2025 10 13 Work Session Agenda

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ATHENS CITY COUNCIL  
WORK SESSION  
 
Monday, October 13, 2025, 5:00pm 
 
 
I. INVOCATION 
 
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 
 
III. COMMUNICATIONS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 
 
IV. DISCUSSION 
 
A. City Hall Renovations and Expansion. 
 
B. Disposal of City-Owned Property on Tellico Avenue near the Intersection of Hammerhill Road. 
 
C. Public Hearing & Second Reading of an Ordinance 1144 to Amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of 
Athens, Tennessee, and the Official Zoning Map to Rezone Property Located Within the Corporate Limits 
of Athens, Tennessee at 2201 Decatur Pike (A Portion of McMinn County Tax Map 056, Parcel 009.00) 
from B-3 (Intensive Business District) to R-2 (Medium Density Residential District). 
 
D. Public Hearing & Second Reading of Ordinance 1145, An Ordinance to Amend Title 14, Chapter V  
“Stormwater Management”, Section 14-128 and Section 14-130 of the Athens City Code. 
 
E. First Reading of Ordinance 1146, An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 13 -III, “Dilapidated and Unfit 
Structures and Areas,” of the Athens City Code by Adding a Requirement that City Staff Engaged in 
Actions Under this Chapter be Qualified in Residential or Commercial Building Code Inspections. 
 
F. First Reading of Ordinance 1147, An Ordinance to Amend Title 3 “Municipal Court”, Chapter I, Section 
3, of the Athens City Code, by Removing the Requirement that the City Judge be a Resident of the 
County. 
 
G. First Reading of Ordinance 1148, A n Ordinance Amending the City of Athens, Tennessee Municipal 
Zoning Ordinance Regulating Development within the Corporate Limits of Athens, Tennessee, to 
Minimize Danger to Life and Property Due to Flooding, and to Maintain Eligibility for Participation in the 
National Flood Insurance Program.   
 
H. Public Hearing and Application Selection for Certificate of Compliance for Retail Package Store. 
 
 
I. Resolution 2025 -27, a Resolution Authorizing the City of Athens to Participate in the Public Entity 
Partners James L. Richardson Driver Matching Grant.  
 
J. Proposed Revision to Fee Schedule Parks & Recreation Miscellaneous Fees.