Title 45

The governing body of the City of Athens may from time to time adopt ordinances to protect its historical character in the manner hereinafter provided. (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 1.)

The governing body may by ordinance designate as a historic preservation district any section within the corporate limits of the City of Athens, which section such governing body may determine possesses such historic significance by reason of antiquity, architecture, historic imp…

A historic preservation commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, with the following membership, duties, and powers, may be established by ordinance of the governing body: (1) The commission shall be composed of five members. Residents of the historic district or dis…

It shall be the duty of the commission to pass upon the appropriateness of: (1) The exterior architectural features of buildings and structures to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, renovated, or restored within any historic preservation district, except as hereinaf…

The commission shall have no authority concerning the use of property which shall continue to be regulated by any applicable zoning regulations of the City of Athens, but the commission shall consider the height, the setback from street and property boundary lines, and the buildi…

The City of Athens governing body may also adopt by ordinance such other regulations as are necessary to effect the purposes of this part not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. (Act 84­509, p. 1127, § 6.)

This part shall apply only in the City of Athens. (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 1.)

An abundance of overgrown grass or weeds within the city which is injurious to the general public health, safety, and general welfare by providing breeding grounds and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, and other vermin, insects, and pests; or attaining heights and dryne…

(a) For purposes of this part, the enforcing official shall mean either the mayor or such other city official or employee as the mayor from time to time may designate. Whenever, in the opinion of the enforcing official, a public nuisance exists as described in Section 45–42A–24.0…

(a) If the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to abate the nuisance, or the nuisance is not otherwise abated, (1) within the time permitted to do so as stated in the enforcing official’s notice, where such notice was not suspended by the request for a hearing before the administra…

When a weed lien is made against a lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by a person authorized to redeem, or sale thereof by the state, shall not operate to discharge, or in any manner affect the weed lien of the city, but a redemptioner or pu…

This part is cumulative in its nature and in addition to any and all power and authority which a city may have under any other law. (Act 2015­35, p. 130, § 6.)

(a) The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 8. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 650, S. 593, 1919 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the Constitution that was proposed by Act 6, H. 170, 1978 Se…

The municipal governing body of the City of Athens in Limestone County may waive, or authorize the waiver by any municipal utility board, any costs and fees for permits, water meters, sewer taps, the installation of temporary electric service poles, and other similar costs and fe…