2021 Georgia Code
Title 41 - Nuisances
Chapter 2 - Abatement of Nuisances Generally
§ 41-2-17. Prior Ordinances Relating to Repair, Closing, or Demolition of Unfit Buildings or Structures
Ordinances relating to the subject matter of Code Sections 41-2-7 through 41-2-16 and this Code section adopted prior to July 1, 2001, shall have the same force and effect on and after said date as ordinances adopted subsequent to and by authority of these Code sections.
(Code 1981, §41-2-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2107, § 45; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 41; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1196, § 5.)
Law reviews.- For article, "Local Government Law," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 389 (2001).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Construction with § 41-2-9. - It was error to hold, based on O.C.G.A. § 41-2-17, that landowners were not entitled under O.C.G.A. § 41-2-9(d) to directly appeal from a municipal court's demolition order because the city's nuisance ordinance predated § 41-2-9(a). Section41-2-9(d) was a specific statute, thereby prevailing over the general statute, § 41-2-17, and as § 41-2-9(d) was unambiguous, the court would not read any limitation onto the statute's plain meaning. Yasmine's Entm't Hall v. City of Marietta, 292 Ga. App. 114, 663 S.E.2d 741 (2008).
