O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 32-6-94 (2019)

Maintenance of unauthorized sign as constituting a public nuisance; enjoining maintenance of such sign

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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The maintenance by any person, firm, or corporation of any sign which is not authorized by this part and which was not lawfully in existence on October 6, 1971, is declared to be a public nuisance. In addition to the remedies provided for in this part or which may otherwise exist under the laws of Georgia, the department is authorized to bring an equitable proceeding to enjoin any person, firm, or corporation from maintaining any sign which is not in compliance with this Code section. It shall not be necessary for the department to allege and prove that there is no adequate remedy at law in order to obtain the equitable relief provided for in this Code section.

History

Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 5, § 18; Code 1933, § 95A-930, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Municipal power as to billboards and outdoor advertising, 58 A.L.R.2d 1314.

Billboards and other outdoor advertising signs as civil nuisance, 38 A.L.R.3d 647.