Athens City Code

All persons within the corporate limits of the city are required to keep their premises in a clean and sanitary condition, free from accumulations of refuse, offal, filth, and trash. Such persons, firms, and corporations are required to store such refuse in sanitary containers of the type described in ACC 17-5 between intervals of collection or to dispose of such material in a manner prescribed by the city manager, the city health officer or the supervisor of the city sanitation department so as not to cause a nuisance or become injurious to the public health and welfare.

(Code 1972, § 8-102; Code 1995, § 17-102; Ord. No. 1012, § 2, 12-18-2012)