2025 12 16 Regular Session Packet

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(2) The Athens Historic Preservation Commission (AHPC) shall review all permits for 
construction, repair, alteration, rehabilitation, relocation or demolition of any  building or 
structure which is located or is proposed to be located in the designated zone, and further 
shall be authorized to review any construction, repair, alteration, rehabilitation, relocation 
or demolition project on any structure not requiring a permit in accordance with Tennessee 
Code Annotated, § 13 -7-407(a), and which according to adopted guidelines requires a 
certificate of appropriateness. 
 
(3) Historic zones and boundaries shall be recommended by the AHPC to the Athens 
Regional Planning Commission and Council of the City of Athens. 
 
(4) In accordance with TCA 3 -7-406, the AHPC shall adop t design guidelines for each 
historic district consistent with the regulations and standards adopted by the Secretary of 
the Interior which it will apply in ruling upon the granting or denial of a certificate of 
appropriateness.  
 
(5) The AHPC shall review  applications for certificates of appropriateness within thirty 
(30) days following the availability of sufficient data for applicable projects. If a certificate 
of appropriateness is denied, then the applicant shall be informed of the AHPC's finding in 
writing. 
 
D. APPEALS 
 
The AHPC shall have exclusive jurisdiction relating to historic matters.  Anyone who 
may be aggrieved by any final order of judgment of the commission may have said 
order of judgment reviewed by the courts by procedures of certiorari as provided for in 
the Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 27, Chapter 8. 
 
E. PUBLIC SAFETY EXCLUSION 
 
None of the provisions of this ordinance shall be construed to prevent any action of 
construction, alteration, or demolition necessary to correct or abate the unsafe or dangerous 
condition of any resource, or part thereof, where such condition has been dec lared unsafe 
or dangerous by the city building official or the fire department and where the proposed 
actions have been declared necessary by such authorities to correct the said condition 
provided, however, that only such work as is necessary to correct the unsafe or dangerous 
condition may be performed pursuant to this section.  In the event that any resource 
designated as a Local Landmark or located within the designated Local Historic Overlay 
District shall be damaged by fire or other calamity to such a n extent that it cannot be 
repaired and restored, it may be removed in conformity with normal permit procedures and 
applicable laws, provided that: 
 
The city building official concurs with the property owner that the resource cannot be 
repaired and restored and so notifies the AHPC in writing. 
 
 
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