and sanitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-1 et seq. See: HEALTH AND SANITATION AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:62 ---PAGE BREAK--- PUBLIC PLACES. See: STREETS, SIDE- WALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES PUBLIC SAFETY Curfew for minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-1 et seq. See: CURFEW FOR MINORS Fire protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-1 et seq. See: FIRE PREVENTION AND PRO- TECTION Mass gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-1 et seq. See: MASS GATHERINGS Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-1 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-1 et seq. See: NOISE Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-1 et seq. See: OFFENSES AND MISCELLA- NEOUS PROVISIONS Streets and sidewalks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-1 et seq. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Public works, duties regarding . . . . . . . . 1-2-42 Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(h) Planning and zoning Subdivision of land Plats Improvements, inspection, certifi- cation and acceptance of . . . . 8-3-5 Prerequisites to approval of final plat; completion of improve- ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-2 Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE Stormwater drainage and management Public works, department of, powers of 5-1-6 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-1 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF Stormwater drainage and management Public works, department of, powers of 5-1-6 PUBLICATIONS Commission Publication of ordinances, notices, etc. . 1-2-12 Water and sewers Wastewater Significant non-compliance, publica- tion of users in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-12 PURCHASES, PURCHASING. See: PRO- CUREMENT R RACING Motor vehicles and traffic Speed regulations Race, driving in, or participating in race. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-22 RADIOS, PHONOGRAPHS, STEREOS, ETC. Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(b) Parks Riverwalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-54 RAILROADS AND TRAINS Crossings Kicking or bumping railroad cars across 1-8-17 Use prohibited when automatic signal indicates approach of locomotive. . 1-8-16 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8-1 Moving engines or cars, getting on or off. . 1-8-3 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-52 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Trespassing upon railroad property—Gen- erally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8-5 Trespassing upon railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-1 Water, etc., discharging, from trains; con- struction of drains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8-4 REAL ESTATE Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(p) REAL PROPERTY Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(dd) RECORDS AND REPORTS Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Books, records, departments', examina- tion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-37 Reports, receiving and transmitting; use of Augusta-Richmond County prop- erty; claims against Augusta-Rich- mond County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-43 Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-59 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Ambulances Ambulance licenses Inspections of vehicles, equipment and premises; powers of health offic- er—Generally; reports of inspec- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-72 Animal control department Organization Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-3(c) Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-3(d) Asbestos and biological waste, disposal of Manifest form required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-52 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:63 ---PAGE BREAK--- RECORDS AND REPORTS (Cont'd.) Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Space rentals and use charges Report, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.4(c) Meeting rules, to make; reports to Au- gusta-Richmond County Commis- sion; inspection of minutes and doc- uments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8 Brokers Conduct of business Records of transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-6(a) Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Filing contractor permit and certifica- tion; when required; penalty for violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-93 Business tax certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-21 et seq. See: BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES Cemeteries Lots, sale and maintenance of Record books containing contracts, etc., required; index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-29 Record required of condition of munic- ipal-maintained lots; inspections; index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-30 Clerk of commission Records, files, etc., in office or custody of clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-64 Commission Meetings Minutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-4 Construction advisory board Appeals proceedings Authorized; filing notice of appeal. . . 7-1-56 Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Map to be filed, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-30 Electrical utilities Plat showing location of poles, etc., to be filed; changes in location. . . . . . . . . 6-3-15 Ethics, code of Conduct, rules of, for employees and public officials of Augusta Gifts, receipt of, by employees and public officials prohibited; report- ing; disposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-23(a) Finance Budget, auditing requirements Contents of audit reports . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3-11 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Adoption by reference; where filed . . 3-3-20 Reporting of fires required . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-2 Fire prevention, bureau of Record of fires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-18 RECORDS AND REPORTS (Cont'd.) Report, annual; recommending amend- ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-19 Firearms and weapons Gun sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-14 Flea markets Record of goods purchased required. . . . 6-6-33 General aviation commission Meeting rules; reports to Augusta-Rich- mond County Commission; inspec- tion of minutes and documents . . . 1-3-16 Historic preservation commission Certificate of appropriateness, applica- tion to preservation commission for Recording of applications for certifi- cate of appropriateness. . . . . . . . 7-4-30 Records of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-9 Human relations commission Financial records, inspection and audit of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-121 Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-125 License and inspection department. . . . . . . 7-1-29 Mass gatherings Permit Application Filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-4 Masseurs and masseuses, massage parlors and/or health spas Report of licensed employees . . . . . . . . . . 6-4-12 Pawnbrokers Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-9 Planning and zoning Mobile homes Tax verification permits Inventory, annual, dealers required to file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-33 Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-55 et seq. See: PROCUREMENT Records management plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-103 et seq. See: RECORDS MANAGEMENT PLAN Streetlighting Construction and maintenance Docket; payment of assessments; ex- ecutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-14 Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-30 et seq. See: TAXATION Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-28 et seq. See: TAXICABS Truants, duty of sheriff's department to report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-16 Water and sewers Wastewater Reporting requirements section . . . . . 5-3-8 RECORDS MANAGEMENT PLAN Adopted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-103 Archival depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-109 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-104 Records committee Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-108 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:64 ---PAGE BREAK--- RECORDS MANAGEMENT PLAN (Cont'd.) Provisions re. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-106 Records management officer, office of, cre- ated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-105 Retention of records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-111 Schedules, distribution of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-110 Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-107 RECREATION. See: PARKS AND RECRE- ATION RECREATION DEPARTMENT Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE RECYCLING Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-63 et seq. See:AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARDS, SAL- VAGE/RECYCLING FACILITIES REFRIGERATORS, ICEBOXES, ETC. Leaving abandoned, unattended, etc. . . . . . 3-7-28 REFUSE. See: SOLID WASTE REGISTRATION Business tax certificates Liability of officers and agents; registra- tion required; failure to obtain . . . 2-1-18 State registration, evidence of, required if applicable; state registration to be displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-16 Construction trades Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Hotels, inns, boardinghouses, etc. Bellboys, porters, etc., registration of . . 3-7-27 Guests, registration of, inspections, etc. 3-7-26 Procurement, public, ethics in Gifts, registration of vendors making . . 1-1-40 RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS Alcoholic beverages Licensing Location restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-64 Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Litter control Churches and public places; littering and spitting prohibited . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-12 Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(k) RENTAL Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Space rentals and use charges . . . . . . 1-3-8.4 Canals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-22 et seq. See: CANALS RENTAL (Cont'd.) Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-50 et seq. See: TAXATION Water and sewers Rates and charges Collected, how water rents to be; de- faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-55 Tenements, assessments against; sup- ply of water to two or more families through same service pipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-48 REPORTS. See: RECORDS AND REPORTS RESALE Water and sewers Reselling or distributing water prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-8 RESERVOIRS Bathing in, throwing articles into, or wash- ing dogs, clothes, etc., in reservoirs. . 5-2-31 Trespass at reservoir, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-30 RESOLUTIONS. See: ORDINANCES, RES- OLUTIONS, ETC. RICHMOND COUNTY Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(dd) RISK MANAGEMENT Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE RIVERS Bathing or swimming in river or canal . . . 1-9-4 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(ee) Trash, etc., throwing, in river . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-3 RIVERWALK Alcoholic beverages Riverwalk, sales at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-22 Mass gatherings Riverwalk, protests/demonstrations pro- hibited at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-12 Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-54 Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(ff) RODENT CONTROL. See: PEST CONTROL ROLLER SKATES, ROLLER BLADES. See: COASTER WHEELED DEVICES RUBBISH. See: SOLID WASTE S SAFETY Adult entertainment Sealing for unsanitary or unsafe condi- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-24 Public safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-1 et seq. See: PUBLIC SAFETY CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:65 ---PAGE BREAK--- SAFETY BELTS Limousine service Safety belts required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-54 Taxicabs Safety belts required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-13 SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-145 Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-143 Terms of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-144 SALES Adult entertainment Minors, sales to, unlawful. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-8 Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-26 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Procurements Cooperative procurement Sale, acquisition, or use of supplies. . 1-10-74 Water and sewers Rates and charges Leaking fixtures, adjustment of exces- sive bills caused by Manager, public utilities sales, to reduce water bill, authority of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-52 Reselling or distributing water prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-8 SALVAGE Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-63 et seq. See:AUTOMOBILE JUNK YARDS, SAL- VAGE/RECYCLING FACILITIES SANITATION. See: HEALTH AND SANITA- TION SCHOOL BUS STOPS Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) SCHOOL BUSES Railroad crossing signals, obedience to Taxis, school buses and gas trucks to stop at railroad crossings and not change gears while driving across railroad tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-65 SCHOOLS Alcoholic beverages Licensing Location restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-64 Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Fire prevention, bureau of School fire drills required; exits, etc., of schools to be unlocked, unob- structed, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-17 Motor vehicles and traffic Speed regulations School speed limit signs . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-24 SCHOOLS (Cont'd.) Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(k) Truants, duty of sheriff's department to report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-16 SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT Accumulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-74 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-72 Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-75 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-76 Storage, handling, and disposal—General. 4-2-73 SECONDHAND GOODS Amusement game permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-46 et seq. See: AMUSEMENT GAMES Amusement parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-38 et seq. See: AMUSEMENT PARKS Arcades, license to operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45 et seq. See: ARCADES Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-1 et seq. See: BROKERS Dance halls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-43 et seq. See: DANCE HALLS Flea markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-26 et seq. See: FLEA MARKETS Fortune tellers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-44 et seq. See: FORTUNE TELLERS, ETC. Going-out-of-business sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47 et seq. See: GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES Live adult entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-42 et seq. See: LIVE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Regulated businesses. See herein specific subjects Street vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-39 et seq. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS Temporary and transient vendors . . . . . . . . 6-6-40 et seq. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS Vending machine operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41 et seq. See: VENDING MACHINE OPERA- TORS SECTION Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(gg) SEDIMENTATION CONTROL. See: SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL SEWERS. See: WATER AND SEWERS SEXUAL CONDUCT Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Lewdness, indecent exposure, obscene lan- guage, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-29 Prostitution; transporting for purpose of prostitution or sodomy prohibited . . . 3-7-5 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:66 ---PAGE BREAK--- SEXUAL CONDUCT (Cont'd.) Taxicabs Prohibited actions by driver . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-22 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT SHERIFF Alcoholic beverages Licensing Inspection of application by license inspector; investigation by sher- iff; provision of information to license and inspection depart- ment upon request . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-60 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT Assaulting, interfering with, etc. prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-17 Electrical utilities Interfering, damaging, etc., poles, wires, etc., of fire alarm or sheriff's de- partment telegraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-19 Sheriff's department telegraph, attach- ing wires to poles of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-13 Firearms and weapons Gun sales Sheriff's Department, return of re- port to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-14(d) Mass gatherings Emergency powers of sheriff's depart- ment where facilities inadequate . 3-4-10 Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Deputy directing traffic, refusal to comply with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-125 Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE Streets, sidewalks and other public places Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants Sheriff's department, duty of, to make study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-14 Truants, duty of sheriff's department to report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-16 SHOUTING. See: YELLING, SHOUTING, ETC. SHRINES. See: RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS SHRUBBERY. See: TREES AND SHRUB- BERY SIDEWALKS. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES SIGNALING DEVICES Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(a) SIGNATURE, SUBSCRIPTION Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(ii) SIGNS Advertising matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-7 et seq. See: ADVERTISING Alcoholic beverages Advertising signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-13 Augusta-Richmond County property Vehicle decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-98 Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Building permit card, posting; keep- ing approved drawings avail- able for inspection at site re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-92 Floor loads, posting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-105 Daniel Field Posted, regulations to be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-27 Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-2 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Parks Riding horses, and motor- bikes in parks, etc., when prohib- ited and posted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-41 Pawnbrokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-13 Skating on streets prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-25 Street signs—Injury or interference with . 3-7-40 Streetlighting Excavations Blocking traffic; signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-21 Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards Warning signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(c) Taxation Tax verification permits Location or relocation permit Continued location, annual loca- tion permits for, required; fee; issuance of permit and decal; placement of decal. . . . . . . . . . 2-2-14 Fee; issuance of tax verification moving permit and decal; placement of decal. . . . . . . . . . 2-2-12 SINGING. See: YELLING, SHOUTING, ETC. SIRENS Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Siren, whistle or bell, illegal use of . . 3-5-104 SITE PLANS Planning and zoning Site plan regulations Incorporation of site plan regulations 8-8-1 SKATEBOARDS. See: COASTER WHEELED DEVICES CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:67 ---PAGE BREAK--- SMOKE Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Smoke, excessive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-109 SMOKING. See: TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL Administrative appeal—judicial review . . . 3-7-39 Administrative remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7-39.A Judicial review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7-39.B Application/permit process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-35 Application requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-35.B General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-35.A Permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-35.D Plan requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-35.C Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-32 Education and certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-38 Effectivity, validity and liability. . . . . . . . . . 7-3-39.1 Effectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-39.1.A Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-39.1.C Validity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-39.1.B Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-33 Inspection and enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-36 Minimum requirements for erosion and sedimentation control using best man- agement practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-34 Penalties and incentives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37 Bond forfeiture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37.C Failure to obtain permit for land-disturb- ing activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37.A Monetary penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37.D Stop-work orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37.B Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-31 SOLICITORS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASS- ERS AND SOLICITORS SOLID WASTE Animals and fowl Dead animals and fowl, disposal of . . . . 4-1-29 Asbestos and biological waste, disposal of. 4-2-51 et seq. See: ASBESTOS AND BIOLOGICAL WASTE, DISPOSAL OF Canals Depositing sticks, tree trimmings, etc. . 1-9-19 Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 Abatement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2(b) Prohibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2(a) Violation; penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2(c) Dumping of garbage and refuse collected outside county at county landfill . . . . 4-2-3 Penalty for violation of section . . . . . . . . 4-2-3(b) Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-3(a) Fees for use of Augusta-Richmond County solid waste landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-6 SOLID WASTE (Cont'd.) Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Groundwater protection standards Waste disposal facilities. . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(a) Refuse acceptable for disposal at solid waste landfill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-5 River, throwing trash, etc., in . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-3 Scrap tire management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-72 et seq. See: SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT Trespassing, scavenging on landfill prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-4 Urban services district, garbage collection in Accumulation of garbage, etc.—Gener- ally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-38 Collection days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-39 Commercial garbage, fees for collection of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-50 Containers and receptacles Acids or harmful fluids, putting, in receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-47 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-44 Interference, unauthorized, with re- ceptacles or contents . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-46 Notice to occupant or owner to secure receptacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-45 Removal of receptacles from streets or sidewalks following collec- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-49 Curb, when garbage to be placed at; no backyard garbage pickup. . . . . . . . . 4-2-40 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-37 Paper, pasteboard boxes, etc. Flattened for collection, required to be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-41 Permit for removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-42 SOUND. See: NOISE SOUND TRUCKS Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(p) SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Taxation Central business district of urban ser- vices district to be special assess- ment district; property tax; funds. 2-2-4 SPECIAL OCCASIONS Litter control Special occasions, removal of litter, trash and debris resulting from . . . . . . . . 4-2-22 SPITTING. See: EXPECTORATING STADIUMS Alcoholic beverages Sunday sales of beer and wine in public stadiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-16 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:68 ---PAGE BREAK--- STATE Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(jj) STEAM WHISTLES Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(f) STOCKADE Drunk and disorderly persons, confine- ment of, in law enforcement center or stockade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-2 Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6-13 STORAGE Automobile junk yards, salvage/recycling facilities Yard management, general Storage/containment area . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-68 Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Floor loads, posting Storage and facility-industrial oc- cupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-105(b) Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Explosives and blasting agents, stor- age of, establishment of limits of districts in which, to be prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3-24 Litter control Storage areas, garbage, to be kept clean 4-2-21 Scrap tire management Storage, handling, and disposal—Gen- eral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-73 STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND MANAGE- MENT Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-12 Cooperation with other governments . . . . . 5-1-13 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-4 Enforcement; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-15 Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-2 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-1 Illicit connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-9 Maintenance and inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-10 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-3 Ordinances, prior inconsistent . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-17 Planning and zoning Groundwater recharge protection Groundwater protection standards Stormwater basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-11(g) Prohibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-8 Property owner liability; supplemental charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-14 Public works, department of, powers of . . . 5-1-6 Scope of responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-5 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-16 Stormwater runoff quantity controls . . . . . 5-1-7 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Stormwater, discharge of, upon side- walks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-8 STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND MANAGE- MENT (Cont'd.) Variances for requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-11 STREETLIGHTING Abatement Nuisance abatement—in rem proceed- ings Findings of existence of nuisances. . . 7-3-61 Rights-of-way, county, use of Performance standards Abatement; bonding requirement . 7-3-29(g) Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for. See herein that subject Assessment of cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-5 Buildings and building regulations Construction and maintenance. See herein that subject Excavations Construction standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-20 Street and road design Construction standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-60 Construction and maintenance Adding road to Augusta-Richmond County road system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-17 Assessments, collection of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-12 Augusta-Richmond County, construc- tion by, or by contract. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-11 Augusta-Richmond County road system 7-3-16 Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-8 Cost, assessment of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-10 Development, required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-9 Docket; payment of assessments; execu- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-14 Fi.Fa.; Propriety; transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-15 Liens; collector of delinquent taxes . . . . 7-3-13 Cost, assessment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-5 Dangerous buildings or other structures Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for. See herein that subject Excavations Blocking traffic; signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-21 Construction standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-20 Emergency permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-24 Failure to complete work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-23 Notification of director of public works or his representative; completion of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-19 Penalty for noncompliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-25 Repairs to cut pavement; cost . . . . . . . . . 7-3-22 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-18 Finance Construction and maintenance Assessments, collection of . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-12 Cost, assessment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-10 Cost, assessment of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-5 Excavations Repairs to cut pavement; cost. . . . . . . 7-3-22 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:69 ---PAGE BREAK--- STREETLIGHTING (Cont'd.) Grades, grading Grading permit. See herein that subject Grading permit Appeal procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-50 Conflict with other laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-49 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-41 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-47 Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-42 Grading plan requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-44 Inspection and revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-46 License required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-48 Permit procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-43 Placard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-45 Purpose, statement of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-40 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-51 Hazards Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for. See herein that subject Health and sanitation Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for. See herein that subject Installation and operation of system, stan- dards for Adoption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-6 Licenses and permits Excavations Emergency permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-24 Grading permit. See herein that subject Maintenance. See herein: Construction and Maintenance Nuisance abatement—in rem proceedings Findings of existence of nuisances . . . . . 7-3-61 Officers and employees Excavations Notification of director of public works or his representative; comple- tion of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-19 Streetlight coordinator Services, securing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-3 Standards and procedures, duty to recommend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-4 Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for Nuisance abatement procedures Public officer, appointment of. . . . . 7-3-73(a) Public Officers, powers of . . . . . . . . 7-3-73(c) Program Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-1 Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-2 Rights-of-way, county, use of Commencement of operations . . . . . . . . . 7-3-28 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-27 Heavy equipment on right-of-way. . . . . . 7-3-26 Performance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29 Abatement; bonding requirement . . . 7-3-29(g) Ditches and drainage structures . . . . 7-3-29(b) Loading and/or unloading . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(a) STREETLIGHTING (Cont'd.) Notifications upon completion of op- erations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(e) Roadway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(d) State of repair, determination of proper; appeal of determination 7-3-29(f) Warning signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-29(c) Violation; penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-30 Soil erosion and sediment control . . . . . . . . 7-3-31 et seq. See: SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMEN- TATION CONTROL Street and road design Construction standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-60 Streetlight coordinator Services, securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-3 Standards and procedures, duty to rec- ommend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-4 Streetlights, standards for Mandatory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-7 Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-71 Duties of owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-72 Nuisance abatement procedures . . . . . . . 7-3-73 Complaints, Services of. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-73(d) Determining premises to be unsafe or unhealthful, procedures for . . . . 7-3-73(b) Public officer, appointment of . . . . . . . 7-3-73(a) Public Officers, powers of. . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-73(c) Writs, warrants and other processes Construction and maintenance Docket; payment of assessments; ex- ecutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-14 Fi.Fa.; Propriety; transfer . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-15 Unsafe or unhealthful premises, abate- ment of, rules and regulations for Nuisance abatement procedures Complaints, Services of . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-73(d) STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUB- LIC PLACES Abandoned property Streets, prohibited on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-22 Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-5 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Animals and fowl Leash, etc., dogs on public streets to be on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-22 Augusta-Richmond County property. . . . . . 1-2-93 et seq. See: AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY PROPERTY Building material on streets, etc. Allowing to remain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-5 Area, maximum, which may be occu- pied, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-4 Permit required; to be lighted at night . 3-8-3 Buildings and building regulations Building material on streets, etc. See herein that subject Moving buildings through streets. . . . . . 3-8-13 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:70 ---PAGE BREAK--- STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUB- LIC PLACES (Cont'd.) Obstructing streets, etc., with tempo- rary or permanent structures . . . . 3-8-12 Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Issuing permits Public right-of-way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-86(c) Canals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-16 et seq. See: CANALS Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-1 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(f), 1-1- 10(g) Curfew for minors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-1 et seq. See: CURFEW FOR MINORS Defacing or injuring public or private prop- erty—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-19 Drains, obstructing, with stones, dirt, etc. 3-8-9 Electrical utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-4 et seq. See: ELECTRICAL UTILITIES Encroachments, sidewalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-11 Fire prevention and protection Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants. See herein that subject Gates, swinging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-10 Litter control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-9 et seq. See: LITTER CONTROL Loitering or loafing—Obstructing streets or sidewalks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-31 Motor vehicles and traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-1 et seq. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF- FIC Moving buildings through streets . . . . . . . . 3-8-13 Obstructing streets, etc., with temporary or permanent structures. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-12 Obstructions Drains, obstructing, with stones, dirt, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-9 Structures, temporary or permanent, ob- structing streets, etc., with. . . . . . . 3-8-12 Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants. See herein that subject Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-40 et seq. See: PARKS AND RECREATION Peddlers, canvassers and solicitors Permits for use of sidewalk or street for vending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5-2 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5-11 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(kk) Skateboards, skates, and in-line skates reg- ulated; prohibited on certain streets. 3-8-17 Soliciting employment of business prohib- ited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-2 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUB- LIC PLACES (Cont'd.) Solid waste Urban services district, garbage collec- tion in Containers and receptacles Removal of receptacles from streets or sidewalks following collec- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-49 Stormwater, discharge of, upon sidewalks. 3-8-8 Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-1 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits Clearance, minimum, required . . . . . . . . 6-3-25 Trees and shrubbery Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants. See herein that subject Trees, etc., obstructing view of street inter- sections and fire hydrants Determining intersections, etc., to be hazardous; notice to owner to re- move trees, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-15 Failure of owner to comply with notice; penalty; form of judgment. . . . . . . . 3-8-16 Sheriff's department, duty of, to make study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-14 Trespassing upon railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-1 Vegetation Trees, etc., obstructing view of street intersections and fire hydrants. See herein that subject Vehicles and implements injuring streets . 3-8-7 Vehicles spilling, etc., loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-6 Water and sewers Streets, installation of water services prior to paving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-35 SUBDIVISION COVENANTS Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING SUBDIVISIONS Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(i) Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-46 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County Amendments to zoning ordinance, map and subdivision regulations . . . . . . 1-4-91 Performance of duties Subdivision regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-89 Water and sewers Subdivisions, acceptance of water mains in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-36 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:71 ---PAGE BREAK--- SUBURBAN SERVICES DISTRICT Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Specific standards Nonresidential construction. . . . 8-1-44(b)(1) Residential construction . . . . . . . 8-1-44(a)(1) Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(ll) SUNDAYS Alcoholic beverages Sunday sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-15 Sunday sales of beer and wine in public stadiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-16 SURETY BONDS. See: BONDS, SURETY OR PERFORMANCE SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Site drawings; boundary line survey. 7-1-83 Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(i) Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Map to be filed, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-30 Electrical utilities Plat showing location of poles, etc., to be filed; changes in location. . . . . . . . . 6-3-15 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-2 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County Amendments to zoning ordinance, map and subdivision regulations . . . . . . 1-4-91 Performance of duties Zoning ordinance and maps. . . . . . . . . 1-4-87 SWEAR OR SWORN. See: OATH, AFFIRMA- TION, SWEAR OR SWORN SWIMMING River or canal, bathing or swimming in. . . 1-9-4 T TAMPERING Water and sewers Unauthorized turning on or off of water, tampering with meters, etc. . . . . . . 5-2-13 TAXATION Administrator for Augusta-Richmond County Tax recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-44 Adult entertainment Permit and business tax certificate re- quired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-5 TAXATION (Cont'd.) Alcoholic beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-65 et seq. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Amusement parks Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-38(a) Arcades, license to operate Business Tax Certificate required. . . . . . 6-6-45(e) Brokers Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-2 Business tax certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-1 et seq. See: BUSINESS TAX CERTIFICATES Businesses Central business district of urban ser- vices district to be special assess- ment district; property tax; funds. 2-2-4 Depository financial institutions, local business license tax on. See herein that subject Hotels, motels, etc., excise tax for. See herein that subject Insurance companies, tax on. See herein that subject Tax verification permits Dealers required to file annual inven- tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-17 Park owners, operators, responsibili- ties of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-18 Central business district of urban services district to be special assessment dis- trict; property tax; funds . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-4 Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(h) Construction trades Registration of building contractors and building inspectors; payment of oc- cupation tax, bond and liability insurance required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-116 Dance halls Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-43(b) Depository financial institutions, local busi- ness license tax on Due date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-38 Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-37 Tax imposed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-36 Effect of sections 2-2-1 and 2-2-2 . . . . . . . . . 2-2-3 Financial institutions Depository financial institutions, local business license tax on. See herein that subject Fire prevention and protection Fire tax, authority to assess and levy . . 3-3-1 Flea markets Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-27 Fortune tellers, etc. Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-44(a) ′Free port′ tax exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-2 Going-out-of-business sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-47 et seq. See: GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES Hotels, motels, etc., excise tax for Books and records, verifications of . . . . . 2-2-30 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:72 ---PAGE BREAK--- TAXATION (Cont'd.) Dealer's collection fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-29 Levied; amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-27 Other taxes, in addition to . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-31 Proceeds, distribution of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-32 Remittance; when due; interest and pen- alties on delinquent taxes . . . . . . . . 2-2-28 Housing authority Purpose; commissioners; tax-exempt sta- tus of its property; power to con- tract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-56 Insurance companies, tax on Additional business locations, license fee for insurers insuring certain risks at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-21 Gross premiums tax on all other insur- ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-25 Gross premiums tax on life insurers . . . 2-2-24 Insurer license fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-20 License issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-23 Licenses and permits Additional business locations, license fee for insurers insuring certain risks at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-21 Insurer license fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-20 License issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-23 Licenses and permits Insurance companies, tax on. See herein that subject Tax verification permits. See herein that subject Limousine service Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-7-49 Transfer of business tax certificate. . . . . 6-7-51 Live adult entertainment Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-42(b) Manufactured homes and manufactured home parks Tax verification permits. See herein that subject Motor vehicles and traffic Rental car excise tax. See herein that subject Payment of taxes—Generally; discount for prompt payment; penalties for delin- quency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-1 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2-21 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Records and reports Depository financial institutions, local business license tax on Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-37 Hotels, motels, etc., excise tax for Books and records, verifications of . . 2-2-30 Rental car excise tax Books and records, verification of . . . 2-2-53 Rental car excise tax Books and records, verification of. . . . . . 2-2-53 Collection fee discount; penalties for non- payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-52 TAXATION (Cont'd.) Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-51 Other taxes, in addition to . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-54 Proceeds to fund downtown parking fa- cilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-55 Tax imposed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-50 Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-56 Street vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-39(b) Streetlighting Construction and maintenance Liens; collector of delinquent taxes . . 7-3-13 Tax verification permits Application; permit; decal form; appli- cant information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-8 Dealers required to file annual inven- tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-17 Defined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-5 Location or relocation permit Changing location within Augusta- Richmond County or relocating outside Augusta-Richmond County, required when . . . . . . . . 2-2-11 Continued location, annual location permits for, required; fee; issu- ance of permit and decal; place- ment of decal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-14 Fee; issuance of tax verification mov- ing permit and decal; placement of decal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-12 Initially locating or relocating, re- quired when. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-10 Notice to Augusta-Richmond County of destination whenever reloca- tion outside Augusta-Richmond County authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-13 Mobile home located within Augusta- Richmond County, persons owning or having, required to obtain . . . . . 2-2-6 Occupancy of mobile home without valid permit prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-7 Park owners, operators, responsibilities of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-18 Payment of fees into treasury . . . . . . . . . 2-2-16 Proof of paid taxes required of appli- cants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-9 Violations; penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-19 Zoning requirements not superseded by permit issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-15 Taxicabs Number limited; sale of business tax certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-10 Temporary and transient vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-6-40(b) Transient vendors Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-5-4 Vending machine operators Business tax certificate required; decals 6-6-41(b) Wreckers Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-7-3 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:73 ---PAGE BREAK--- TAXICABS Advertising on or in taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-40 Appearance of driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-21 Business tax certificate Number limited; sale of business tax certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-10 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-8 Suspension, right of, by license and in- spection department; revocation . . 6-7-43 Certificates, certification Business tax certificate required. . . . . . . 6-7-8 Driver's permit Application—Form; verification; con- tents; photograph and physician's certificate required; application fee; minimum age of drivers . . . 6-7-16(b) Number limited; sale of business tax certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-10 Charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-27 Cleanliness of vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-14 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-7 Driver's permit Application—Form; verification; con- tents; photograph and physician's certificate required; application fee; minimum age of drivers. . . . . . . . . . 6-7-16(b) Approval or rejection; hearing upon re- jection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-18 Examination and investigation of appli- cant; valid state motor vehicle operator's permit required . . . . . . . 6-7-17 Issuance; contents; term; renewal; dis- play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-19 Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-16(a) Suspension and revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-20 Examination of vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-12 Fare, payment of, by passenger required. . 6-7-29 Identification of vehicles required . . . . . . . . 6-7-23 Identity light required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-25 Inspection of vehicles, six-month, required 6-7-15 Liability insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-11 Licenses and permits Driver's permit. See herein that subject Manifest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-41 Number limited; sale of business tax cer- tificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-10 Passengers Additional passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-33 Contract passengers, hauling, permit- ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-35 Number of passengers limited . . . . . . . . . 6-7-34 Receiving, discharging passengers . . . . . 6-7-32 Peddlers, canvassers and solicitors Prohibited actions by driver . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-22 Solicitation of passengers Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-30 Terminals of other common carriers, at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-31 Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-44 Prohibited actions by driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-22 TAXICABS (Cont'd.) Railroad crossing signals, obedience to Taxis, school buses and gas trucks to stop at railroad crossings and not change gears while driving across railroad tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-65 Receipt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-28 Records and reports Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-42 Manifest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-41 Receipt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-28 Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-9 Safety belts required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-13 Service required—Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-26 Solicitation of passengers Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-30 Terminals of other common carriers, at 6-7-31 Suspension, right of, by license and inspec- tion department; revocation . . . . . . . . 6-7-43 Taxi stands Assigned stands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-37 Occupancy by other vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-38 Open stands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-36 Taximeters required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-24 Telephone directory listing required . . . . . . 6-7-39 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Electrical utilities Interfering, damaging, etc., poles, wires, etc., of fire alarm or sheriff's de- partment telegraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-19 Sheriff's department telegraph, attach- ing wires to poles of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-13 Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-21 et seq. See: TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES, CABLESAND CONDUITS TELEGRAPHS Electrical utilities Interfering, damaging, etc., poles, wires, etc., of fire alarm or sheriff's de- partment telegraph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-19 Sheriff's department telegraph, attach- ing wires to poles of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-13 Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-21 et seq. See: TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES, CABLESAND CONDUITS TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES, CABLES AND CONDUITS Clearance, minimum, required. . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-25 Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-22 Excavations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-26 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-23 Installation of telephone or telegraph wires 6-3-24 Liability of holder of permit for damages . 6-3-27 Permits required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-21 Relocation of wires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-28 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:74 ---PAGE BREAK--- TELEPHONE DIRECTORY LISTINGS Taxicabs Telephone directory listing required. . . . 6-7-39 TELEPHONES Telephone and telegraph wires, cables and conduits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-21 et seq. See: TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES, CABLESAND CONDUITS TENANT, OCCUPANT Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(mm) THEATERS Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Smoking in theaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-38 TICKETS AND TICKET BROKERS Masters Golf Tournament Ticket brokers, prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-32 TIME Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(nn) TIRES Scrap tire management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-72 et seq. See: SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT TITLES. See: DEEDS AND TITLES TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS Augusta-Richmond County buildings, smok- ing prohibited in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-1 Buses operated by transit department, smoking and eating on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-39 Minors Smoking, minors prohibited from, in re- tail establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-4 Theaters, smoking in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-38 TRAFFIC. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC TRAILERSAND TRAILER PARKS. See: MAN- UFACTURED HOMESAND MANUFAC- TURED HOME PARKS TRAINS. See: RAILROADS AND TRAINS TRANSIENT VENDORS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS TRANSIT DEPARTMENT Buses operated by transit department, smoking and eating on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-39 Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE TRAPPING Animals and fowl Birds Trapping wild birds; robbing nests . . 4-1-32 TRASH. See: SOLID WASTE TREES AND SHRUBBERY Canals Depositing sticks, tree trimmings, etc. . 1-9-19 Cemeteries Destruction, etc., of tombs, monuments, trees, etc.; use of firearms, etc. . . . 1-5-13 Trees, grass, etc., right of lot owners to cultivate; removal when danger- ous, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-12 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Streets, sidewalks and other public places 3-8-14 et seq. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES TRESPASSING Landfill, trespassing, scavenging on, pro- hibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-4 Motor vehicles and traffic Trespass by motor vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-3 Prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-37 Railroads and trains Trespassing upon railroad property— Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8-5 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Trespassing upon railroads. . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-1 Water and sewers Trespass at reservoir, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-30 U UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Hospital Authority, Richmond County Unemployment compensation program, not to participate in . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-68 UNIVERSITIES. See: COLLEGES AND UNI- VERSITIES URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT Animals and fowl Birds Sanctuary, urban services district de- clared. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-30 Daniel Field Height of aircraft when over urban ser- vices district or assembly of per- sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-20 Garbage collection in urban services dis- trict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-37 et seq. See: SOLID WASTE Planning and zoning Flood damage prevention Flood hazard reduction, provisions for Specific standards Nonresidential construction. . . . 8-1-44(b)(2) Residential construction . . . . . . . 8-1-44(a)(2) Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(oo) CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:75 ---PAGE BREAK--- URBAN SERVICES DISTRICT (Cont'd.) Taxation Central business district of urban ser- vices district to be special assess- ment district; property tax; funds. 2-2-4 UTILITIES Buildings and building regulations Permits, inspections and certificates of occupancy Service utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-104 Electrical utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-1 et seq. See: ELECTRICAL UTILITIES Planning and zoning Subdivision covenants Deeds of dedication of streets and utilities, acceptance of. . . . . . . . . 8-9-2 Safety review committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5-142 et seq. See: SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE Stormwater management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-1 et seq. See: STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND MANAGEMENT Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-1 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-1 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS V VACANT PROPERTY Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 VACCINATIONS Animals and fowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1-17 et seq. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL VAGRANCY Vagrants, etc.—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-41 Vagrants—Bringing into city. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7-42 VANDALISM Water and sewers Wastewater Compliance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(d) VARIANCES Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Permit required to alter, erect, etc., structures, change use of land, etc., therein Variances Lights, permit may be condi- tioned to allow Augusta- Richmond County to in- stall, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-39 Provisions re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-38 VARIANCES (Cont'd.) Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-32 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Stormwater drainage and management Variances for requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1-11 VEGETATION Canals Depositing sticks, tree trimmings, etc. . 1-9-19 Cemeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5-12 et seq. See: CEMETERIES Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 Litter control Grass, leaves, tree trimmings, etc. . . . . . 4-2-17 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Streets, sidewalks and other public places 3-8-14 et seq. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES VEHICLES. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE Ambulances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-62 et seq. See: AMBULANCES Daniel Field Transportation of persons for hire . . . . . 1-3-23 Limousine service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-48 et seq. See: LIMOUSINE SERVICE Taxicabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-7 et seq. See: TAXICABS Wreckers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-1 et seq. See: WRECKERS VENDING MACHINE OPERATORS Business tax certificate required; decals . . 6-6-41(b) Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(a) Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(e) Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(c) Suspension, right of, by License and Inspec- tion Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-41(d) VENDORS. See: PEDDLERS, CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS VENTILATION Construction trades Electrical, plumbing, and HVAC work, performing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-117 VIDEO STORES Adult entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1-1 et seq. See: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:76 ---PAGE BREAK--- W WAIVERS Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Indemnity and insurance Waiver of Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-8.5(e) Masseurs and masseuses, massage parlors and/or health spas Waiver for non-massage modalities . . . . 6-4-15 Procurement, public, ethics in Waiver from contemporaneous employ- ment prohibition and other con- flicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-31 Procurements Cooperative procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10-79 WALLS. See: FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES WARRANTS. See: WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PROCESSES WASHING CLOTHES, ANIMALS, ETC. Canals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9-18 Reservoirs, bathing in, throwing articles into, or washing dogs, clothes, etc., in 5-2-31 WATER AND SEWERS Backflow prevention and cross-connections Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-72 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-74 Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-75 Other instances where protective de- vices required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-76 Penalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-79 Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . 5-2-82 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-73 Right of director to sever cross-connec- tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-80 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-81 Sign requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-77 Timeframe for compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-78 Bathing in, throwing articles into, or wash- ing dogs, clothes, etc., in reservoirs. . 5-2-31 Certificates, certification Rates and charges. See herein that sub- ject Wastewater Discharge permit requirements Application Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(6) Signatory and Certification Require- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(d) Charges. See herein: Rates and Charges Connections, sewer, required, when . . . . . . 5-2-6 Cross-connections. See within this title Backflow Prevention and Cross-Con- nections Curbs and gutters Curb cock, opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-32 Curb stop requirements; curb stop box . 5-2-21 WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Curb stops—Generally; lawn and yard hydrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-20 Pipes previously run to curb, use of. . . . 5-2-4 Who may renew services, move curb stops, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-2 Damage, defacement, destruction, injury, etc. Injuring, obstructing, etc., houses, pipes, fireplugs, etc., pertaining to utili- ties department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-29 Liability of plumber not properly replac- ing curb stop box or injuring prop- erty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-24 Meters Services, Augusta-Richmond County to keep, in repair; liability of property owner for damage . . . . 5-2-16 Wastewater Compliance monitoring Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(d) Departments and other agencies Injuring, obstructing, etc., houses, pipes, fireplugs, etc., pertaining to utili- ties department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-29 Wastewater Private sewage disposal Health, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3(g) Health, Board of, Refer Applica- tions to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3(b) Ditch, same, water and sewer lines in . . . . 5-2-3 False pretenses, water obtained through. . 5-2-12 Fire hydrant, etc., change in location of. . . 5-2-23 Fire hydrant, use of water from, for pur- poses other than fire extinguishment 5-2-14 Fire prevention and protection Fire hydrant, etc., change in location of 5-2-23 Fire hydrant, use of water from, for purposes other than fire extinguish- ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-14 Fire protection service Air pressure tanks for dry systems . . 5-2-26 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-25 Injuring, obstructing, etc., houses, pipes, fireplugs, etc., pertaining to utili- ties department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-29 Interference with water supply for ex- tinguishing fires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-33 Fire protection service Air pressure tanks for dry systems . . . . 5-2-26 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-25 Injuring, obstructing, etc., houses, pipes, fireplugs, etc., pertaining to utilities department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-29 Inspections Fees, payment of, prerequisite to intro- duction of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-5 Refusal to admit public utilities person- nel to make inspections . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-38 CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:77 ---PAGE BREAK--- WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Wastewater Compliance monitoring Inspection and Sampling. . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(a) Private sewage disposal Inspection of Private Systems . . . . 5-3-3(c) Interference with water supply for extin- guishing fires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-33 Leaking fixtures, notice of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-9 Liability Meters Services, Augusta-Richmond County to keep, in repair; liability of property owner for damage . . . . 5-2-16 Plumber, liability of, not properly replac- ing curb stop box or injuring prop- erty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-24 Wastewater Enforcement action, supplemental Liability Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-15(b) Mass gatherings Water and sewage facilities, time limit for completion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4-9 Meters Boxes, covering tops of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-15 Installation, etc., of meters—Generally. 5-2-10 Location of meter, change of. . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-18 Removing, etc., meters, valves and other appurtenances of utilities . . . . . . . . 5-2-19 Service required, where. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-11 Services, Augusta-Richmond County to keep, in repair; liability of property owner for damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-16 Size of meter, reduction in . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-17 Unauthorized turning on or off of water, tampering with meters, etc. . . . . . . 5-2-13 Notices, notification Leaking fixtures, notice of . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-9 Wastewater Administrative enforcement reme- dies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13 Notification of Violation. . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(a) Reporting requirements section . . . . . 5-3-8 Officers and employees Police powers of certain employees. . . . . 5-2-37 Rates and charges Leaking fixtures, adjustment of exces- sive bills caused by Manager, public utilities sales, to reduce water bill, authority of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-52 Refusal to admit public utilities person- nel to make inspections . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-38 Water supplies, quasi-public Cross-connections Director, right of, to sever cross- connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-82 Penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-40 Pipes previously run to curb, use of . . . . . . 5-2-4 WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Plumbing Liability of plumber not properly replac- ing curb stop box or injuring prop- erty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-24 Plumbing code, etc., compliance with, prerequisite to introduction of wa- ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-5 Rates and charges. See herein that sub- ject Plumbing code, etc., compliance with, pre- requisite to introduction of water . . . 5-2-5 Police powers of certain employees . . . . . . . 5-2-37 Property Liability of plumber not properly replac- ing curb stop box or injuring prop- erty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-24 Meters Services, Augusta-Richmond County to keep, in repair; liability of property owner for damage . . . . 5-2-16 Wastewater Compliance monitoring Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(d) Public sewer, use of Unsanitary Offensive Deposits on Property Generally . . . . . . . . . 5-3-2(a) Public water openings, use of water from . 5-2-27 Railroads and trains Water, etc., discharging, from trains; con- struction of drains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8-4 Rates and charges Application for use of water and manner of billing—Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-43 Certificates, certification Leaking fixtures, adjustment of exces- sive bills caused by. See within this subheading that subject Collected, how water rents to be; de- faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-55 Failure to pay bills when due, effect of; fees in connection with cut-off and/or unauthorized obtaining of water; removal of dead meters . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-49 Leaking fixtures, adjustment of exces- sive bills caused by Certificates, certification Plumber's certificate of repairs . . . 5-2-51 et seq. Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-50 Manager, public utilities sales, to re- duce water bill, authority of . . . 5-2-52 Plumber's certificate of repairs Prerequisite to reduction in water bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-51 Repairs to be made before issuance 5-2-54 Spot-checks of plumbers' certifi- cates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-53 Measurement by meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-44 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:78 ---PAGE BREAK--- WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Meter supplies houses of different own- ership, charges when . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-46 Payment of charges prerequisite to mak- ing connections, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-41 Plumbing Leaking fixtures, adjustment of exces- sive bills caused by. See within this subheading that subject Schedule of water and sewer rates and minimum charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-45 Tenements, assessments against; sup- ply of water to two or more families through same service pipe . . . . . . . 5-2-48 Water and sewer main, charges and use of, regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-42 Refusal to admit public utilities personnel to make inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-38 Removing, etc., meters, valves and other appurtenances of utilities. . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-19 Reselling or distributing water prohibited 5-2-8 Rules and regulations as to public utilities 5-2-39 Service pipes and fixtures, duty of persons taking water as to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-22 Sewers Assessment charges Commercial or industrial users, spe- cial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-71 Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-70 Standard and special water service. . . . . . . 5-2-1 Streets, installation of water services prior to paving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-35 Subdivisions, acceptance of water mains in 5-2-36 Trespass at reservoir, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-30 Unauthorized turning on or off of water, tampering with meters, etc. . . . . . . . . 5-2-13 Valve, leaving closed or in bad order . . . . . 5-2-34 Waste of water, permitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-28 Wastewater Administrative enforcement remedies. . 5-3-13 Administrative Fines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(f) Cease and Desist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(e) Compliance Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(d) Consent Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(b) Emergency Suspensions . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(g) Notification of Violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(a) Show Cause Hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(c) Termination of Discharge (Non-Emer- gency). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13(h) Affirmative defenses to discharge viola- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-16 Bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-16(c) Prohibited Discharge Standards . . . . 5-3-16(b) Upset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-16(a) Compliance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10 Inspection and Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(a) Monitoring Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(b) Search Warrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(c) Vandalism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(d) Confidential information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-11 WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Discharge limits and standards. . . . . . . . 5-3-5 Accidental Discharge/Slug Control . . 5-3-5(l) Augusta's Right of Revision. . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(d) Compliance Schedule for Categorical and Noncategorical Users . . . . . 5-3-5(j) Dilution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(f) Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(a) Local Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(b) Pretreatment Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(g) Pretreatment Measures, Additional . 5-3-5(k) Pretreatment Requirements for Exist- ing Users, Deadline for Compli- ance with Applicable . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(h) Pretreatment Requirements for New Source or New Users, Deadline for Compliance with Applicable 5-3-5(i) Special Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-5(e) Discharge permit requirements. . . . . . . . 5-3-7 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(g) Application Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c) Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(6) Compliance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(7) Flow Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(4) Categorical User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(4)a Non-Categorical User . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(4)b Identifying information . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(1) Information, additional . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(8) Operations, description of . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(3) Permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(2) Pollutants, measurements of . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(5) Categorical User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(5)a Non-Categorical User . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(c)(5)b Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(f) Continuation of Expired Permit. . . . . 5-3-7(m) Decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(e) Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(h) Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(i) Permitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(a), 5-3- 7(b) Re-issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(l) Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(k) Signatory and Certification Require- ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(d) Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-7(j) Effective date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-19 Enforcement action, supplemental . . . . . 5-3-15 Liability Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-15(b) Performance Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-15(a) Water Supply Severance. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-15(c) General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-1 Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-1(d) Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-1(b) Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-1(c) Purpose and Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-1(a) Hauled waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6 Conditions of Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(e) Discharge at Other Locations Unlaw- ful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(g) CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:79 ---PAGE BREAK--- WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Discharge of Hauled Waste . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(c) Fees for Discharge of Hauled Waste . 5-3-6(h) Late Payment, Charge for . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(i) Point of Discharge, Limitations on . . 5-3-6(a) Receipts and Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(d) Refusal of Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(f) Waste Hauler Permit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-6(b) Judicial enforcement remedies . . . . . . . . 5-3-14 Civil Penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-14(b) Criminal Prosecution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-14(c) Injunctive Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-14(a) Miscellaneous provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-18 Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-18(b) Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-18(a) Private sewage disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3 Acceptable Private Sewage Disposal. 5-3-3(d) Connection to Private System. . . . . . . 5-3-3(a) Health, Board of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3(g) Health, Board of, Refer Applications to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3(b) Inspection of Private Systems. . . . . . . 5-3-3(c) Operation and Funding, Private . . . . 5-3-3(f) Public Sewer, Connection to, Required if Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-3(e) Public sewer, use of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-2 Natural Outlets, Discharging Waste to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-2(b) Private Sewage Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-2(c) Sewer Connection Required if Avail- able. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-2(d) Unsanitary Offensive Deposits on Property Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-2(a) Reporting requirements section. . . . . . . . 5-3-8 Baseline Monitoring Reports. . . . . . . . 5-3-8(a) Changed discharge, notification of. . . 5-3-8(i) Final Compliance Report (Initial Com- pliance Report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-8(b) Hazardous Waste Notification . . . . . . 5-3-8(f) Non-Compliance Reporting . . . . . . . . . 5-3-8(h) Periodic Compliance Report . . . . . . . . 5-3-8(c) Potential problems, including acciden- tal spills, slug loadings, notice of 5-3-8(g) Pretreatment standards, compliance schedules for meeting applica- ble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-8(d) Record Keeping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-8(k) Significant Production Changes, No- tification of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-8(e) TTO Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-8(j) Requirements, general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-4 Sampling and analytical requirements . 5-3-9 Analytical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-9(b) Augusta Monitoring of User's Waste- water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-9(c) Sampling Requirements for Users. . . 5-3-9(a) Significant non-compliance, publication of users in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-12 Wastewater treatment surcharge rates. 5-3-17 WATER AND SEWERS (Cont'd.) Writs, warrants and other processes Administrative enforcement reme- dies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-13 Compliance monitoring Search Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10(c) Judicial enforcement remedies Injunctive Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-14(a) Water conservation restrictions Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-113 Commercial standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-112 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-110 Enforcement; penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-115 Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-114 Residential standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-111 Who may renew services, move curb stops, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-2 Who may tap mains and pipes, run service lines, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-7 Writs, warrants and other processes Wastewater. See herein that subject WATERWAYS AND RELATED STRUC- TURES. See: BOATS, DOCKS AND WA- TERWAYS WATERWORKS Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(pp) WEAPONS. See: FIREARMS AND WEAP- ONS WEEDS AND BRUSH Dumping of debris, unlawful; harborage of rats or other rodents; accumulation of weeds and noxious vegetation on va- cant lots and unoccupied parcels of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2-2 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Daniel Field Airport approach and turning zones at Daniel Field Height limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-32 Height of aircraft when over urban ser- vices district or assembly of per- sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-20 Electrical utilities Street lamps, height of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3-9 Streets, sidewalks and other public places Building material on streets, etc. Area, maximum, which may be occu- pied, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8-4 WELLS Digging, etc. prohibited; exception. . . . . . . . 3-7-43 WHISTLES Motor vehicles and traffic Driving rules, miscellaneous Siren, whistle or bell, illegal use of . . 3-5-104 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:80 ---PAGE BREAK--- WHISTLES (Cont'd.) Noise Prohibited noises enumerated Steam whistles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(f) WHISTLING. See: YELLING, SHOUTING, ETC. WHOLESALE Alcoholic beverages Wholesaler, licensed, licensee purchases from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-29 WINE. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WIRES. See: POLES AND WIRES WORKERS COMPENSATION Augusta Aviation Commission Augusta Regional Airport, rates and charges for use at Indemnity and insurance Workers Compensation Insurance 1-3-8.5(c) WORSHIP, PLACES OF. See: RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WRECKERS Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-1 Business tax certificate required . . . . . . . . . 6-7-3 Penalty for violation of article . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-6 Regulatory fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-4 Solicitation of business restricted . . . . . . . . 6-7-2 Suspension, right of, by license and inspec- tion department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7-5 WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PRO- CESSES Alcoholic beverages Mixed drinks Deficiency determinations Notice of Director of License and Inspection's determination; service of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2-121(f) Determination if no return made Notice, giving of; manner of service 6-2-122(e) Authorization of certain employees to issue citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-12 Buildings and building regulations Maintenance—Generally Administration and enforcement of standards Notice, service of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1-134(d) Canals Water power, use for—generally Executions for unpaid water rent . . . 1-9-29 Fire prevention and protection Fire prevention codes Injunction, abatement, etc. . . . . . . . . . 3-3-31 Fire prevention, bureau of Orders, service of; compliance; appeal. . 3-3-15 WRITS, WARRANTS AND OTHER PRO- CESSES (Cont'd.) Nuisances Injunctions against order to abate nui- sance, repair, close, or demolish unfit dwellings, buildings or struc- tures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-7 Soil erosion and sedimentation control Penalties and incentives Stop-work orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-37.B Streetlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-14 et seq. See: STREETLIGHTING Water and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3-10 et seq. See: WATER AND SEWERS WRITTEN, IN WRITING Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(qq) Y YARDS AND OPEN SPACES Water and sewers Curb stops—Generally; lawn and yard hydrants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2-20 YEAR Rules of construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-2(rr) YELLING, SHOUTING, ETC. Noise Prohibited noises enumerated . . . . . . . . . 3-6-2(d) Z ZONING Arcades, license to operate Distance requirements—Plat required . 6-6-45(b) Zoning, proper, required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-45(d) Certain ordinances not affected by Code . . 1-1-10(j) Daniel Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-29 et seq. See: DANIEL FIELD Electrical utilities Wire zones, allocation of, upon poles; zones reserved for free use of Au- gusta-Richmond County . . . . . . . . . 6-3-3 Enterprise zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4-1 et seq. See: ENTERPRISE ZONES Historic preservation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4-51 et seq. See: HISTORIC PRESERVATION Motor vehicles and traffic Traffic-control devices Augusta-Richmond County traffic en- gineer to designate crosswalks and establish safety zones . . . . . 3-5-11 Noise Hospital zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-3 Planning and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1-1 et seq. See: PLANNING AND ZONING Planning Commission, Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-87 et seq. See: PLANNING COMMISSION, AU- GUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE INDEX Section Section CDi:81 ---PAGE BREAK--- ZONING (Cont'd.) Taxation Tax verification permits Zoning requirements not superseded by permit issuance. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-15 AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY CODE, READOPTED 7-10-2007 Section Section CDi:82