Mayor & Council
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Shown above from left to right: Council Member Pelley, Mayor Burris, Council Member Coker, Vice Mayor Perkinson, and Council Member Lockmiller
The Athens City Council may meet in study session when necessary. These meetings are informational only and no public hearing or votes will take place.
Regular Council meetings take place on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. in the Athens Municipal Building unless otherwise noted on the calendar.
Council Member Mark Lockmiller
ORDINANCES - SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING:
ORDINANCE NO. 1083 - AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ATHENS MUNICIPAL CODE, TITLE 9, CHAPTER 5, REGARDING WRECKER AND TOWING SERVICE REGULATIONS.
ORDINANCE NO. 1084 - AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ‘THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE,’ SO AS TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON CEDAR SPRINGS ROAD FROM R-1 (LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL) TO B-1 (LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT) SAID AREA BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE.
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ATHENS HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION held a public hearing on July 11, 2019 and adopted new Design Review Guidelines for the existing H-1 Residential Historic Overlay District.