Every town writes its own rules, and Athens's live in its municipal code — 25 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch 1 — General Provisionsrecently amended
- Ch 3 — Administrative Provisionsrecently amended
- Ch 5 — Public Utilities
- Ch 7 — Traffic Coderecently amended
- Ch 9 — General Regulationsrecently amended
- Ch 11 — Business Regulationsrecently amended
- Ch 13 — General Offensesrecently amended
- Ch 17 — Municipal Income Taxrecently amended
- Ch 21 — Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 23 — Zoning Coderecently amended
- Ch 25 — Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 27 — Land Development
- Ch 29 — Housing Regulationsrecently amended
- Ch 31 — Building Regulationsrecently amended
- Ch 33 — Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 35 — Cable Communications
- Ch 37 — Landscaping Regulations
- Ch 39 — Wellhead Protection Plan
- Ch 41 — SITE PLAN REVIEW
- Ch 43 — Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 45 — Historic and Architectural Preservation
- Ch 47 — Resource Extraction and Waste Disposal Monitoring and Mitigation Program
- Ch 49 — Management, Administration, and Control of the Use of the City's Public Rights-of-Way
- Ch 97 — Initiative Petitions
- Ch 99 — Definitions as Used in the Athens City Coderecently amended