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ContentsARTICLE II Corporate Boundaries

ARTICLE II Corporate Boundaries

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Section 1. Be it further enacted, That the boundaries of the City of Athens, hereby incorporated, shall be as follows:

"Beginning on Hammer Hill at the intersection of the old Niota Road and Highway No. 11; thence southeast along the west side of the old Niota Road to the L&N Railroad; thence east along the L&N Railroad to Service Lumber Company; thence south across the Slack Road at Hub Stephens and Smith; thence south to the Athens-Englewood Road where road crosses branch east of the Starlite Drive-In Theater; thence with the said Athens-Englewood Road south to the intersection of the Athens-Englewood Road and the Athens-Etowah Road; thence with the Athens-Etowah Road to the center of the culvert on said road at the southwest corner of the Starlite Drive-In Theater; thence in an easterly direction along the branch to a point one hundred (100) feet from the center of the culvert on the Athens-Englewood Road; thence southwest to the Athens-Etowah Road at Jim Hamby's and Glenn Lawson's property; thence west across the old Piney Grove Road just south of Floyd Webb's home; thence west across Keith Lane extended between the Gilbert Snyder Lane and Cartwright Addition; thence west across Cedar Springs Road between Walthall and Warren Giles property; thence west to the intersection of Rocky Mt. Road and Highway No. 11 at Pickwatina, including Pickwatina; thence west across the Southern Railway to the Gay Johnson home; thence north on the line between Lloyd Kimbrough and George Matthews at the Athens-Decatur Highway; thence north to Dude Richeson's home place at the Athens-Clearwater Road; thence east to the beginning line at Hammer Hill at the old Niota Road on Highway 11."

1The corporate boundaries as set forth herein have been subsequently amended by the following ordinances which are of record in the city manager's office:

181313489621700785826 (3-18-97)900 (6-18-02)
182356492622702789827 (3-18-97)944 (10-17-06)3
186365506626705793833 (8-19-97)948 (12-19-06)
188399527635707803 (5-16-95)838 (3-17-98)974 (2-17-09)
243460533662714814 (9-17-96)863 (3-21-2000)1005 (8-21-12)
244475590670740817 (9-17-96)876 (5-15-2001)
2452476592687745818 (9-17-96)879 (7-17-2001)
247482605693763825 (1-21-97)885 (11-20-2001)

2Ord. No. 245 was amended by ord. No. 623.

3Ord. No. 944 was amended by ord. No. 959.