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Commission accepts first reading of derelict-vehicle ordinance to address junk cars in unincorporated Habersham County

2979784 · March 26, 2025
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Summary

The board accepted first reading of a new derelict-vehicle ordinance that defines prohibited vehicle conditions and sets a notice-and-removal process; the ordinance will return for final action next month.

The Habersham County Board of Commissioners accepted for first reading March 17 a proposed ordinance to regulate derelict vehicles in unincorporated areas.

Mike Beauchamp (county planning/code-enforcement staff) presented the ordinance, which replaces a brief provision that had been deleted from the county’s prior land-development code. The new draft defines a ‘‘derelict vehicle’’ as any unregistered, junked, dismantled,…

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