§ 34-20. Complaints.

(a)

Any official of the city or otherwise authorized person may direct a complaint of nuisance to the city police department, or the city manager or his designee. Any complaint of nuisance shall be investigated by the police department and may be placed on the municipal court docket for a hearing upon the basis of the investigation.

(b)

The municipal court, after five days' notice to the party involved, shall hold a hearing thereon, and, upon finding that a nuisance does exist, shall issue an order to the owner, agent in control of, or tenant in possession, stating that a nuisance has been found to exist and that the nuisance must be abated within so many hours or days as the judge shall deem reasonable, having consideration for the nature of the nuisance and its effect on the public.

(c)

County animal control officers or city building and license inspectors may also receive complaints, investigate the same, and place on the court docket such complaints in the same manner as police officers.

(Ord. No. 2005-12-09, § 1(ch. 12, art. 3, § 2), 12-1-2005)

State law reference

Filing of complaint to abate public nuisance, O.C.G.A. § 41-2-2; authority of municipal court to order abatement of nuisance, O.C.G.A. § 41-2-5.