§ 62-49. Administration and enforcement.

(a)

This article shall be administered and enforced by the Fulton County Department of Environment and Community Development, with the assistance of the Fulton County Fire Department, the public works department, and the department of emergency services/911.

(b)

The director of the department of environment and community department the Fulton County Fire Chief, the director of the department of emergency services/911, and their representatives shall have the right to periodically inspect property within Fulton County for compliance with this article. If, through inspection, it is determined that a particular property is not in compliance with any provision of this article, the director of the department of environment and community development shall notify the owner (according to the tax records of Fulton County) of the property by regular mail of such violation and shall further give the owner a reasonable time (not less than 120 days) within which to cause the property to be brought into compliance with this article. In the event that such compliance is not effected within the time period set forth in the above notice, the owner shall be deemed in violation of this article. If any person other than the owner removes or damages an address number that is otherwise in compliance with this article without the permission of the property owner, or if any person removes or damages any public or private street sign, said person shall be deemed to have violated this article.

(c)

Only the director of the department of environment and community development, the director of the department of public works, and their representatives shall have the right to require that signs are installed and maintained on public roadways. Individuals or entities seeking to erect a sign for a private roadway shall obtain a custom sign permit from the department of public works engineering division.

(d)

The director of the department of environment and community development, the Fulton County Fire Chief, the director of the department of emergency services/911, and their representatives shall have the power to conduct such investigations as they may deem reasonably necessary to carry out duties as prescribed in this article, and for this purpose shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any property, public or private, for the purposes of investigation and inspecting such property for compliance with any or all provisions of this article.

(e)

No person shall refuse entry or access to any authorized representative or agent of Fulton County who requests entry for the purposes of investigation and inspection and who presents appropriate credentials, nor shall any person obstruct, hamper, or interfere with such representative or agent while he or she is in the process of carrying out his or her official duties.

(f)

Notwithstanding the contents of this article, the director may establish additional procedures or requirements as may be deemed necessary when to do so is determined to be in the best interest of the community and the provision of the general safety and welfare of the public.

(Res. No. 05-0584, § 14, 5-18-05)