Athens City Code

1. (1) The city council may initiate abutting districts for any proposed or existing street within the corporate limits of the city. The city may also improve any street within the corporate limits of the city when it deems such improvement is in the best interests of the citizens and residents of the city.
2. (2) Other abutting districts may be initiated by the property owners or by developers by means of a subdivision in accordance with this title.
3. (3) Nothing in the street policy of the city as contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit and restrict the right of the city to initiate improvements by special assessment as provided by the T.C.A. § 7-32-101 et seq., the same being the general state law governing street improvements by special assessment.

(Code 1972, § 12-403; Code 1995, § 16-403)